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Delving into both cooler's construction methods show more differences. Although both use a tube and fin design with louvered fins, MPE used shorter 3/8-inch fins in the all-new core, while Garrett used 1/2 inchers in the stock core. Also, MPE fit 6 fins per inch for better cooling power, and Garrett had 4 per inch. From a flow perspective, the tube and fin design will flow less internally than an equally sized, new-technology bar and plate design used by some aftermarket companies.
Mease Performance's Intercooler - Super Stocker

 Delving into both cooler's construction methods show more differences. Although both use a tube and fin design with louvered fins, MPE used shorter 3/8-inch fins in the all-new core, while Garrett used 1/2 inchers in the stock core. Also, MPE fit 6 fins per inch for better cooling power, and Garrett had 4 per inch. From a flow perspective, the tube and fin design will flow less internally than an equally sized, new-technology bar and plate design used by some aftermarket companies.  View Related Article

 

 

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