Forge Motorsport Race Intercooler - Volkswagen Golf R MK7/MK7.5

Following on from Forge Motorsport's previous intercooler solution for the MQB chassis variants that utilise the EA888 2.0 GEN3 2.0 TSI engine, they have designed their race intercooler to further enhance performance over the original intercooler and their previous iteration of the cooling solution, designed, developed and tested, at their headquarters in Gloucester UK.

Throughout the development process Forge Motorsport have strived to improve the efficiency and performance of the EA888 GEN3 engine. Their project brief was to develop an intercooler that utilised all of the available space in the original position of the OEM intercooler along with increasing the size again over their hugely successful product FMMK7FMIC. Forge Motorsport also had to ensure the inlet air temperature is reduced, without any negative effects on the boost pressure or engine and transmission cooling.

This final chosen design has increased inlet and outlet sizes along with increasing the volumetric capacity to increase flow which aids with future proofing the design to work well with highly tuned stage 3 plus EA888 Gen 3 engines as well as offering the best cooling solutions for either a stock or mildly modified powerplant. This gives the best package for the enthusiast as they start their journey in enhancing the engines performance.

To further aid with flow, the inlet and outlets have been increased to 76mm from the OEM size of 63mm, which equates to a 45% increase in surface area. The consideration of space and their clever design has led us to produce several intercooler cores with different fin configurations and internal capacities. Depending on the core design, testing results led Forge Motorsport to choose a bar and plate design with over 83% more volume than the OEM intercooler, and with a frontal area increase of 10%.

This is a perfect performance enhancing product that fits directly to the OEM mounting points, making for a simple install, in a relatively short period of time. No cutting of any components is needed, making the installation reversible if the car needs to be returned to stock at any time in the future. The core and end tanks are finished in their black textured anti corrosion coating that also aids with its thermal properties and keeps the product looking that bit stealthier or OEM+.

Peak power was increased from stock by 16BHP and 20NM of torque at 5500RPM with the Forge Motorsport performance intercooler installed.

Highlights:

• Gains of 16BHP
  
• Gains of 20NM of torque 
  
• Inlet air temp reduction (IATS) of up to 58%
  
• 100% plug and play 
  
• High flow baffled cast end tanks
  
• Lifetime warranty 
• Made in the UK 

This part will replace the following OEM part numbers: 5Q0145803H, 5Q0145803K, 5Q0145803L, 5Q0145803P, 5Q0145803S & 5Q0145803N

note: image is for illustration purposes and may differ on delivery