CM intercooler piping kit = failure

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  • 88sinZ
    88sinZ
    Senior Member
    • 2019
    #46
    Steel with aluminum is a mix for fast corrosion, I would imagine reports of this would be widespread considering how long they have been manufacturing intercoolers
  • Z31Turboed
    Z31Turboed
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    • 136
    #47
    Ebay Intercoolers seem to work fine.
  • BLOZ UP
    BLOZ UP
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    • 2971
    #48
    Never heard of any aluminum alloy with iron in it.
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  • michaelp
    michaelp
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    • 9384
    #49
    xbxrxtorquex wrote: DEAD THREAD.

    CX Racing is crap, their intercoolers have such a high steel content % that they're magnetic, and that means you won't get much cooling capability,.so you could still risk detonation.
    I has a few CX Racing intercoolers, they're 100% Aluminum alloy with 0 magnetism.
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  • Kimbro Slice
    Kimbro Slice
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    • 1561
    #50
    [quote]michaelp wrote:
    Originally posted by xbxrxtorquex
    DEAD THREAD.

    CX Racing is crap, their intercoolers have such a high steel content % that they're magnetic, and that means you won't get much cooling capability,.so you could still risk detonation.
    I has a few CX Racing intercoolers, they're 100% Aluminum alloy with 0 magnetism.
    Again, it could've been a completely different unit or just an older one, I'm not really sure. I'm just not a fan of any eBay intercooler, and I read that article and was pretty interested. You interpret it as you wish, but my bad if I'm confusing different units with CX racing ones.


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