Was looking for feedback about if a heat exchanger upgrade (euro charged or PLM) or intercooler upgrade provides the better bang for the buck regarding cooling? I realize there is no horsepower gain specifically from either of these although you would see more consistent power availability by reducing the heat soak with better cooling.

The heat exchangers are much less than the inter cooler upgrade options I've seen, so assume that is the cheaper/bang for the buck???

 

Larger H/E recovers faster as it has an increased coolant capacity. Also recommend isolating the h/e from the main coolant system via a Needswings kit or other.

 

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Thanks great feedback. I went and bought the PLM heat exchanger this week which sounds like its a direct bolt on, so looking forward to less heat soak heading into the Chicago summer.

bought it here for $325 minus a 10% discount code they honored ("10ms") and add to the shopping cart before you pay.... not bad.

https://www.privatelabelmfg.com/prod...-exchanger.htm

 

thanks. i bought the PLM heat exchanger and am getting installed next week and will share update. seen many posts that the PLM does fine with better cooling above the stock unit and is a direct bolt on so hope thats true and no additional cutting/drilling is needed.

cheers

 

The only problem I had is the PLM did not appear to work with the headlight washer system. Otherwise it was a great unit.

 

Tw2 - thx for the feedback. Did you find that the issue was the PLM larger size just did not fit without removing some of the washer system parts?

Or did it install fine but the head light washer system quit working for some reason? i'll tell my indy guy to look for that and appreciate the heads up. i heard the PLM did install differently on non-US versions of C32s built with right handed steering.....

 

I also heard it may be a slight modification required for a right had drive model

 

The PLM appeared to be designed to sit up against the bumper bar. The hoses for the washer ran along underneath so I modified it to sit lower. The bumper didn't quite fit back perfectly. I later saw I just needed to remove a small amount of material off the bottom in the middle support and it would have been fine. You can see the link in my signature also.

I had a right hand drive but I am not sure what they might have put around that area which would have been different to left drive.