Thread: Gen III Gen V Intercooler differences

And a point I was about to make.

ZZP's isn't the only IC out there. You can open up a ZZP a bit and cover some of that inch, as well has have material for the Gen V front edge to sit on and seal with. However the front edge of the IC must be considered. ZZP's IC's tend to be huge in comparison to some of the early WBS and Thrasher designs. Take a very close look at the bolt hole in the bottom left of both my pic and the below Thrasher pic. See where the core opening of the Gen V sits. It's going to be close or impossible to seal the Gen V SC to the IC core if the IC core doesn't have material under the edge of the Gen V SC.

This one is a Thrasher,


My initial thought is that if you laid that Gen V gasket on the IC, this left edge is potentially going to show sunlight.

Now compare those bolt holes with the ZZP cores. There is a ton more material that extends past the bolt hole in question.


You might ask, "Bill why do you know this?" I bought a "Gen V" core from someone and it is the core in the picture. It's actually a Gen 3 core. I then had it modified to be a Gen V, because there wasn't enough material on the front edge to seal as well as I'd like.

Here's another view of the same issue. A Gen V gasket laid over an Gen 3 gasket.