Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
PDR has been working on the intercooler fix over the stock versions for a while now and they/I believe it has worked out. The cooler will fit in both 12 and 24 trucks with no issues other than the normal D/C install... Direct Bolt in, and is pressure tested to 150 psi then heated to simulate our turbo's air temp that is created.
As some of you know my stock cooler finally let go a week or so ago and the timing couldn't have been better, now needing an intercooler I called Piers on the new ones and it had just come in that day, so they quickly shipped it to me to R&D and so I could have a working cooler.
So here are some of the results copied from the E-mail I sent:
Pressure drop at 60 psi of boost is 4psi with pop off valves capped, cross verified with swapping the gauges, measured from the discharge of the little turbo prior to the cooler verses the intake hat... ... Final air intake temp drop at the hat was 60 degrees less than the stock unit.
Temp drop was measured at 65 psi of boost at the intake hat, 400 degrees at the discharge elbow of the small turbo prior to the Intercooler, result was less than 90 degrees at the hat because that was as low as I could get the gauge to read, this would be better tested when it was colder outside... . conditions were 75 degrees F, Humidity 48%, Baro 29. 98, elevation 1300 ft!
EGTs' in Valet were 1450 (down from 1550) at 115 MPH going from 30 MPH, locked converter normal drill. I made two runs like this as I couldn't see the gauge good the first time. First one netted 130 degrees at the hat, the second netted 150, power in valet should be about 550... ... all of this was with pop offs capped and at 75 psi.
I did not make a full fuel run with the pop offs capped..... you guess why. When I measured the intercooler temp drop the last time it was with the old Twins, then I got a 280 degree drop but at 50 psi of boost, I don't think we are seeing the full potential in this area because we can't see the lowest temp at the hat but I'm very pleased so far.
The cooler does everything I expected and more, I'm still testing so if you folks want to see something that I can test just post it and I will try to duplicate it.
BOTW, the intake temps I'm seeing are lower than what I usually see with the water on, so needless to say with the water on I can't read the temps that low, I did try it during the day and couldn't read the temps below 125 degrees.
Jim
As some of you know my stock cooler finally let go a week or so ago and the timing couldn't have been better, now needing an intercooler I called Piers on the new ones and it had just come in that day, so they quickly shipped it to me to R&D and so I could have a working cooler.
So here are some of the results copied from the E-mail I sent:
Pressure drop at 60 psi of boost is 4psi with pop off valves capped, cross verified with swapping the gauges, measured from the discharge of the little turbo prior to the cooler verses the intake hat... ... Final air intake temp drop at the hat was 60 degrees less than the stock unit.
Temp drop was measured at 65 psi of boost at the intake hat, 400 degrees at the discharge elbow of the small turbo prior to the Intercooler, result was less than 90 degrees at the hat because that was as low as I could get the gauge to read, this would be better tested when it was colder outside... . conditions were 75 degrees F, Humidity 48%, Baro 29. 98, elevation 1300 ft!
EGTs' in Valet were 1450 (down from 1550) at 115 MPH going from 30 MPH, locked converter normal drill. I made two runs like this as I couldn't see the gauge good the first time. First one netted 130 degrees at the hat, the second netted 150, power in valet should be about 550... ... all of this was with pop offs capped and at 75 psi.
I did not make a full fuel run with the pop offs capped..... you guess why. When I measured the intercooler temp drop the last time it was with the old Twins, then I got a 280 degree drop but at 50 psi of boost, I don't think we are seeing the full potential in this area because we can't see the lowest temp at the hat but I'm very pleased so far.
The cooler does everything I expected and more, I'm still testing so if you folks want to see something that I can test just post it and I will try to duplicate it.
BOTW, the intake temps I'm seeing are lower than what I usually see with the water on, so needless to say with the water on I can't read the temps that low, I did try it during the day and couldn't read the temps below 125 degrees.
Jim
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