Michael Broski you will like it with the front mount

Mooches Mayhem oh Nicee, from stock to tuned it’s a whole other car. thanks for watching!!

Mooches Mayhem If you’re aiming for 500-525 good luck because the gti engine isn’t as built as the golf R engine so the safe limit for a gti would be around 400-450 hp/tq. You would also need to upgrade your HPFP cause your fuel rail pressure drastically decreases when pushing over 350hp and you would probably also need to upgrade your LPFP. You can get a built block from IE for around 5k if you really want to run that 500 safely. That’s primarily the reason I’m staying at around 400hp when I get my turbo

How did you get an APR stage 2 tune on a 2019? APR stopped offering stage 2 tunes- I’m stage 1 HT in my 19 R but I’m going to have to switch to IE in a few months when I go stage 2 because APR doesn’t have anything past stage 1 for that car.

@@TheArizonaAssasin my comment was 2 years ago, still when apr had downpipes and more tunes. hit up EQT for all tuning for these cars. what i ended up going with. made 327hp and 435trq. I have dyno videos and print outs.

@@gysi_4566 lol this comment didnt age well. gti or rs are safe to around 550hp and limit trq to 400-450 been this way for years. HPFP e85 xl or standard eqt turbo and you can see those numbers without building the block. GTI and R are same engines. R has some better oil passages and other small things, but sadly your information is WAY off.

These cars don't have any sensor before the turbo, the iat sensor is in the intake manifold. No maf sensor or nothing on the intake

You can buy a temperature gun and measure it via some cable sensors

didnt see this earlier! sneekytuned

Intercooler isn’t going to lower oil temps. It lowers the intake air temperature. You’ll need an oil cooler to do what you’re describing.

the cts kit comes with its own pipes that route itself to the front of the car. charge pipes however are stock.

Mike Vignes my ac still blows cold and I’m in a warm state as well. You won’t get max hp with the ac on though

not at all. If anything, the cooler air helps vs hot air that makes the car feel sluggish

Still doing it’s job at the 400whp range. These are rated up to 450 on cts website

of course. its a great supporting/power mod

Monitor boost manifold pressure. It shows vacuum

thank you!

Thanks for watching! As much as I love the GTI, hearing the vtec crossover when the SI was FBO is definitely something you can't replicate with these turbo cars.

Check codes then check the turbo itself. Normally you’ll want a tune when you add parts

You can just cap it

@@JewelCity1 thanks for info

Normal driving should be fine with no tune since the ecu can adjust itself however you won’t see much gains without a matching tune

You can keep your stock ic unplugged and just run the front mount. Less hassle, and it’s already In place if you go back to stock

Not running a twin cooler setup

Without an intercooler at stage 2 you're going to heat soak quick. I'm on an EQT stage 2 tune and my charge temps rocket up doing a 40-100 pull. After a downpipe and a tune an intercooler is the next best upgrade for the Gen3 imo.

I've yet to have a temp issue.. Its a weekend errand, run kids around car ... If I was ever gettn to a track then I'd definitely add it to the front of the list

It's more about maintaining power over and over doing pulls on warm days vs feeling the heat rob power and feeling slower each pull as iats rise. Your car will feel like it's 60⁰ all the time.

No issues. Just know that if you need IC pipe replacements cts won’t sell them to you separately. This car does not have any upgraded charge pipes.

@@JewelCity1 i appreciate your time. i already purchased their downpipe im going to give this a try.

A tune would be needed (at least for max potential)

You can do it no problems. My buddy did it on his focus ST with an intake and no tune and now he’s keeping up with my stage 2 GTI that has no intercooler after a couple pulls.

A front mount means you disconnect the stock IC. A twin cooler uses both front and stock

@@JewelCity1 what’s better fmic or twin

garry vangundy ive thought about it before, that’s awesome too

Not at all. if anything it would probably help it since it’s mixing cooler more dense air.

@@JewelCity1 Thanks a lot!!!!!!!

It's located 6" more forward than oem. So total about 12" more tube. No noticeable difference on is38

do u know the best intercooler to get?

Totally worth it for more consistent power. I like the cts but some ppl swear by other higher priced brands like apr etc

@@JewelCity1 alright thanks man, ill make sure to get one. You like that cobb accessport?

Yup Cobb ties everything together. You need it to run a custom tune

Yes it comes off. Either through a tune or clearing the code on Cobb or obd11. For some ppl it comes back but it’s a harmless code. Just clear it again

@@JewelCity1 thanks for your fast response... I think I’m just going to do the intercooler first and wait at least a month or two to do the down pipe. Do you get any codes when installing the intercooler only?

No codes

@@JewelCity1 Thats great news. Thanks for your help once more and for taking your time to make this informative videos, it has really helped me out deciding what to upgrade on my new to me gti. Have only had it for a month and already have done a stage 1 ECU and DSG tune by united Motorsports and I’m absolutely loving it. Can’t wait for this intercooler now!

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@Jewel City Oh ok. I'm thinking of ordering the cts fmic for my 2019 gti s and was a bit confused thanks for the reply!

@Jewel City Lastly, did you remove the stock intercooler?

Still there but plugged

@Jewel City Ok thanks man appreciate the response

yes a retune is good for max potential

Nope

You could retrofit but for 250-300 you could get a budget front mount and have much better cooling. Install would also be more simple.

NeXuS858 much easier to add/remove a front mount and gives good results for bolt on cars

@@JewelCity1 definitely easier to install but the results are not as significant as swapping the core IC for a better one mygolfmk7.com/2019/02/mk7-gti-ebay-fmic-drive-comparison/

@@NeXuS858 the article link is a twintercooler setup with 2 intercoolers

@@foxxrider250r correct that's what the GTI in the video is running. Replacing the OEM IC yields better performance

NeXuS858 I think he said he is running a CTS FRont mount. This is not the same as a Twincooler fmic. The twincooler uses a front mount in conjunction with the inefficient oem cooler. The CTS disconnects the oem cooler and operates as a stand-alone intercooler. It’s a better bar and plate design and the end tanks are more efficient at cooling as the oem ends are plastic.

Tony V true but this is a front mount upgrade

@@JewelCity1 Do they actually do anything... performance wise?...

Tony V helps bring in cooler air so there is possibility it’ll help make more hp

Same question . Why did you or how did you put infront of rad?

@@arekustienny2521 another install vid I saw showed the new one getting mounted in front of the radiator and just leaving the old stock one in place where it came.(and hopefully covering up the holes to stock one)

So true, young trump

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What if i got stage 1 + downpipe on my twinturbo 3l diesel is it worth getting upgrated intercooler? PLS REPLY I DONT WANNA WASTE MONEY

@@aranaydar7535 I don't know too much about diesels but with the turbocharged similarities between gas and Diesel whenever boost is increased there's more heat so if you can dissipate that heat you'll have better performance you have to remember that installing or upgrading your intercooler does not necessarily mean more horsepower or torque what the upgraded intercooler does is give more consistent horsepower and torque because heat soak of the intercooler would be less likely to cause power losses. So generally the rule of thumb is if you increase boost you should upgrade your intercooler compensate for the heat that would be expected from increasing the boost now if you're only increasing boost one or two PSI then you probably are okay with your factory intercooler but if you're increasing boost more substantially across the RPM band then you definitely would want to upgrade your inner cooler for consistency throughout your RPM band. I hope this makes sense to you and the purchase of an intercooler is up to you they are expensive and some are kind of tricky to install just depends on the vehicle but if it's something you can do yourself prior to yourself getting tuned you would save a lot of money that way but I would say for stage one I wouldn't bother with an upgraded intercooler but if you go stage 2 I definitely would but that's just my opinion so take that for what it's worth also depends on your climate and driving style.

@@eppyz woah your knowledge is on another level thanks dude!

A bigger intercooler certainly increases hp. Proven facts lol.

@@christopherrogers8316 intercooler doesn't bump hp just makes the hp more reliable. The tune you had with the intercooler made the power not the intercooler. Don't care what proof you have 20 yrs of racing Evo's and having 100's of hours of tuning is all the proof i need. Believe whatever you want😎

Under 450whp =fmic (faster install) Above 450whp= stock location upgrade (more surface area)