Boosted

opinion on the A4 Setup or the SMIC because I have never used one. You will find when measured that a fmic will have an increased pressure drop over the TT 225s duals, this is to be expected. Furthermore you will notice increased coolant temps at idle and after hard running, as it does block airflow. However while driving my coolant always measured normally and was the same as the dual setup. Cast tanks vs welded tanks will have different pressure drops due to smoothness of interior walls. Audi probably wanted minimal turbo lag, and reasonable cooling so the a dual setup makes sense. There are pros and cons for both setups. I myself had an OCT and felt it was good bang for the buck, and was worthwhile.

DLSJ5

Or are they acceptable rises in temps?

CarbonFibre

An oil cooler helps with higher temps but at the same time the temperature rises could be acceptable. I'll wait for someone to chime in that knows what he's talking about ;^)

Boosted

things you can get. A decent oil cooler. Talk to Steve, he has a really good setup on this. Using a fan on back of cooler is optional. If you live somewhere cold get a thermostat on the sandwhich plate to bypass the cooler below a set temperature. Oil doesnt perform well when cold. Same can be said when its hot. Along with cooler choose a good grade of synthetic oil either Mobil or Redline.

TTschwing

Probably have a bit more cooling capacity than the stock IC's. On the cooling issues, my car has never wavered off the 12:00 mark. I ran an FMIC for several thousands of miles before chipping and well before my outboard oil cooler install and never noticed any issues, and it's hot here in NC. On the phenolic spacers, if you hit my link, I document a 20% reduction in Manifold temps and a pretty nice bump in timing. All the graphs are in the manifold album! So yes, I think it's worthwhile. Any charge air heat reduction on this motor is.

Boosted

You want your motor to run the right temperature neither to hot nor to cold. Increased boost from a chip will raise temperature. You need ways to offset things within reason.

TTschwing

Takes some load off the cooling system giving it much more reserve....

CarbonFibre

Never above 12:00! My car is stock and I can get it past there driving like a granny sometimes

Boosted

Redline wATER wETTER!!!!!!!!!!!

TTschwing

Exactly! G12 only......:-)