While supplies last, you can get the Helix F56 (Non-JCW) Dual Density Core intercooler for a fraction of the price: $299 plus shipping. The Helix DDC is the continuation of our groundbreaking Stepped Core intercooler for previous models of MINIs and BMWs. Please call us at (267) 335-4337 to order your Helix DDC Intercooler.
When Helix introduced the world’s first stepped core intercooler, it was revolutionary in the automotive aftermarket. The design was born out of a necessity for a balance of properties in a cooler that were useful not only in track applications, but also a variety of street conditions. The goal was to produce an intercooler that had excellent charge air cooling, high end-tank flow efficiency, quick recovery rate and minimal pressure drop. Many existing coolers could achieve one or two of these characteristics but not all of them. With our first models we were able to achieve excellent results in 3 of the 4 characteristics that we were targeting. With our fourth-generation DDC™ intercooler, we have achieved the greatest balance ever. Here’s a breakdown:
-Temperature drop: We chose bar and plate core design with very high fin density, giving us the greatest surface area for heat exchange. Our coolers have always had the greatest fin density of any core on the market. Other companies have copied our stepped design but have chosen inefficient tube and fin design, or had poor fin density. As is the case in charge air cooling, there is a compromise with such a dense fin count: an increased pressure drop. With our 4th generation DDC™, we have addressed this compromise by having two different fin densities: we maintain a very high fin count on the ambient side (the side of the core that is being cooled by the movement of ambient air), and reduced the density through the core, to minimize pressure drop. This innovation has given us the balance of performance characteristics that we’ve been striving for.
We utilized CFD airflow simulation in the cad phases of development, and additive manufacturing (3D printing) for prototyping.
