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		All eu3 cars have a thicker intercooler then the early eu2 cars
 
 If you car has the ext nose cone then you can run the NON ac intercooler from alisport which is 20mm thicker then  AC cooler, as its designed to fit in the std nose with ac as per uk spec.
 
 
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		Hey Flaps,
 The difference between the early and the late defer intercooler is the size of the core pipes, when I got my replacement one I thought I had been sent an early one by mistake until I checked the pipe sizes.  The physical dimensions of the I/c don't change.  Yes you can get aftermarket ones that are bigger and I suspect more efficient again, however the LR ones are physically the same dimensions.