{"product_id":"overtake-top-mount-intercooler-subaru-2002-2007-wrx-2004-2021-sti-2004-2008-forester-xt","title":"OVERTAKE Top Mount Intercooler - Subaru 2002-2007 WRX, 2004-2021 STI, 2004-2008 Forester XT","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe factory \u003cstrong\u003eSubaru\u003c\/strong\u003e top-mount intercooler on the \u003cstrong\u003e02-07 WRX and 04-21 STI\u003c\/strong\u003e was built to a stock power target. The tube-and-fin core is easy to damage on the road and undersized for what these cars actually run when driven hard.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eOVERTAKE Top Mount Intercooler\u003c\/strong\u003e replaces it with a substantially larger all-aluminum bar-and-plate core, cast aluminum end tanks CNC machined and welded to a soldered and pressure-tested core, and inlet geometry designed to match the OEM Y-pipe flow path. 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