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Originally Posted by Dimman
In all honesty I shudder a bit every time I see a Subaru with an air-air intercooler on top of the motor.
The setup I would like to see is the positive-displacement supercharger from the first photo, with a better IC arrangement. I don't know if they could do an effective front-mount with it, otherwise a top-mount water-air, with a front-mount rad/cooler (and maybe some ice in the tank). That would make for a really nice to drive setup.
The other two are centrifugals which I really don't get. It's like the compressor half of a turbo driven by a belt.
What I'm waiting for is for someone to make a twin-screw positive displacement with an integrated intake manifold and water-air IC, for a factory-style install right on top of the motor.
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Raptor SC is came concept as CompTech's S2k's SC kit. Don't tell me you haven't heard of S2k's SC kit.
& it is proven to work awesomely!!! IIRC Orido even loved the driving feels.
As for fluid cooled IC, 3rd pic isn't air-air cooling system. It is actual fluid in there to cool the air.
FMIC will get cooler air into the engine, but it lag more than TMIC due to distance between turbo to Engine is longer than TMIC. While TMIC get less lags than FMIC, but it cannot get cooler air into the engine than FMIC... so I was heard. I'm not SC or Turbo PhD
Also even though it said Top Mount... IC is actually Back/Rear of the Engine. Top of Tranny section.