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Originally Posted by wparsons
Underhood heat from a turbo kit and IAT's aren't 100% correlated like you're suggesting.
Even with an intercooler, you're still going to need to do things to keep underhood temperature down.
How much intercooler you need is a function of how much you're compressing the air more than underhood temperature.
Yes, you can get some heatsoak from a hot engine bay, but you're still going to get that heatsoak with an intercooler (over longer lengths of piping).
At the end of the day, the turbo is breathing in relatively cool air and compressing it. The compression is what drives up the IAT's. That's why you need a better intercooler with more pressure.
Would I take a car without an IC lapping on pump gas, no (e85 is possibly a different story)... but for a pure street car on low boost running e85, it's not going to be nearly as bad as you suggest.
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You have a hard-on to argue with me don't you? Where did I say anything about under hood temps.
I'm not even talking about under hood temps. That's another big problem in itself regarding this car. I'm talking about the basic fundamental principles of turbocharging. Intake air temps are going to be cooking without an intercooler.
What's your point seriously? The stage one has no IC.
Have you even owned a turbo car? Don't try to tell me that a non intercooled kit is fine. Even if you have race fuel or e85, why...?! Proper intercooling is an absolute must for reliablity. Also given the characteristics of how this engine runs with a turbo, you're waiting for melted pistons to happen with no intake charge cooling. It's just all a bad idea with no IC. Not sure who you're trying to convince but you sure like to talk.