okay I see it now. I didnt realize that it was water to air. That takes this off my list easily.
why? Ait to air is what I prefer for heavy duty use. Its whats on my other two turbo cars.
Pro’s of a water cooled intercooler system
1. Really good efficiency, so the size of the intercooler can be smaller.
2. Efficiency can be exaggerated by using ice, or other chemicals to produce normally un-realistic temperatures for
short amounts of time.
3. Can be mounted anywhere along the charge piping route.
Con’s
1. Requires a lot of other accessories to work right.
2. Because it is more complex, it naturally causes more opportunity for problems, like leaks.
3. Can become heat soaked when used for long periods of hard driving and become terribly in-efficient and stop working completely.
Something that sized can be had for much less than an air to air that covers the whole front grille
Thats not to say air to air doesnt have its give an take either:
Pro’s
1. Requires no power to work and therefore is easy to set up.
2. Requires no liquids to work and therefore no chances for leaks .
3. Doesn’t suffer from heat-soak as long as the intercooler is seeing good airflow.
Con’s
1. Efficiency is only as good as the ambient air temperature.
2. Efficiency is only as good as the amount of airflow the intercooler see’s.
3. Cannot be mounted anywhere, since it must be mounted in a location to see airflow.
dont take my word for it, read where I got this from here, the
conclusion is at the bottom of the page of the article linked below, you can form your own decisions, price to performance choices can be critical with these components. This is a nice kit, prolly fine for DD in northern latitudes. Just not for me where I drive it hard when its triple digits outside. Thanks for letting me learn about it.
http://www.enginebasics.com/Advanced...tercooler.html
