Oldschoolmk7
Go Kart Champion
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I would say any of the stock location replacements would be a nice upgrade. I lived in S Florida for 5 years and it's hot. It would be wise investment living down there.
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Intercooler performance
- Thread starter 0bLiViOuS
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I'm getting an IC no question. So you all think stock location performs better, even in stop and go with max AC? I guess I was just thinking that an IC with more mass (eg. bar/plate) sandwiched in the stock location would just absorb all that compressor heat and take longer at speed to cool back down.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
I'm not saying one is better, just that neither will present any cooling issues.
ashiun
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https://datazap.me/u/ashiun/oct-16-...midity-additive?log=0&data=1-4-6&zoom=189-313
Cruises at way higher temps than my stock IC did, but drops the temps significantly under WOT. I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing here Lol.
48f ambient. 107 iat in light traffic, drops down to 62f under WOT. Would have liked it to be less than 14f above ambient.
Cruises at way higher temps than my stock IC did, but drops the temps significantly under WOT. I'm wondering if there's something I'm missing here Lol.
48f ambient. 107 iat in light traffic, drops down to 62f under WOT. Would have liked it to be less than 14f above ambient.
Diggs24
Autocross Champion
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- de plains! de plains!
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- 2015 GTI
This looks great.
Any metal that is going the shed heat efficiently, will also heat up efficiently. I suspect that at city speeds, the hot compressed air out of the turbo is doing a better job of heating the IC than the ambient air running over it can cool it. Once you get WOT, the ambient air can draw off more heat, cooling the IC down.
ashiun
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- Toronto, Ontario
I'll get another long log in sometime. I think I was just expecting too much.
That... actually makes a lot of sense Lol. Though my IATs only go up whenever I'm off boost. As soon as I get even like... 4 psi flowing I drop 10f instantly.
That... actually makes a lot of sense Lol. Though my IATs only go up whenever I'm off boost. As soon as I get even like... 4 psi flowing I drop 10f instantly.
Oldschoolmk7
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Your good. Kicking around town is not going to matter. I hope to get my tank in this weekend.
.Here's the most important thing - is your ECU changing any performance stat due to IAT? No - then you're fine, no matter what the temperature drop is. So long as your IC is keeping the IAT down so that the ECU is not changing performance, it is good.
The biggest advantage of your IC vs stock will be that you can hammer on it more (and maybe indefinitely) in hot weather and not get heat soak where the intercooler just can deal with it anymore.
ashiun
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Confidence inspiring. You guys are the best
Oldschoolmk7
Go Kart Champion
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Confidence inspiring. You guys are the best
Looks like your ready for either a hybrid, Boss 500, or Tomeiko turbo upgrade soon.
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ashiun
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Funny timing, that.
My radiator just separated itself from my intercooler during my drive today, and my radiator coolant hose or whatever blew the hell up and sprayed coolant all over my engine bay. Coolant reservoir sitting at a solid 0.
Had it towed back to the shop that installed it since the install was probably botched somehow, given that the rad mounts to the intercooler and everything is clipped together.
I went probably 3 minutes at low speed with the coolant light on... no shoulder for me to pull off onto. Here's to hoping my head gasket/cylinder head is still ok...
My radiator just separated itself from my intercooler during my drive today, and my radiator coolant hose or whatever blew the hell up and sprayed coolant all over my engine bay. Coolant reservoir sitting at a solid 0.
Had it towed back to the shop that installed it since the install was probably botched somehow, given that the rad mounts to the intercooler and everything is clipped together.
I went probably 3 minutes at low speed with the coolant light on... no shoulder for me to pull off onto. Here's to hoping my head gasket/cylinder head is still ok...
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Hoon
Autocross Champion
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- Rhode Island
Guaranteed they screwed it up.
There's no way they can separate if everything is fastened correctly.
ashiun
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- Toronto, Ontario
I dropped it off at their shop and they're taking a look at it today.
I'm just worried there's going to be engine damage... I'd be the happiest dude alive if they call me back and tell me the radiator and hoses have been fixed and that's it. Now on the other hand, if they call back and tell me about a warped head gasket/cylinder head...