I think you need to take that test with a grain of salt. It does not tell the whole story of how the intercooler will work.
I have the Neuspeed and I've been monitoring my IAT's for the past two years since I got it. So far...my temps always come down to within 5 to 8 degrees of what my amb sensor says. I've also always been able to hit my target boost numbers on the JB4. I saw this "test" and still picked up the NS IC.
ECS did a real test where they put the car on a dyno and actually put probes on the inlet and outlets of their FMIC and a competitor's stock location IC.
http://bd8ba3c866c8cbc330ab-7b26c6f...7_Front_Mount_Intercooler_Testing_Results.pdf
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I think you need to take that test with a grain of salt. It does not tell the whole story of how the intercooler will work." - This is true, though not how you are presenting it. The test represents performance under a specific set of conditions, different conditions could result in different results. Owners interested in racing at a drag strip have different needs than owners who track their cars and push them hard for 20+ minutes at a time. The results should be considered with the test conditions in mind.
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I have the Neuspeed and I've been monitoring my IAT's for the past two years since I got it. So far...my temps always come down to within 5 to 8 degrees of what my amb sensor says. I've also always been able to hit my target boost numbers on the JB4. I saw this "test" and still picked up the NS IC." - The results above show the Neuspeed cools very well, so you saw that and still picked up the Neuspeed? It seems you're referring to something other than the results shown above.
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ECS did a real test where they put the car on a dyno and actually put probes on the inlet and outlets of their FMIC and a competitor's stock location IC." - They're both real tests.
You didn't provide any rationale for why one test should be taken with a grain of salt and the other is "real", unless you believe the ECS probes are the reason, but that's not correct since both tests had temperature probes to measure pre and post IC temperatures.
What do you attribute the high inlet air temperature of the stock IC to in the ECS test? The temperature going
into the IC was 120 degrees higher than the ECS FMIC. Why would the temperature being supplied to the IC be that much higher? The difference occurs at low engine speed when there is a negligible difference in pressure drop across the ICs. The test is supposed to be for IC temperature rise, but the starting condition of the stock IC was much different than the ECS FMIC.
