Well my air/water intercooler is on the way and I am wondering how it will compare to a large fmic. Does anyone have numbers for short term and long term. In other words, "when i first start out in the morning my iat's are ___ and after i've been at full operating temp for a half-hour my iat's are ___." I don't really need all that. any info would be greatly appreciated

 

 

I will check with my friend. He is running a starion IC on a 8psi D16A6 CRX si.

he has intake temps to share.

I will post them here.

Randy

 

you air temps adam with the air to water should be around 50-80degrees depedning if you load it with ice. It shouldnt go past 100 degrees if it does then its loosing its efficiceny.

 

I did a WOT run in 5th gear on a 3% uphill on the Autobahn

Boosting 1.25 Bar for about 10 seconds

The temp out was about 15 degrees Celsius and the Haltech intake temp sensor showed 25 deg. WOW!

This was with the DRAG 3 intercooler.

EDIT: My turbo is watercooled. This should help a bit too.


[Modified by austrian type-R, 5:29 PM 4/3/2002]

 

Here is what he said.

Well, what I've noticed with the IC is that the intake temperatures are related primarily to the speed I'm traveling and the ambient air. Obviously, when I first start the car, the temperature is the same as the ambient air. If I'm traveling at residential speeds, the temperature will usually get up to 100-110F. When cruising on the freeway, it would get as low as 10-15 degrees over ambient. During the autocross we went to, I don't recall seeing any temperatures over 115-120, but I could be wrong. Now, when you are stopped, the intake temperature climbs quickly. After I've parked the car, I've seen the temperature shoot up to over 140 and it takes quite a while for it to come back down.


There you go. Not really load dependant, but ambient air makes a big difference.

Randy

 

thanks guys.