My car heatsoaked something serverely today. I'm having trouble pinpointing what the cause is.

First off let me say im not proud of it but i have a side mount IC inside the engine bay, just to get the car running so i can move it around in my lot. I know that is the major cause of this, although, I would like to figure out if a few other things are contributing to it.

Right before i took it out, i decided to change from my stock cam to a crane stage II n/a cam that i had in it when i first put the turbo on. I was running 8lbs at the time with the crane cam in it and the turbo pulled hard till my 7k rev limit. At one point last year i swapped the stock cam back in to see if the stock exhaust duration would give me some better spool up.

Well I'm running 12lbs now and i took it out with the crane cam in it to do some testing.

Here's what i noticed:
1 - Its powerband died at 6800, just like it did with the stock cam
2 - It took only 2 blocks off casual driving before i reached full operating temp
3 - The car hesitated on WOT between 5-5500
4 - It was slow as fock

So i took it back to my garage and opened the hood, the engine bay is hot as a heck!! The intercooler is hot to touch, NOT GOOD!!!! So i said eff it, its getting parked till i have the money to finish it right.

My conclusion is that the cam didnt have much to do with the turbo pulling till 7k, rather it was that i was running 8lbs at the time and the turbo wasnt being nearly as taxed as it is running 12lbs. I also think the overlap on the stage II crane cam is not good for a turbo setup and is upping my exhaust temps.

Anyone have any input????

 

sorry too much to drink this weekend...

please delete, was supposed to be in regular FI forum.