Thread: water to air intercooler

who's all running a water to air set up r know anyone running one?
im going to be running a water to air set up next year and i want to get some input on this thankx.(the good and the bad)
ohh and my car is going to be mostly for track(drag) use only

I'm running one on my car, at the track it will work excellent but daily driving it won't work as good as a front mount

what about if u add a heat exchanger with the water to air set up?

im planning on running a kit like this one
Ultimate Drag Racing Water to Air Intercooler
and than adding a heat exchanger to help out with the cooling a bit

do u have any pixs of your set up?

hmmm this argument was already discussed a couple of months back about the water to air setup. And if i remember correctly with the proper use of the water setup it out performed the Air setup. look it up. It was the guy with the blue nx. He's friends with the guy that did the AWD NX.

it works great on the street when done right ....I am flying home from NC. so I go into it more in a few hours

water to air is great for drag, but in terms of road courses / rally / spirited driving for lengths of time you're going to want air to air. The water will eventually become saturated with heat and the intercooler will not work as efficiently as an air to air one.

If you use a heat exchanger it will be like the lightnings or cobras running the superchargers and you can daily them it would help out alot I was gonna do an exchanger as well but I decided to just track the car no streets unless its a little t&t in my neighborhood lol

patiently waiting.......

Sorry I had to go to NC the other day to ferry a Helo back there and the weather was crap in OH. and WV. on the way down , I did not get home till 11pm and the wife was not to interested i n me hopping on the computer ......back on subject as for air to water not being good on the street , that is false I can deffently say that without a batting an eye , but a heat exchager is mandatory , I have seen the LoveFab NSX , weather on the street or the track the car has performed flawlesly , but it has a rather large heat exchanger for the water to flow through , you have to remember that air VS. water that water has better heat transfer capabilitys but it can also be said that once heat soaked ( all intercoolers get heat soaked ) say you are sitting in traffic for a long time ect. it will take longer to cool all the water again so it is would not hurt to run a fan on the heat exchanger as well but somthing to consider also is that with A2W you can get the intake charge bellow what a A2A could ever do by adding ice to the resivore ....I like it because it can be stealth looking from out side the car , a heat exchanger done right fits easy here is mine .....


then you should get a quality pump Jabsco , Flowjet , Dayton ect. the factory bosche ones tend to die quicker , but it will work if you are on a budget ....there are many SR20 guy that have used it with great results , Coach is one that comes to mind ...I will try to find some of there threads when I get a chance

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