You're not listening. The problem isn't airflow through the stock IC, the problem is the stock IC is too small and inefficient. It also creates a larger pressure drop than aftermarket ICs do, which makes the turbos work harder, causing even more heat.

Try the fans out but I don't think they'll do much of anything. Water injection is a lot cheaper than a new IC and is proven to work.

BTW, if you are going to approach this from an engineering standpoint, I suggest you start by developing some way to monitor intake air temps along with a testing scheme for comparisons.

 

ya, I'm on it right now....

I am listening, as a matter of fact when I first bought the car one of the first things I bought for the car was the DP and bigger intercooler. But people talked me out of it until I got some sort of ECU upgrade or some way of controlling the boost. Actually I was going to do water injection AND the upgraded IC.........

Maybe I'll just get the intercooler and do the flow control test on it, see if it makes a difference. Because I am 100% with you on the Intercooler being too small, I mean it's only a little bigger than the IC that was on my 323 GTX........ (may it rest in piece)

a used SMIC blitz style would be what about $350?...... isn't water injection kit about $260-300? I suppose all I really need to buy is the pump..... and the nozzle the rest I'm sure I can make.....

 

...i believe he's actually referring to heat saturation....where the components that he is using have peaked as far as any further cooling abilities.

...first come the reliability mods...then the performance mods...then the removal of luxury and load components...some eventually begin to experiment...ducts, mists, phenolics, ceramics...TEC...etc lol

 

expect I'm skipping most of this: "then the performance mods...then the removal of luxury and load components"



I enjoy reworking this just as much, if not more than driving. To me it's all part of the experience. If all i wanted to do is drive I would go buy and M3.... or for the matter go flying.... But I like improving things. yes I could wait and mod it and then "improve" things like flow, But like learning to be a better driver, you start from the bottom and work your way up, otherwise you lose sight of what you are doing.

 

thanks for the sarcasim, but that's what I was trying to find out if it had any probs in that situation and my earlier quote was more of a question sorry about it looking like a statement.

Joeydinc I was confused as to what exactly you were asking, so I'm guessing you're running the stock intake shroud and your problem is that the intercooler is missing the air completely for some wierd reason? Or is it cuz of the heat it absorbs?

I've seen the mod w/ the fans on the intercooler didn't get to ask the owner if it helped though. If you end up doing it let us know if it's helps w/ getting the air moving and keeping it cool

 

I would just go with a better SMIC, water injection is just going to complicate an already overcomplicated system. WI you will have to mount all the supporting junk, and keep it full, whereas an intercooler is just a piece of metal.

Go take the SMIC intercooler out of your car, I did not to long ago to check for oil, I was about to throw it straight in the trash to force myself to buy a real intercooler. The stock intercooler is about as thick as the LCD panel I'm looking at, at MAYBE 1/3 tall as it is. Pure garbage.