Well I final got the issues with the high temps on my intercooler resolved. As a refresher, my Intercooler temp was about a constant 160 most of the time and about 180 to 190 on a hot day. When I had my car dyno tuned they were seeing IAT of 250 degrees.
Neither one of those is good so I asked Chicane to install their kickass intercooler on the car. Its fully sealed, forcing all air to pass thru it. The stock units pretty much suck and allow a lot of air to pass around them. Anyway, once all the air was forced to go thru the intercooler I was actually seeing even higher temps on the Intercooler h2o gauge. I'm talking 190 on a mild day without getting in it. Not good.
So Joe suggested I pull the heat exchanger off the car and pressure wash it from the backside to blow all the crap out of it. I then sat and straightened out any bent fins and cleared any small rocks and other crap that had gotten stuck in it. It was a pretty big mess. I then refilled it using about 20 percent coolant, 60 percent water, and then wetter water.
End result... the Intercooler h20 is now hovering around 140 and the car pulls strong as hell. I'm curious what the IAT is now so I have an appointment next Monday to get it on a dyno and retuned. Hopefully I can see a lot more then 367rwhp out of it.
Neither one of those is good so I asked Chicane to install their kickass intercooler on the car. Its fully sealed, forcing all air to pass thru it. The stock units pretty much suck and allow a lot of air to pass around them. Anyway, once all the air was forced to go thru the intercooler I was actually seeing even higher temps on the Intercooler h2o gauge. I'm talking 190 on a mild day without getting in it. Not good.
So Joe suggested I pull the heat exchanger off the car and pressure wash it from the backside to blow all the crap out of it. I then sat and straightened out any bent fins and cleared any small rocks and other crap that had gotten stuck in it. It was a pretty big mess. I then refilled it using about 20 percent coolant, 60 percent water, and then wetter water.
End result... the Intercooler h20 is now hovering around 140 and the car pulls strong as hell. I'm curious what the IAT is now so I have an appointment next Monday to get it on a dyno and retuned. Hopefully I can see a lot more then 367rwhp out of it.