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Question About Fi And Air-to-water Ic's

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GTFTW

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I've been looking around at some supercharger kits and I really like the Vortech kits, however they obviously only come with a-2-w intercoolers. I live in Texas where it gets pretty damn hot and all I am hearing is how an air-to-water would be useless.

Don't all 03/04 Cobras and GT500's also use air-to-water coolers? I see a lot of them here, wouldn't they be in the same boat?
 

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They will not be useless, but in extreme heat they do get pretty heat soaked. You never need an intercooler, but they always help reduce detonation, increase hp and help efficiency of the blower and motor all around (gas mileage). I'm non intercooled here in FL and I can tell a big difference from 7am to 2pm. But since I'm not racing at all times of the day I do not worry about it, plus I'm still on the 156k mile longblock.

New motor will get forged goodies, TF heads, a upgrade to T Trim and a huge A2A intercooler. Hoping to be in 500's while spinning that thing to the moon.

Cobra's and other roots and twin screws do get heat soaked too, just A2A intercoolers offer much more efficiency, as the faster the vehicle is moving the more air that is flowing over the cores of the intercooler, thus reducing heat soak and keeping the motors' IAT's nice and low.
 
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