New intercooler?

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SIZEMOREMK

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So I have my car in the shop getting headgaskets and pistons...

I figured while I was at it, I would consider some combination of mods:
98 intake cams
IW 10%+ OD dampener
Torque converter (mine is still stock)

The guys at the shop think I should go with the 98 cams, but over the other options, recommended I have them build me a custom intercooler instead.

Said mine was too thick and not enough surface area.

I have an icevex unit in there now. I'd have to measure to get demensions.

I'm sure they could make a better IC, but I'm not quite convinced. I have read where some of the guys here are using the icevex units and seem to like them just fine.

As far as temps, mine seem to stay within 30* or so of ambient. Even on the hotter days in summer I never seen em go beyond 120-130. After hot lapping my car once at the 1/8 track, I did see 140-150ish degrees at the end, but it was already hot and humid, and just made a pass... Seems like I seen 130ish after the first pass.

I also recall that when I bought the car and had it tuned by Dennis Reinhart, he made a comment that I might need a bigger intercooler...

Thoughts?
 
Zack, have you tried the CXRacing intercoolers? I know you've used their pipe before.


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I'd say get the cams. You can swap intercoolers later if needed.

Actually, doing both things if you go with a CXRacig intercooler wouldn't be too much of a stretch, would it?

Oops, I meant to say Treadstone not CXRacing.


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BTW, I just bought this;
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Trying to decide if the intercooler upgrade is necessary. At 10-12 lbs I didn't really seem to have real bad IATs.

The shop is thinking 15-17 lbs with cams and an 18% OD. I'm hoping for 15 because I'm not sure I'm comfortable with more than that. Actually we've discussed If it ends up too high, the shop will machine the balancer a bit smaller.

If I seen 120-130* IATs before, with a few more lbs of boost, should I expect that much of an increase in IATs?

I don't really race, and if I did it would be mostly 1/8.
 
If the highest you have seen under boost is 120-130*, I'd pass for now.
When I had the Icevex I would see a rise of 45-50* with 18psi. The one I have now gets about 25-35* rise on a 19-20psi pull.

As far as the thickness goes, the bigger the better is the way I see it.
 
I don't think you need to spend that much money. Treadstone makes bigger intercoolers than the one I posted above for much less than what the shop had quoted you.
How much HP do you think you will be pushing? Pump gas?


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