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I've looked into many of them in person. None had staggered fins like above (which is much better). I guess they finally updated them. I also bought many before fab9 was a thing.
I remember the day deezums found that $50 cooler on ebay that somehow magically had proper fin density and placement, I hit "buy it now" so fast I felt like one of the n00bs
So, thinking I was satisfied with the better of the 2 CXRay I/Cs, such as what I had, I bought another one after my wreck. P/N IC0049.
Now the conversation about Vibrants and Precisions is making me second guess.
For the track, I only plan to run about 175 WHP, and I will only be seeing about 10* rise over ambient. Not sure how much pressure drop, however. And for street use, I only get about 20* rise, as not enough time to heat soak.
Big question is if I indeed take car to drag strip as planned, that will be a long enough pull at 220WHP, or so, to let MAT go high. I could just throw in a couple of gallons of 110 or 120 Octane race gas, to keep safe, but will still loose some power, I would expect. TBH, I think the pressure drop will be more of an issue than MAT.
I have attached a log that represents the old and new intercooler on a pull.
Do you think I should ditch this thing and go for a Vibrant (Fab9) or Precision?
Fully heat soaked, I never want to see more than a 30-35*F delta between ambient and IATs post-intercooler.
That’s what I’m gathering. I may be heat soaked, in that if I held the power the MAT might get to that. However, in this log, MAT goes from 79 ambient to 99, or only 20 degrees F. Hence the question.
That’s what I’m gathering. I may be heat soaked, in that if I held the power the MAT might get to that. However, in this log, MAT goes from 79 ambient to 99, or only 20 degrees F. Hence the question.
79 on that log is not going to be ambient. That's referring to the actual air temperature outside of the car not MAT during low load.
I just got the Vibrant 12800 on Amazon for $163 and it also looks like the picture above. I will provide further pictures when I get a chance to install it.
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