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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 10:38 PM
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Question Solve a dispute between me and a buddy

I am about to put a D1SC on my T/A with a FMIC and a alky control kit.

A friend I know from work (owns a SRT-4), keeps telling me that I need to "spray the IC" with 50 water / 50 meth..

I keep telling him I am going to spray 100% meth into the intake basically.

He is telling me that I will pick up a lot of horsepower if I spray the IC along with the alky control kit...

Will someone educate me on this? Isn't it ALL about IAT's? And I will control that with the alky control kit....
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 10:52 PM
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alky is a chemical intercooler, he is dumb, the only manufacturer that sprays the intercooler is subaru and ive seen many get kicked off the track for dripping fluid.
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Old Jun 29, 2009 | 11:10 PM
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do not spray before the intercooler.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:14 AM
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Your buddy is a idiot. You never spray before the intercooler. Only after and 100% meth is just fine.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 01:53 AM
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are you talking about spraying water/meth ON TO the IC?? if so then YES it works!

its a trick the rally guys have used for years! ok not good at the track and not as effective as meth but it will help lower intake temps some.

Chris.
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Old Jun 30, 2009 | 04:50 AM
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You will have all the inlet air temp cooling that you need by using a front mount intercooler kit with your D-1SC and 100% methanol. There is no need to spray the intercooler. Bob
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