ATI intercooler with Vortech Supercharger
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ATI intercooler with Vortech Supercharger Will ATI air-to-air intercooler work on Vortech supercharger?or any other air-to-air intercoolers. I want to use this cause i've heard ATI has good reputation for making unreliable superchargers, most breaking down during the 1st year of use.
you can use any intercooler, and aftercooler, with any headunit.
it is just the matter of custom piping ect.
i have planned on doing the ati intercoolers with the vortech unit i have, but i have not found any ati setups for cheap, yet.
it is not ideal, to use the small G trim, with that much piping though.
ati's headunits are not that bad, the brackets, and belt slippage sucks though, the new 8 rib should help with both of those.
if you decide to pursue this, i have a polished vortech V9 G-trim with LS1 f-car brackets, i would entertain offers for.
Ryan
it is just the matter of custom piping ect.
i have planned on doing the ati intercoolers with the vortech unit i have, but i have not found any ati setups for cheap, yet.
it is not ideal, to use the small G trim, with that much piping though.
ati's headunits are not that bad, the brackets, and belt slippage sucks though, the new 8 rib should help with both of those.
if you decide to pursue this, i have a polished vortech V9 G-trim with LS1 f-car brackets, i would entertain offers for.
Ryan
no noticable difference, if the air/water will cool your intake charge as well as the air/air.
I want to do it only to be different, and the vortech aftercharger is $1500.
Ryan
I want to do it only to be different, and the vortech aftercharger is $1500.
Ryan
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One thing I like about the Vortech aftercooler is that it works even while the car is just sitting still. I've tried this many times. If you make 2 or 3 back-to-back passes at the track, yes the water in the cooler will start to warm up a little (but it's never boiling hot, as some claim). But once you sit in the staging lanes for about 3-5 minutes with the car ON, the system is cool again in no time. The same is true if you're out street racing. Sooner or later, you'll have to get off the throttle, either because of traffic or a stoplight. At that time, the water is steady pumping through the system and already cooling it, even though you're not moving. The ATI air-to-air system requires the car to be moving forward fairly quickly for enough air to blow across the air ducts. It doesn't work well if the car is sitting still.
