Intercooler question
Recommended, you can definetly run them without it just hurts the efficiency of the system. A lot of guys compensate for the lack of intercooler by running methanol injection or E85.
definitely recommended, almost needed... Mine keeps the iat's 9-15 deg above ambient while crusing. Dont know what the iat's would be without it but If I had to guess Id say somehwere around 50-80 deg above ambient while crusing...
Unless you're running E85 and lower boost I would highly recommend it. The day I brought my car home after the turbo installation it was 92* and my IATs stayed under 100* the entire way home. I would say that if the choice is between this and a methanol system, run the intercooler. No pumps to worry about, no liquid to fill up, no wiring, etc... Meth is great, but I would run it in addition to an intercooler, not in place of one.
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air to air, there is no way you will be cooler than ambient... someones thermometer is off. And even after cruising down the road your IATs will creep after a few pulls.
Unless you have a Nitrous Bar or something to chill your intercooler.
For the OP. Recommended as everyone else mentions, to increase efficiency.
^^^ Ok, I didnt want to bash or call anyone out as it wasnt my car but this makes me feel a little better about my setup. I thought it was impossible to get even ambient temps in the intake with fi and an intercooler alone, but what do I know???
