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03-30-2003, 10:22 PM | #1 |
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air/water intercooler
does anyone think it would be a good idea (and possible) to fit a RS legacy air/water chargecooler to a wrx?
does anyone also know possible performance gains compared to stock ic, other tmic or a fmic? thanks.
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03-30-2003, 10:31 PM | #2 |
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Should give a much cooler charge, very good for 1/4 type stuff.
i've seen this done, although it was a very long time ago. anything is doable Someone in our ranks is putting a wrx motor into a 67 vw bug, that's a much larger project then air/water ic |
03-30-2003, 10:42 PM | #3 |
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but would it worth it in terms of performance?
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03-31-2003, 12:42 AM | #4 |
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I'd look into a more professional setup first. The legacy one is frankly quite small, and not really sized right for best performance.
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03-31-2003, 12:46 AM | #5 |
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Definitely good performance. You may not think it is worth it if you hire someone to do it. Now if you could engineer one and let the rest of us in on it.
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03-31-2003, 04:03 AM | #6 |
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When I get home from work I'll post a link to a site with a nice A/L intercooler setup. It uses three Laminova cores if memory serves which, if you're unfamiliar are one of the most efficient designs. I've been seriously considering one of these. Here's a link to Laminova's site
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03-31-2003, 11:47 AM | #7 |
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Laminova's site is very interesting.
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There is a company that builds intercoolers for RX-7s and Typhoons/Cyclones in Texas... When I get home I will post a link.... but what they do is instead of using water to cooler they actually plumb into your A/C system and use a condensor to cool the intake charge.... pretty slick setup... and if memory serves me (the link is at home and im at work) the parasitic drawbacks of runing the AC system are actually negates by dropping intake temps by 30-40degrees in the Texas Desert
Will post the link asap hth ~wrx300 |
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I don't mind small, but looking at the Legacy one, it just looks to be of poor design. If it was 1-2" thicker it would be ALOT better as then the core would be roughly the same thickness or greater than the TB opening, and thus reduce the restriction at the TB side of the Intercooler.
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