 AWIC, water intercooler |
 Feb 11, 2006 - 9:33 AM
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Why does it seem like front mount intercoolers are more popular these days?
I personally like Air to Water Intercoolers more, just because you can always dump in dry ice into the water and have a great intercooler efficency. Why don't more poeple use AWIC? What other car manuactures make AWIC other then the gt4? what's wrong with the cheap ebay ones? Ebay awic item #: 8036625491 can someone tell me a little more about AWIC systems? This post has been edited by Hanyo: Feb 11, 2006 - 9:35 AM |
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Feb 19, 2006 - 1:38 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 10, '03 From Connecticut Currently Offline Reputation: 11 (100%) |
Yeah... I dont think you understand how intercoolers work.
Air to air (ie FMIC) are cooled by air passing thru the core in which the compressed air is passing inside the core. The moving air cools the fins & metal and heat is dispersed from the hot air to the metal which is cooled via the moving air. In a water to air intercooler, instead of air cooling the metal, water is cooling the metal. There is no direct contact between the compressed air and the water (as also like the a2a). Water to air intercoolers are more effective in the way that water is a better cooling agent than air is. -------------------- |
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Hanyo AWIC Feb 11, 2006 - 9:33 AM
presure2 well, theres lots of reasons why, but IMO alot of ... Feb 11, 2006 - 11:03 AM
celicaST QUOTE(presure2 @ Feb 11, 2006 - 9:03... Feb 11, 2006 - 11:13 AM tufy awic's are so efficient on our gt fours and wi... Feb 11, 2006 - 11:14 AM Hanyo my other reason i like water to air intercoolers i... Feb 13, 2006 - 5:32 AM brianforster QUOTE(Hanyo @ Feb 13, 2006 - 10:32 A... Feb 17, 2006 - 6:27 PM Supersprynt The weight your talking is negligable, no it wont ... Feb 17, 2006 - 6:37 PM SnowMan I'm curious, are you able to put a BOV on an A... Feb 19, 2006 - 1:32 PM SnowMan Thanks, I do understand how they work, but when lo... Feb 19, 2006 - 1:46 PM Supersprynt Well for anybody whose generally confused about in... Feb 19, 2006 - 1:52 PM SnowMan Thanks, that pic helps!
I originally meant tha... Feb 19, 2006 - 2:01 PM scothaniel QUOTEWhat other car manuactures make AWIC other th... Feb 21, 2006 - 12:00 PM Supersprynt For reference here is a diagram of the ST205 W2A s... Feb 21, 2006 - 4:12 PM lubu SOrry to bring this up from the dead, but does any... Jun 12, 2008 - 4:09 AM Paul_Celica_GT From the EPC picture I'd say you can't buy... Jun 12, 2008 - 5:31 AM lubu QUOTE (Paul_Celica_GT @ Jun 12, 2008 - 6... Jun 12, 2008 - 9:44 AM |
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