Assassinx1

Hi guys I have a vortech Liquid to air intorcooler that came with my vortech. Supossidly these are better because the discharge piping to and from the cooler its shorter so it better responce. But most corvette kits come with air to air. Should I sell this intercooler which would go above the engine and use about 2 feet of piping and plumbing coolant. And buy an in front of radiator tpe and use no coolant just cold air and 4 feet or so of piping.?

BLOWNBLUEZ06

That original Vortech setup is not the way to go. The water gets heated up and never recovers.
Your question is loaded. For the track, liquid is better. You can ice it down for each pass. For the street, air to air is better because it doesn't get heat soaked so easily. It'll be more consistent.

Assassinx1

I like the air to air style better anyway. I was pretty much dead set on selling this intercooler. I dontlike that the intake air will always be in the 200 degree range. At least with air to air its what ever the outside temp is and cooler because of highway speeds. The next question is if I find an intercooler with 2.5 inlet and outlets would this be sufficient. I found a nice god speed one with a blow off valve location. Theres also a WRX one for sale that could tuck away nicley infront of the radiator has anyone tried this?

road pilot

A&A has a well designed intercooler. I bought his system just
for the intercooler. I run the Vortec SC.

meine96ws6

The procharger one is also great, ran one and got great results

stevieturbo

I agree, but would add that either system is just as good. The only time either will be bad, if it has been designed and implemented badly ( ie like the factory Vortech piece. But then it is probably ok for the base kit and low power level it was designed for. )

ie, if either setup is too small to deal with the heat and airflow, it will always be a bad system. Wouldnt matter with water or air.

I'd just say that A2A is simpler, lighter and less to go wrong. And cheaper too. Although it does require space to be found at the front of the vehicle for a suitably sized core.

rodsvet

Air to air is the simplest. No leaks or heat soak. Run a little meth under boost and you'll be happy. I use the A&A latest intercooler and it allows plenty of boost and air flow to the radiator.

igtabg1

I'd go with the proven a&a intercooler, I have a 08 wrx and most of the subby guys stay away from godspeed products...

joshtownsend

if your running meth, then who cares what intercooler you got... it don't make any difference.

stevieturbo

It will if the IC doesnt flow any air.

And an IC that cools means you will be less reliant on meth for cooling.

You should have the best and most efficient IC possible.

SteveDoten

Jesus/Chris has been bringing up the water/air topic often, I'm pretty sure this is the answer right here

others, take a look at the A&A IC cores form the past year or 2, I don't know the 'type' or manufacture for the core material, but it's not your typical 'rolled fin' you see in a radiator or IC from years past