A&A Intercooler ....
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St. Jude Donor '08
A&A Intercooler ....
Hey fellas ,
I was checking out a Vette today that that had an A&A kit on it and I noticed the intercooler is MUCH smaller on the kit than the one that comes with the Procharger kit . This , in my mind , is a good thing as I always have heat issues in the summer , due to the lack of airflow.
Im floating the idea of swapping intercoolers to the A&A one ( assuming its do-able ) or possibly ECS. Can some A&A owners step in and give me some feedback as heat with their kits .
What do you think ?
Thanks
I was checking out a Vette today that that had an A&A kit on it and I noticed the intercooler is MUCH smaller on the kit than the one that comes with the Procharger kit . This , in my mind , is a good thing as I always have heat issues in the summer , due to the lack of airflow.
Im floating the idea of swapping intercoolers to the A&A one ( assuming its do-able ) or possibly ECS. Can some A&A owners step in and give me some feedback as heat with their kits .
What do you think ?
Thanks
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Don't know about the A&A kit, however even the standard Vortech kit comes with a much smaller intercooler than th procharger kit, on direct comparison with both systems, on the same dyno in the same temperature:
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
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Don't know about the A&A kit, however even the standard Vortech kit comes with a much smaller intercooler than th procharger kit, on direct comparison with both systems, on the same dyno in the same temperature:
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
ya looks like i am probably going with andy's kit
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St. Jude Donor '08
Don't know about the A&A kit, however even the standard Vortech kit comes with a much smaller intercooler than th procharger kit, on direct comparison with both systems, on the same dyno in the same temperature:
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
Procharged vehicle produced MORE power at less boost given cooler/denser IAT, however boils the coolant from 98-103 degrees Celcius under normal VERY LITTLE spirited driving in 20 degree celcius ambient temperature.
Vortech vehicle required a little more boost to produce the same power, however car remained at 89-93 degree celcius under normal driving and even went down after some WOT.
The procharged vehicle was not driven in summer YET, however the vortech vehicle that seems to work perfectly in winter was heating in summer, NOT overheating. I am trying to say that if the Vortech vehicle heated in summer, yet was more than perfect in winter, then how will the procharged vehicle respond to heat in summer if its barely keeping up with coolant heat issues in winter.......
It sounds based on what youre saying that the Vortech intercooler does the job , I just hope its compatible with the ATI kit .
Thanks
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If you do use smaller IC I'd expect your air flow to improve a bit, hopefully alleviating heating issues. That being said, I don't know if you upgraded radiator yet, but wouldn't that be a better bang for the buck?
Mike
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St. Jude Donor '08
It looks like C6 intercooler offered by both A&A and ECS have smaller frontal area, but believe this was done mostly for supercharger inlet filter (at least ECS kit).
If you do use smaller IC I'd expect your air flow to improve a bit, hopefully alleviating heating issues. That being said, I don't know if you upgraded radiator yet, but wouldn't that be a better bang for the buck?
Mike
If you do use smaller IC I'd expect your air flow to improve a bit, hopefully alleviating heating issues. That being said, I don't know if you upgraded radiator yet, but wouldn't that be a better bang for the buck?
Mike
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Josh, I cant speak for Andy's kit, but we made the frontal area of our intercooler smaller for the C6, while increasing its width. It is very close to our C5 kit as far as flow is concerned because of the way the C6 is shaped it offered better cooling which is why you never hear about overheating issue's with an ECS kit.
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I'll talk to you about on Sunday at Atco
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St. Jude Donor '08
Josh, I cant speak for Andy's kit, but we made the frontal area of our intercooler smaller for the C6, while increasing its width. It is very close to our C5 kit as far as flow is concerned because of the way the C6 is shaped it offered better cooling which is why you never hear about overheating issue's with an ECS kit.
I'll talk to you about on Sunday at Atco
I'll talk to you about on Sunday at Atco
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