is there a front mount aftercooler?? sorry if it's a stupid question but i don't know much about these things.

if there is, this brand does it?? and how much is it?? also is it better than the regular aftercooler?

 

tech2 have an front mount aftercooler, and yes it supposively works better seeing how you're getting cooler air since its in the front and all.....

http://www.tech2motorsports.com/cat/catalo...da40d8c65d81c92

 

Nothing like misinformation.

There are no Front Mount Aftercoolers (AFAIK). The Comptech and Vortech ACs use a small radiator that mounts in front of the radiator. Tech2 make a larger radiator to use with these that looks like a front mount intercooler but isn't.

And according to Xviper it's capacity is actually less than the radiator that comes with the AC.

 

So true. Misinformation is a bitch.

The Tech 2 front mount is not a real intercooler. It's merely a larger radiator that replaces the stock Comptech/Vortech radiator. Although it looks much bigger, it actually doesn't even hold as much coolant as the smaller stock rad. Whether or not it "cools" any better is yet to be determined. The larger frontal area may or may not cool the lesser amount of fluid better. It's mostly for "bling".

To get a "real" air/air front mount intercooler for a supercharger, you would have to have it custom made like the one that the fellow "Eri" from Puerto Rico had. He increased the boost to 10 psi and stated that he lost no boost as a result of the FMI but that was on a dyno pull where you could sustain a steady rising rate of boost through one gear (probably 4th). In the real world, the larger volume of the FMI and the associated plumbing would result in some boost loss as each time you shift, the BOV would release the pressure and the system would have to pressurize up again rapidly - something that won't happen in the lower gears where you spend very little time in each gear. A larger volume of air is harder to pressurize up and takes longer to pressurize up.