Aftercooler vs Intercooler for S/C setup
10-22-2009, 09:12 AM
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Aftercooler vs Intercooler for S/C setup
There are plenty of posts going back for years on whether the standard aftercoolers that come with the Comptech and Vortec kits are superior to one of the intercooler setups or a custom configuration. Problem is, none of them reach any real conclusions and the few that at least have opinions generally go OT in a pointless debate between armchair engineers debating theories.
Has anyone done any real testing of intake temps or even subjective observations with both aftercooled and intercooled setups? I'm sure there are valid reasons why most of the s/c kits have come with a/c's but with many people are running 2x (or more) the boost levels that these kits were originally designed for, is it still the best setup? Living in Florida and running around 10lbs of boost I have been considering a higher capacity front radiator (SOS sells one, Tech2 does/or did) vs. a FMIC like UR's.
What got me thinking is this vendor's kit:
Intercooler Kit
Which looks pretty much looks like a copy of Ultimate Racing's kit:
UR FMIC Kit
The kit is not that much more than just adding SOS's larger radiator to my current system. I guess it comes down to whether the greater loss of boost is made up for by lower temps. Any thoughts on whether it's worth pursuing an upgrade radiator to an a/c, a fmic setup or should I just jump on the meth bandwagon?
Has anyone done any real testing of intake temps or even subjective observations with both aftercooled and intercooled setups? I'm sure there are valid reasons why most of the s/c kits have come with a/c's but with many people are running 2x (or more) the boost levels that these kits were originally designed for, is it still the best setup? Living in Florida and running around 10lbs of boost I have been considering a higher capacity front radiator (SOS sells one, Tech2 does/or did) vs. a FMIC like UR's.
What got me thinking is this vendor's kit:
Intercooler Kit
Which looks pretty much looks like a copy of Ultimate Racing's kit:
UR FMIC Kit
The kit is not that much more than just adding SOS's larger radiator to my current system. I guess it comes down to whether the greater loss of boost is made up for by lower temps. Any thoughts on whether it's worth pursuing an upgrade radiator to an a/c, a fmic setup or should I just jump on the meth bandwagon?
10-22-2009, 10:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Racing,Oct 22 2009, 01:42 PM
Ooh a blatant copy. Gotta love those. They even copied our description line by line!
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10-22-2009, 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Jano,Oct 22 2009, 10:55 AM
Ya, I thought it was a bit much that even the positioning of the individual pieces in the picts were almost exactly the same too...
10-22-2009, 12:37 PM
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Originally Posted by itlynstalyn,Oct 22 2009, 03:01 PM
Truth. However, their pricing seems to be significantly cheaper than the UR kit. Might be worth it to check it out for the s/c guys looking for a FMIC.
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10-22-2009, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Ultimate Racing,Oct 22 2009, 12:37 PM
Anything copied and mass produced in China is going to be significantly cheaper than the original.
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Originally Posted by 21k,Oct 23 2009, 02:06 AM
whats everyones setup who have a vortech or comptech and a 12psi pulley. does the stock a/c get the job done?
10-23-2009, 05:03 AM
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Originally Posted by markeymark13,Oct 23 2009, 01:46 AM
I purchased the UR kit. I have yet to put it on, next week, but the looks of it are amazing. Nice welds.
