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Mar 25, 2006 | 08:50 AM

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in an attempt to balance power and control any addition of weight to the front of the car needs to be well thought out.
adding twenty lb to the very front of the car has disadvantages too.

you will never notice the extra weight, because of the power differerce that you will gain from it......

Mar 25, 2006 | 10:19 AM

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No its the other way around. You want to Exchange heat not retian it.

I get what you're thinking is here but a lighter intercooler (especially a tube fin like the stocker) will heat soak much faster and will not cool as well as the heavier bar and plate designs of most aftermarket FMICs. You're right about a larger core retaining heat longer once it reaches heat soak but many of the larger FMIC's on the market rarely ever get to that point for a number of reasons (surface area of the core, material, cooling efficiency, etc...)

Mar 25, 2006 | 11:15 AM

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in any kind of heat exchanger, you want to maximise the surface area, minimise mass/material. you want to get rid of heat..therefore lighter, less thermal mass is better.

Mar 25, 2006 | 10:54 PM

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A lighter FMIC will allow it to heat soak much faster. The heavier the FMIC material is enables it to resist heat soak much better. Unless you plan to pre-heat your FMIC then a heavier one will function much better. If you have a large surface area and a heavy FMIC, chances are you will not soak the FMIC.