FMIC VS Liquid to air intercooler
FMIC VS Liquid to air intercooler
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Hmm could be a tricky question but I will have a go. I would say the air to air is more efficiant do to the cooling source is readily available, but there is a draw back to this you temps are not going to be any lower than the outside temp (even if you were able to get it that low). I say the air to air is the most efficiant for every day use. On the other hand if you just had the car for drag racing then the air to liquid intercooler has the upper hand in a race. You can get your temps much lower than you could with an air to air intercooler (with out a co2 sprayer 
) circulating thru an ice tank. So it really depends on what you are doing and how you really read you question. For everyday use I say the winning hand goes to the air to air. But for effieciency in scientific terms the air to water has the air to air beat. If that makes much sense 
) circulating thru an ice tank. So it really depends on what you are doing and how you really read you question. For everyday use I say the winning hand goes to the air to air. But for effieciency in scientific terms the air to water has the air to air beat. If that makes much sense
Originally posted by mobius97
Hmm could be a tricky question but I will have a go. I would say the air to air is more efficiant do to the cooling source is readily available, but there is a draw back to this you temps are not going to be any lower than the outside temp (even if you were able to get it that low). I say the air to air is the most efficiant for every day use. On the other hand if you just had the car for drag racing then the air to liquid intercooler has the upper hand in a race. You can get your temps much lower than you could with an air to air intercooler (with out a co2 sprayer ) circulating thru an ice tank. So it really depends on what you are doing and how you really read you question. For everyday use I say the winning hand goes to the air to air. But for effieciency in scientific terms the air to water has the air to air beat. If that makes much sense
Hmm could be a tricky question but I will have a go. I would say the air to air is more efficiant do to the cooling source is readily available, but there is a draw back to this you temps are not going to be any lower than the outside temp (even if you were able to get it that low). I say the air to air is the most efficiant for every day use. On the other hand if you just had the car for drag racing then the air to liquid intercooler has the upper hand in a race. You can get your temps much lower than you could with an air to air intercooler (with out a co2 sprayer
) circulating thru an ice tank. So it really depends on what you are doing and how you really read you question. For everyday use I say the winning hand goes to the air to air. But for effieciency in scientific terms the air to water has the air to air beat. If that makes much sense
well said
I have an air to liquid I/C with an auxilliary radiator and hi-flow pump on my Syclone, and its very efficient...or so I have been told;-)
I do think that the beauty of the air to liquid is that you have no major plumbing to deal with, and therefore no real pressure drop to be concerned with. As was mentioned, you can also effectively run your coolant lines into/through a remotely mounted cold box of some sort and get optimal cooling results way beyond what a normal air-to-air can achieve. Also once an air-to-air I/C gets heat-soaked it won't cool down as quickly as an air- to-liquid either.
In reality though there are more than a few ultra-fast Syclones using big air-to-air I/C's in place of the liquid to air. I know I won't be replacing my FMIC on my EVO with anything other than a bigger and better FMIC.
My .02
N10S
I do think that the beauty of the air to liquid is that you have no major plumbing to deal with, and therefore no real pressure drop to be concerned with. As was mentioned, you can also effectively run your coolant lines into/through a remotely mounted cold box of some sort and get optimal cooling results way beyond what a normal air-to-air can achieve. Also once an air-to-air I/C gets heat-soaked it won't cool down as quickly as an air- to-liquid either.
In reality though there are more than a few ultra-fast Syclones using big air-to-air I/C's in place of the liquid to air. I know I won't be replacing my FMIC on my EVO with anything other than a bigger and better FMIC.
My .02
N10S
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