I agree that spraying a cryogen on an intercooler is a good thing. I recall a mustang with a supercharger and an air to liquid intercooler which used the air conditioning compressor to chill a water / ethylene glycol mixture to sub freezing temperatures. During a full throttle application the cooled EtG/H2O would dump into the intercooler allowing increased boost levels during short periods of hard acceleration. Using such a system on an A/A intercooler increases its efficiency.

As for bathing your intercooler in ice, its not so crazy after all. Mazda, while attempting a straight line speed run for a modified RX-7, placed the intercooler into a tub under the floorpan filled with ice water. This allowed the motor to run at a high boost level while maintaining the aerodynamics of the car by not hanging a giant intercooler out front. Every now and then if you go to test and tune nights at drag strips you will see fellows with dry ice and intercoolers bathed in some sort of working fluid.

 

i just got an email back from dei with basic install instructions that i'll post later. one thing i found VERY odd is that they said it could be mounted just before the throttle body (and a big disclaimer on top it was for off road use only). i would think it would have to be installed IN FRONT of the MAS, and a good ways too, so as not to have any large amount of condensation sucked in.

just for the record, i'm skeptical, but open to new ideas, which is why i posted this in the first place... to hear input from all sides. truth be known, this application seems much more feasible and logical as an intercooler spray (ON not IN) rather than an intake mod. they claim a 35% drop in intake temperature, but i too would like to see some dyno results. guess i'll email em and ask for that too.

 

So my question is do you think its worth it to buy for the intake on a lancer? Should i go for it or what?
Let me know guys

 

So essentially what you're saying is it's cooling air that's already been counted. I believe the temp drop on the intake end, but I don't believe its effectiveness would justify its $500 price tag. I dunno...