This is probably a silly question, but does this thing replace the stock intercooler or does it do something different?

 

Hey Joe,

Maybe plan a 250 Shot? j/k

Seriously, take a look at some of the Sparkplug Posts. And, I don't think even a built engine will take some of the obvious detonation that is going on looking at some of these Plug Pictures.

My .02:
A performance gain including insurance.

Jim

 

Rob G.

I am glad it worked for you.
Our customers down here have seen the same gains as you have.
It works fantastic in the cool weather but it works even better in the hot weather.


To whom that is interested we, will have a press release in a couple of days on priceing and the benefits of the new heat exchanger.


Jim@JDM

 

Cant wait!

 

Can you please tell me where them sites are?Moronic behavior ?LOL Why are you putting words in my mouth i didnt say anything about the site or problems with it .You guys really need to get a sense of humor !

 

Sorry if I started some crap guys. I have nothing against JDM, I just hate reading posts about how long it takes to receive stuff from them after you've been charged and told it would ship.

 

Jim
I remeber seeing you give Rob the unit on his truck at e-town hehe. Cant wait to know the price on that bad boy. I should be calling you pretty soon for what we talked about .

 

Is the new intercooler more effective? or does it just provide more fluid to increase the time till heat-soak?

Please don't reply with "of course it's more effective, it's shiny!"



Just curious if it will help our members who are sustaining long duration high boost runs (ruslow/long distance commuter types )

Coldie

 

The fact that it is made out of aluminum is a nice step up and the fact that it looks to have about twice the capacity as far as tubes and fin count is even more better.
Dale

 

Coldie,

I can tell you from track testing this intercooler that it helps out tremendously at high boost. During peak boost, 14.5 psi on my truck, the intake temp only rose 10-12 degrees (compared to nearly 30 degrees stock ) and after the run the temp was nearly identical to ambient and stayed that way.

From what I've seen there's not as much fluctuation between intake and outside air with this intercooler as compared to the stocker. This must be contributed to the better cooling efficiency of a single core aluminum tank compared to a two core copper tank.

As far as price I think MOST of you will be pleasantly surprised. And there's no sense in comparing the price of an aluminum Mustang radiator that's made in MASS quantities ( read: 100,000 plus ) to something that will be very low volume.

 

Just make sure you save me one of them bad boys.

 

Rob, do you have a separate temp sensor in the intake manifold to compare the readings?

Did you make some additional ducting? I built some air aluminum block off plates to close the gaps at the end of the IC heat exchanger, but can't determine if there has been any improvement.

My scanner doesn't have the ability to read the intake manifold temp. My IAT sensor reads the temp of the air going into the MAF.

How much ground clearance is there in the front. My truck is stock height, and I still have the paint scraped off of the fron fascia.

 

Jay,

Ground clearence is a little scary on my truck. Basically, I mounted the cooler back in the stock location but because it's so much bigger it JUST fit inside the bumper cover. But you could always raise the brackets and it wouldn't be so close to the bottom. Now I just have to remind myself to park 5 feet away from any curbs

The sensor issue is easy. The sensor you're talking about is the IAC sensor which would be located in the stock air box. Downstream of that is the Intake Air Temp. sensor. On '99-'00 trucks it's located on the drivers side of the lower manifold towards the firewall, on '01 + trucks it's on the passanger side located at the 2nd intake runner, just above the coil pack.

This is the sensor I always keep an eye on when swapping parts
or just drag racing.

 

are we going to be able to just buy this cooler and thats it? I don't need a resivoir for my truck since I already have a custom made made?

What a drain plug also? does this unit have one built in like the stock one, or would we have to modify it for that?

 

just nitpicking here, but to be accurate and avoid confusion...

The small sensor at the mass air flow sensor is called IAT (Intake Air Temp), the second IAT sensor located in the manifold after the supercharger is called IAT2 (creative name huh). The IAC is the Idle Air Control solenoid, it is the shiny cannister on the upper intake plenum/intake elbow that controls the idle characteristics of the truck.

I don't know what scan tool is being used, but if you selected the IAC pid you'd likely recieve a percentage number (duty cycle for that solenoid) instead of the IAT or IAT2 temperature number you were looking for.

later,
chris