intercooler question quickly!

just wondering whats the opinion on air to water intercooler or air too air .im in the middle of getting a air to air but i just got a brand new air too water thrown in my face cheap but i dont know the diff for the price .my s/c is non int and junk without one ,the air too water is made by same company vortec,the air too air is alot cheaper but is it as affecient .?i see the bennys with a/w is it still moves in traffic.wich im in alot all day .please help ive only got a cople hrs/.thanks ahead.

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Originally Posted by ramsey rider

just wondering whats the opinion on air to water intercooler or air too air .im in the middle of getting a air to air but i just got a brand new air too water thrown in my face cheap but i dont know the diff for the price .my s/c is non int and junk without one ,the air too water is made by same company vortec,the air too air is alot cheaper but is it as affecient .?i see the bennys with a/w is it still moves in traffic.wich im in alot all day .please help ive only got a cople hrs/.thanks ahead.

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water retains more heat once it gets heated up.

Pros for both though.

not sure if I can answer you question or not, but I will try. I have an Air to water on my Radix and I get still get very High AIT's, might be because I am spinning the crap out of it but who knows. Now I have friends that have Turbos with Air to air and are getting at or below ambient temps with Meth. I even have a friend that has a whipple with a fab'd up Air to Air and see's very low AIT's

sure your temps will rise when sitting in trafic but will go down quickly once you start to move.
Hope that helps,
Mark

i have a vortec s/c and the only coolers they recc is air to water ,granted i know they want to sell their product ,but it leads me to believe it works best for their application.i bought the a/warter one big bucks but i hope i didnt make a mistake ,i do have meth also but during the day when its 90 here even here my iats will reach 190-200 no kidding !so ihope im gonna see a good size diff.what kind of iat temps do you see on average ?i always seem to make the wrong decision .this kit is like 2k ,air t air i could of setup for 700 or so .maan.i thought for sure with that kind of price diff it surely had too be better.maybe with meth itll help ,im just losing so much power its like im driving a 4 cyl.during the day with no int at all.thanks

i had air to air on my sts and the temps stay cool always no mater how hard i pushed it...
i had air to water of course on my radix and had trouble keeping iat's down when trying to get a little more outta it....
my new tt setup will be air to air....

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Originally Posted by ramsey rider

i do have meth also but during the day when its 90 here even here my iats will reach 190-200 no kidding !so ihope im gonna see a good size diff.what kind of iat temps do you see on average ?

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200* :eek:

Mine are always at ambient when cruising.

Typical 1/4 mile WOT run and they would rise about 20 - 30*

I have A2A and always at ambient when cruising and 4-7 above when in boost. I don't get above 120 even in traffic on 95+ degree day! Hope this helps.