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Re: MR2 Vs S14 200SX Vs WRX Wed, 26 March 2003 06:20 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
at risk of being involved in a forum war.. heres my 2cents (more like $1.28)
1) from what i know yes WTA is better at heat transfer(more efficient)
2) WTA lowers lag (both turbo and s/c due to shorter intake tract)
3)WTA also weighs a shit load (1Kg for every litre of water, usually need several litres of water, heat exchangers, water plumbing, and an electric pump
4)due to ammount of parts involved WTA has more sites for reliability issues to arrise (electrics for pump, water leaks,)
5)WTA is usually more expensive to implement.
6)A/A has awsome wank factor
7) A/A also can suffer from heat soak, ie after lots of boosting, although when cold will work (perhaps better than WTA)but the stability of the WTA can be seen as a bonus to those not drag racing.
8)although the heating of water in the WTA is obvious the heated water will still have great heat exchange efficiency (this can be shown by the fact that subaru only ran the pump intermittently in the original RS liberty indicating that warm water will still pull more heat out than air which is slightly cooler -(specific heat value differences)
just out of interest i do have a front mount A/Aintercooler in my gze powered AE86, (evo3 lancer) but due to excessive lag (massive volume for intercooler and pipework)the idea of encasing a factory gze intercooler in alloy and riging up all the other associated stuff (and perhaps a seperate radiator for dry ice) appeals to me -one day i'll do it.
of interest how many people believe that crap about painting intercoolers black for "better heat transfer"????

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