we jack threads while we wait for more info.

Well the LSJ guys were running IAT2s of 180+
If you compress air that hot then yeah it's going to be hot as hell upon combustion.

A large intercooler such as my Crazy Steve intercooler has been shown to only allow IAT2s that are 10-15 degrees above ambient so with the LNF we don't have this issue.

 

Riight! The big IC's are not inefficient because of their ability to COOL but their ability to PASS AIR (flow). But on an engine, without BIG engine modifications it's a waste of time and money.

I never did pass algebra. So why is so much emphasis put on intercoolers? Every forced induction I know of uses an IC.

So to make it easier for myself. Cooler, more dense air goes into the turbo at atmospheric pressure. Hot, something more than atmospheric pressure (reducing the turbos ability to compress air), less dense air out of the turbo reducing the turbos ability to compress air through the inlet tract into the IC. Through the IC which cools the hot air coming in making the air more dense and lowering the temperature out creating a temperature and pressure differential across the IC. Hot, less dense IN, cooler more dense air out, effectively reducing pressure through the inlet tract allowing the hot air out of the turbo to move more freely to the IC causing a pressure differential at the turbo between the inlet (cold, dense, atmospheric pressure) and the outlet (hot, less dense, more than atmospheric pressure), effectively allowing cooler, more dense air to flow into and through the turbo and continuing the cycle while all the while increasing the density or the air into the engine which allows more fuel to be fed also ahich makes a bigger BOOM AND allows the charge to flow through the engine more quickly allowing higher RPM (with the proper modifications).

My whole theory might blow, pun intended, but that's the way I see it.
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2009 Cobalt SS/TC Sport Red Tint Coat, LSD,
CIA catted downpipe, CIA boost tubing,
CIA CAI soon (I hope), TMW Performance shifter,
K&N filter (for now), Upgrade parts in hand,
waiting for the calibration,

 

You guys are famous:

http://www.gmtunersource.com/index.p...ive-a-ride-day

 

NIce write up! People will be satisfied with this kit when installed!

 

BILL DUNCAN
You da man!!!!!

 

cool I'm a pro pikta taker

 

So i was thinking.

if you drive 15k a year you would save a lot of money compared to what the kit costs.

15,000 / 24mpg = 625 gallons X $2.50 = $1,562 a year gas
15,000 / 25.5mpg = 588 gallons X $2.50 = $1,470 a year in gas

So I would save almost $100 a year. Doesn't sound like much but will cover half of the kit cost over the next couple of years.

 

I should have said i was talking about my old SS/SC. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't installed right . The front piece of the wheel well actually hung down from the center piece creating basically a water slide running down the inside right to the filter . I'm gunna leave the intake alone on the TC just so i don't have to worry about it.

I used to see stains where the water would actually follow the intake tube down over the MAF then puddle on top of the filter and in the bottom of the fender well lol.