My inital results were incouraging - but I did noticed one issue.

The IC Coolant is now 55 Deg F cooler then the stock setup.

Before (Stock) - this was on a cool day in April.


NOW - on a warm day in June



The after photo was taken today - on a 85 - 90 Deg Day after a 1.5 hour run.

When just cruzing and not boosting: The IAT gauge shows 15 - 20 Deg F temp over Ambient OAT - where before it was around 35 - 40 Deg F
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Today the IAT's still climbed up to 30 - 35 deg when I boosted hard but not to 50 - 55 Deg above like before - again see my gallery.

So I am pleased with the results. BTW - I did not test with ICE of any kind today.

Now the Bad:

Prior to this mod when I would boost hard and then let up - the IAT's would drop back down as long as the SRT was moving air past the HE - if I came to a stop - the IAT's would rage. Today it seemed like it took a lot longer for the IAT's to come back down. I'm not sure if it was due to the hotter weather, or if the ceramic insulation-heat wrap I added is now insulating the hot IC casing after boosting and not allowing it to dissipate heat.

At first I was concerned that something went wrong; so I pulled over into the shade while in the canyon and opened the IC tank to see if I had lost coolant or if the pump had stopped - well I could see the coolant flowing thru the tank like gang busters and noticed how cool it was - so I stuck my finger into the coolant and discovered it was luke warm to the touch but not hot - very nice. When I got home I grabbed my camera and an old temp gauge for my Harley and snapped the above picture. - not to bad for a hot day!!

Prior to this mod, one of the biggest IAT issues I noticed was when; after driving and the engine a full operating temperature - I would stop and shut the SRT down (say to have lunch or dinner at a restaurant) and when I re-start the SRT - the IAT's had skyrocketed. I took this has heat soak cooking the IC with now coolant flowing in the IC or the HE - This problem is now almost gone - I think the heat wrap contributed to this but it may have also added to the other problem.

I hope to test the system with dry ice later this week now that I can see the coolant temp is around 100 Deg F. I feel it can be cooled even more with ice - but for how long and how it will effect the IAT's I will see.

More to follow...