As most will have read, I recently had my supercharger and intercooler off the engine and on the desk. While it was sitting there, I decided to stick a additional heat barrier on the intercooler. My intercooler was replaced less than a year ago with a thermal coated I/C so now I'm on my 3rd. configuration. Today I took a 20 mile joy ride with a stop for gas at the halfway point so my impressions are preliminary.

From my first trip my observations are: the IAT's took longer to rise. As long as I was moving, they stayed cooler than before the wrapping. When I stopped for gas and restarted the car they read 150º. (92º ambient BTW) 2 blocks down the road 130º. Got on the interstate 4 more blocks down the road and came down to 115º. My prior experience is the IAT's would come down to 40º over ambient rapidly but from there it took a long time to come down to 30º over. For my car close to 30º over ambient is "normal". The race track will reveal a bit more and I hope for a positive result. I see 180º IAT's on track and when I had a leaking intercooler, would boil the water. (distilled with chill charger)


I'd like to hear the experiences of those who've done this mod. Post up your observations.

Les