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Originally Posted by AmuroRay
*Remember when I pointed out that the Wagner's ICs already run significantly hotter than ambient? Now add that to an increasingly hotter IC and you're looking at temps just as hot as the stock intercooler - all you did is buy yourself maybe 1 to 2 pulls of aggressive driving.
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As noted earlier, I've tested the Wagner in temps ranging from around 35 degrees to 80 degrees. During steady driving at 40mph between 85mph, the IC is typically around 10 to 15 degrees over ambient. If I give it some moderate throttle (~25% throttle) and get air moving though the IC, the IATs immediately drop into the 5 to 10 degrees over ambient. Let off the throttle and the IATs climb back up a bit.
If I'm sitting for an extended time (say 1 to 5 minutes), the IATs can shoot up to 30 degrees over ambient when ambient temps are over 60 degrees. The max I've seen sitting for 15 minutes in 80 degree weather was 30 degrees over ambient. This is a factor of the IC and metal CP heat soaking, hardly any air running through the systems, and the radiant heat from the radiator. Remember, at a stop and even slow speeds/light throttle, very little air is moving through the IC and CP as well around and through it. Once at speeds of 30mph+ and after a 1 minute or two, the IATs drop to the 15-20 over ambient range and after a few minutes of steady driving, into the 10-15 over ambient range. Data I've seen for other ICs show very similar temps at speed.