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Intercooler querie

Post by Radeon » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:21 pm

Hi guys,
I have a water-air intercooler fron an 89 RS legacy. I was wondering if it would work as well (or better) if i installed it on my 94 twin turbo legacy instead of its current air-air intercooler. Thanks for any help.

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Post by Chris_Rogers » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:46 pm

good point. (I'm curoius as well.)
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Post by Suba » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:54 pm

I think you will find that the water air unit is more restrictive with air flow compared to the air to air.

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Post by Radeon » Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:59 pm

yea tru thats what i was thinkin. Does anybody know for sure? I need definates

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Post by Suby Wan Kenobi » Thu Jul 06, 2006 9:14 pm

I dont think its any more restrictive but the TT will need 2 inlets and the valving added to the WAIC can be done but it would neccessitate the cutting off of the current inlet and then fabricating and rewelding the inlet to be compatable to the TT setup.
From what i have read i think the WAIC is capable to about 190KW at the wheels
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Post by subanator » Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:02 am

Latest Perth Street Car magazine had the pros for the WAIC.
Obviously any stock IC is not as effective as a custom one.
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Post by Radeon » Fri Jul 07, 2006 9:59 am

Ok, you say its capable to 190kw. what does the ej20TT put out?

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Post by Suby Wan Kenobi » Fri Jul 07, 2006 10:40 am

It puts out around the 200kw at the engine
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