water to air intercoolers

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:04 pm

well My Waic is installed start car take off come on to boost.... and im back firing... checked leads mmm so im guessing that ill have to gap my plugs to .8 on stead of the 1.0 the manuel suggests... did any of u guys have a similar issue?

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:38 pm

Could you have an air leak?
Air could be escaping and causing the engine to run rich

wrx_nut · Post by **wrx_nut** » Fri Jan 12, 2007 8:03 am

didnt have to do that runs fine with waic setup.... check all your pipes and clamps etc...i had a hose blow off going down the highway and she stalled and blew a puff of petrol smoke...when the bov opens on the suby it runs rich

wrx_nut · Post by **wrx_nut** » Sun Jan 14, 2007 8:49 pm

whats a good brand of blow off valve that has an adjustable spring?
other than that ways of plumbing the rs blow off valve into the ea82t intake?

wrx_nut

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 5:44 pm

it was the plugs, put new one in and closed them to .8 and mann i cant believe how good it runs, it definatly pulls harder adn it comes on to boost a heap more severe now...

and stays cool.... on that thought, do any of you know what your intake tempaturatures are? mine seems to sit on between 60 and 75 degrees... should this be lower ( at night however i got it down to 50deg and took a bit to get back up to 65deg... im lovign this new toy....
i
m not using a blow off valve car never had one so it wont get one... and i cant beleieve how good the flutter sounds now... and all through a snorkel... now we have just got to wait for Justin over at black box to get this better flowing up pipe built...

wrx_nut · Post by **wrx_nut** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 7:03 pm

yeah the flutter is sweet ey! im running a rs bov and i still get a little bit of flutter under hard acceleration... not sure what intake temp is because i havent got anything to measure it..i know it runs cooler than it used to with the rs intercooler in

subarursliberty · Post by **subarursliberty** » Mon Jan 15, 2007 8:52 pm

Intake sounds a little high for cruising. Should be about 15-20 above ambient. I never seen mine above 70 ever. I do have a larger rad up front though.

Another trick to is to sit at the lights with the AC on as it turns the fan on and draw air through the front rad.

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 7:52 pm

i have a 3core rad up front and on a 40deg day that keeps the car nice an cool on about 86deg.... it is sweeet... but i do have a thermo to install on it.

im guessing that our inlet temps would be higher because of the smaller turbo having to work harder thus being hotter, going to drive it to work tomorrow to see how it goes in traffic, also am going to trace down a better cooler..(the reason why it may not be running too good is because i have it going through a smaller trans cooler and an old My heater core)

subarursliberty · Post by **subarursliberty** » Thu Jan 18, 2007 9:00 pm

Yeah smaller turbo will do that. Call around to some wreckers and find a copper core out of something cut it up to fit and solder it back together. I tried this with a Sigma core I had laying around. You would be surprise what an extra 8 rows did. Took the heat out really quick. I even had it at ambient one cold winters night cruising home not boosting.

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Fri Jan 19, 2007 6:18 pm

nice... i was actually thinking of getting an aircon core from another L-series and using that... it owuld definatly be big enough... and or get some one to make something up for me.... but the better it cools the better it would be

subarursliberty · Post by **subarursliberty** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:20 pm

schultzie wrote:nice... i was actually thinking of getting an aircon core from another L-series and using that... it owuld definatly be big enough... and or get some one to make something up for me.... but the better it cools the better it would be

Once you look at the condenser you wil go no way. There's not enough rows and the core is not very thick.

schultzie · Post by **schultzie** » Sat Jan 20, 2007 1:52 pm

but compare it to a standard Rs Waic there is. my air con core may be narrow but it is still larger than the rs coe if have i prehaps got it all wrong (my air con core is the ame siz as the radiator )

subarursliberty · Post by **subarursliberty** » Sun Jan 21, 2007 3:05 pm

schultzie wrote:but compare it to a standard Rs Waic there is. my air con core may be narrow but it is still larger than the rs coe if have i prehaps got it all wrong (my air con core is the ame siz as the radiator )

Nah I recon an RS core would hold more water. They are pritty thick. I could be wrong.

Mick G · Post by **Mick G** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:17 pm

Im thinking of this as well would it be better with a 12volt pump in the line to ensure a good flow.

Mick G

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 6:58 pm

The RS liberty water/air intercooler already has a 12v pump to move the water around

Subafury · Post by **Subafury** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 7:22 pm

has anyone gone from an air to air to a WAIC? is it any better?