James Kanteraki
Registered User
I've been looking at the magnum powers new FMIC (its awesome) and was thinking about what the IC actually does for us (being SC drivers, not turbo drivers).
Obviously, the IC lowers the temp of the air coming into the engine after going through the SC. This is where i come into a lack of knowledge. How much heat does the SC make when your cruising down the freeway???
Lets say: i'm cruising at 80 mph (yeah i know, slow, haha) but at this speed i'm reading approx 10 inches of vacuum. Sure the SC is turning fast, making heat (i got 5% too). I'm trying to get at this, is the new FMIC neccesary unless you are a racer, or will i actually benefit from it all the time?? Is the stocker good enough??? I mean when you are cruising the air goes through the IC and round about and through the dump and cools the SC, when not in boost. so is the FMIC gonna improve my (low blow) power. I saw that it has a much lower pressure drop, which is good for the HG's i take it, but other than that, am i only gaining when in boost???
Just toughts... like running the IC fan when not in boost, is it really doing anything?
I hope you get what i'm trying to say here.
jim
Obviously, the IC lowers the temp of the air coming into the engine after going through the SC. This is where i come into a lack of knowledge. How much heat does the SC make when your cruising down the freeway???
Lets say: i'm cruising at 80 mph (yeah i know, slow, haha) but at this speed i'm reading approx 10 inches of vacuum. Sure the SC is turning fast, making heat (i got 5% too). I'm trying to get at this, is the new FMIC neccesary unless you are a racer, or will i actually benefit from it all the time?? Is the stocker good enough??? I mean when you are cruising the air goes through the IC and round about and through the dump and cools the SC, when not in boost. so is the FMIC gonna improve my (low blow) power. I saw that it has a much lower pressure drop, which is good for the HG's i take it, but other than that, am i only gaining when in boost???
Just toughts... like running the IC fan when not in boost, is it really doing anything?
I hope you get what i'm trying to say here.
jim