3.3TT Intercooler or WMI?

[brancky3]

Surprisingly, no one has chimed in on the AP intercooler, and the only known person here using one is a vendor that sells them.

Shucks, some of their products are proven on the dyno, and not every car they make one for can be expected to be dyno'd before and after... but there's gotta be someone out there with one of these that cares about HP! lol

You're not really going to see real-life gains of an intercooler on a dyno - an intercooler is NOT a power adder. You'll only see differences in IATs which will be very evident in spirited driving in hotter weather. A 1/4 mile trap speed or 60-130mph Dragy run will be the true way to measure gains for something like that.

 

[ZyroXZ2]

You're not really going to see real-life gains of an intercooler on a dyno - an intercooler is NOT a power adder. You'll only see differences in IATs which will be very evident in spirited driving in hotter weather. A 1/4 mile trap speed or 60-130mph Dragy run will be the true way to measure gains for something like that.

You actually CAN see gains depending on how the boost levels are from the factory. Remember: colder air = denser air = more HP. It all depends on the way the car is tuned either from the factory or with aftermarket. On old cars with turbos, an intercooler being added was more of a safety measure for longer term operation. Newer turbos cars are very different than the old days, so intercoolers CAN see gains on even stock performance turbo vehicles because of how much hotter we run things out of the box, now, compared to the early days of turbos.

 

[Angel]

You could use the reservoir you would just have to tap into it and run all the lines from it and find a place to mount the pump. I think I dumped a gallon of washer fluid in there so it's at least a gallon.

Can you please post pics of your set up for wmi kit? where is mounted etc...