Probably a dumb question, but since I'm still learning about this platform I have a quick question. I'm trying to identify the intercooler on my 09. Is there any way to try and do this with the blower still on the car?
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You will need to remove the blower to see the intercooler.
Do you feel it has something other than stock?
I'd say if its not having an issue keeping temps realistic, I wouldn't give it much thought.
The reason for the stock HE is because of the ice tank out back. I could be wrong, but I see no need to have a bigger HE when you have an ice tank. I think the gains will be minimal, but i could be wrong
If I were to guess, with it being a KB car, it probably has a Bigun. Esp at that power level. I'd also venture to guess if it was a 1kwhp car, everything that needed to be addressed probably were. You just may not know the reason for the things done.
@Catmonkey, I thought when people add ice tanks, they just run the HE inline with the tanks to replace the tank under the hood?
So you still feel there is a positive benefit to upgrading the HE still even with an Ice tank? I guess it makes sense for street driving, i just figured there was little benefit to having a larger one with all the extra volume and flow.
I can't see not using the heat exhanger if the car is primarily a street car. Eventually the coolant will just continue to get hotter and hotter if there's no cool down if you're just circulating coolant through a closed system with no provision for heat dissipation. Unless you spend time on track and don't drive the car on the street, you're probably fine if you fill the tank with ice to go racing. Otherwise, if you spend most of your time on the street, I'd bypass the ice tank and plumb it to use the heat exchanger. You'd need another pump up front if the stock one is mission.
I think you might be able to count the number of rows in the intercooler to figure out if it's stock or not (07-12 or 13-14), but you'll need to pull off the head unit.
That’s a pretty common delta for a stock IC and decent cooling setup.
If you wanna sell that ice tank I may be your huckleberry.
If you ain’t racing it’s moot for you.
An ice tank is only a benefit when you have ice in it, otherwise it's just a big storage tank. Depending on capacity, it could take a while to heat up, but since OP has the heat exchanger somewhere in line in his intercooler system, at least that coolant has been sent through the HE core. Point being whether the HE was by-passed or not.@Catmonkey, I thought when people add ice tanks, they just run the HE inline with the tanks to replace the tank under the hood?
So you still feel there is a positive benefit to upgrading the HE still even with an Ice tank? I guess it makes sense for street driving, i just figured there was little benefit to having a larger one with all the extra volume and flow.