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<blockquote data-quote="akatherazor4" data-source="post: 398288" data-attributes="member: 6554"><p>Okay you have the same intentions with your car as I do. For a street application any of the Vortech, Procharger, or Paxton units will work great. Now seeing that you will be visiting the dragstrip, I reccomend the vortech unit with the aftercooler. The reason for this is Vortech's aftercooler is a water-to-air unit. It's plays a big factor at the dragstrip and can net you additional gains of 25-30rwhp by running ice in the unit itself.</p><p></p><p>Another advantage to the aftercooler system is that while you are sitting in the staging lanes, you can have ice in the cooler and have it circulating while you wait. It's a very simple process and only requires that you have a few bags of ice on hand for the day. </p><p></p><p>The aftercooler is a great unit for drag racers and that's why all of your fastest supercharged and turbo cars run one. You see with an air-to-air intercooler the maximum efficiancy can only provide maximum temperature drops equal to the weather it's surrounded in. What I mean is that if it's 80 degrees outside, an intercooler can't surpass that mark. Now with an aftercooler you can increase efficiany up to 200% of current ambient temps. So by adding ice to the aftercooler at the track you will pick up an additional 25-30hp at the wheels. Denser air equals more horsepower, and also greatly increases the safety factor on the motor (I.E. detonation).</p><p></p><p>So now we turn to what some would consider the downsides of an aftercooler. First you will need to relocate your battery to the trunk. The water box for the aftercooler will need that space under your hood where the battery currently resides. For me it wasn't a big deal because I wanted my battery in the trunk anyway. Better wieght transfer and less wieght on the nose.;-) The next thing is that you will incur more time installing the aftercooler than a traditional intercooler. The aftercooler is a very tight fit under the hood of our cobras and takes patience and time to do it right. The aftercooler is also a bit more expensive than the air-to-air intercooler. </p><p></p><p>So now you have the good and bad on aftercoolers. I will revert to the old saying "You get what you pay for". When it comes to a weekend warrior like myself, it was well worth the extra few dollars and time. Hope this helps you along with your decision.</p><p></p><p>Razor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="akatherazor4, post: 398288, member: 6554"] Okay you have the same intentions with your car as I do. For a street application any of the Vortech, Procharger, or Paxton units will work great. Now seeing that you will be visiting the dragstrip, I reccomend the vortech unit with the aftercooler. The reason for this is Vortech's aftercooler is a water-to-air unit. It's plays a big factor at the dragstrip and can net you additional gains of 25-30rwhp by running ice in the unit itself. Another advantage to the aftercooler system is that while you are sitting in the staging lanes, you can have ice in the cooler and have it circulating while you wait. It's a very simple process and only requires that you have a few bags of ice on hand for the day. The aftercooler is a great unit for drag racers and that's why all of your fastest supercharged and turbo cars run one. You see with an air-to-air intercooler the maximum efficiancy can only provide maximum temperature drops equal to the weather it's surrounded in. What I mean is that if it's 80 degrees outside, an intercooler can't surpass that mark. Now with an aftercooler you can increase efficiany up to 200% of current ambient temps. So by adding ice to the aftercooler at the track you will pick up an additional 25-30hp at the wheels. Denser air equals more horsepower, and also greatly increases the safety factor on the motor (I.E. detonation). So now we turn to what some would consider the downsides of an aftercooler. First you will need to relocate your battery to the trunk. The water box for the aftercooler will need that space under your hood where the battery currently resides. For me it wasn't a big deal because I wanted my battery in the trunk anyway. Better wieght transfer and less wieght on the nose.;-) The next thing is that you will incur more time installing the aftercooler than a traditional intercooler. The aftercooler is a very tight fit under the hood of our cobras and takes patience and time to do it right. The aftercooler is also a bit more expensive than the air-to-air intercooler. So now you have the good and bad on aftercoolers. I will revert to the old saying "You get what you pay for". When it comes to a weekend warrior like myself, it was well worth the extra few dollars and time. Hope this helps you along with your decision. Razor. [/QUOTE]
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