Intercooler!
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Mine looks like that too and I bought mine used off chilicharger and he bought it from Bryan before Fab9 was a thing.
Edit: I was wrong. Found an old picture I took of my IC. Guess they did up their game!
Edit: I was wrong. Found an old picture I took of my IC. Guess they did up their game!
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You're implying that they're all like that. They're not
https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...rcooler-83205/
I've looked into many of them in person. None had staggered fins like above (which is much better). I guess they finally updated them. I also bought many before fab9 was a thing.
https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...rcooler-83205/
I've looked into many of them in person. None had staggered fins like above (which is much better). I guess they finally updated them. I also bought many before fab9 was a thing.
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Yeah, I updated my post. I found an old picture I took. Good on them for catching up! Pity TSE didn't have one of these suckers when I was looking.
This is the post you're referring to, right Vlad?
https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...5/#post1210336
This is the post you're referring to, right Vlad?
https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...5/#post1210336
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https://www.miataturbo.net/diy-turbo...5/#post1210348
Have any of your test cars or users swapped over to the new stage 1 from the old one? Curious what difference it made for IATs!
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So, thinking I was satisfied with the better of the 2 CXRay I/Cs, such as what I had, I bought another one after my wreck. P/N IC0049.
Now the conversation about Vibrants and Precisions is making me second guess.
For the track, I only plan to run about 175 WHP, and I will only be seeing about 10* rise over ambient. Not sure how much pressure drop, however. And for street use, I only get about 20* rise, as not enough time to heat soak.
Big question is if I indeed take car to drag strip as planned, that will be a long enough pull at 220WHP, or so, to let MAT go high. I could just throw in a couple of gallons of 110 or 120 Octane race gas, to keep safe, but will still loose some power, I would expect. TBH, I think the pressure drop will be more of an issue than MAT.
I have attached a log that represents the old and new intercooler on a pull.
Do you think I should ditch this thing and go for a Vibrant (Fab9) or Precision?
My set-up will never make more than 250WHP.
Log with 2-3 flat-shift (same as loaded log):
Now the conversation about Vibrants and Precisions is making me second guess.
For the track, I only plan to run about 175 WHP, and I will only be seeing about 10* rise over ambient. Not sure how much pressure drop, however. And for street use, I only get about 20* rise, as not enough time to heat soak.
Big question is if I indeed take car to drag strip as planned, that will be a long enough pull at 220WHP, or so, to let MAT go high. I could just throw in a couple of gallons of 110 or 120 Octane race gas, to keep safe, but will still loose some power, I would expect. TBH, I think the pressure drop will be more of an issue than MAT.
I have attached a log that represents the old and new intercooler on a pull.
Do you think I should ditch this thing and go for a Vibrant (Fab9) or Precision?
My set-up will never make more than 250WHP.
Log with 2-3 flat-shift (same as loaded log):
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That’s what I’m gathering. I may be heat soaked, in that if I held the power the MAT might get to that. However, in this log, MAT goes from 79 ambient to 99, or only 20 degrees F. Hence the question.