High IAT's

[wilderg88]

so i have a 1g Laser with a 35R and a VRSF FMIC My iats while cruising are from 80-90 but on a full 3rd gear pull go up to 115-125 and a 3rd and 4rth gear they go up to 135-145 ive been told that is a little high and i have been trying everything to lower them. what confuses me the most is that my friend has a 2G with a VRSF FMIC with a 35r aswell and his iats are 90-95 on 3rd gear pulls and 95-105 on 3rd and 4rth pulls we also both have speed density from ecmlink and both have iat sensor located on the TB elbow. any thoughts or tips are welcome.

 

[turboglenn]

On my last griffin core i was seeing the same air temps, pushing just over 430hp at 29-30psi on a 57 trim. I have since upgraded my core to a unit that greddy made for supras and my IAT's have dropped to staying pretty much no more than 10-15* over ambient. Iwould say it's prbably the intercooler lacking efficiency

 

[jrohner]

I wouldn't worry about it too much unless you're trying to get a couple more hp. Mine gets hotter than that with the tiny air-water intercooler I'm using; my first trip or two to the drag strip was with no intercooler at all with very high IAT's (>250) with no issues.

I would, however, recommend doing something with your air filter and header though.

 

[wilderg88]

yea im not investing any money into a better core atm because what i have is more than enough for my stock motor goals. but i will do what ever i can to help them with out dumping too much money. like the heat box for the filter and something about my tubular. we got a video of it on a 4rth gear pull on the dyno and it got Super Red. so i can imagine the amount of heat caused by that