Tonight, I added a cool little thermometer sensor in my ram air to monitor how hot things are in there. This will help me judge when to activate the water spray on the intercooler. Right now I'm using a huge tester set, with plans to switch to a 1" digital red LCD near my activation switch for the pumps.

Fun! Car is still running great after the custom CAI, no check engine lights after 200 miles. I think that keeping it cool while in "boost" is a great way to increase performance and gas mileage. Have you ever felt a water cooled intercooler after driving? It's very cool to the touch, not COLD but waay cooler than outside air. I'll let everyone know my temperature reports. Hopefully it will work well with the setup i've got. After some tests, I'll post pictures.

 

you don't have a factory IAT?

 

I'm just posting here to say that dog in your avatar is the devil.

 

custom cold air intake? your going to kill that 2.0 at the rate your going... that or have 90 guages for all the weird shit your doing.

 

Just don't drag race it. Drag strips don't like it when you spray water all over the track.

 

lol yes the dog is the devil--- guard poodle lol

I've heard it all about the CAI-you'll blow your motor this, you'll blow your motor that---- Motors get blown from lean mixtures due to oversized intakes. My intake is EXACTLY the same diameter, while bending in similar patterns of the stock box. I've done my research if you read the thread in the subaru tech area--- i spent about 1.5 hours doing physics formulas to check if my air flow is right, and I also put the CAI into a 3d cad model and ran wind tests on it. My CAI actually twists the air in the direction that the turbine spins inside the tdo4, reducing boost time and squeezing even more o2 molecules into the intake do to vortex effect. As you know, twisting and bending air can also increase flow rate and particle density if done right. (No cheap gas thingy trust me)-- Talk about turbo sounds--- vortex your air in the intake design too to exemplify the db's --- it's crazy. 200 miles and about 20 or so starts, still no CEL--- thanks for the warning though! better safe than sorry, but if you don't experiment then we wouldn't have the great technology that we do today.




There is no stock water spray on my 02, i think those only came at 04+ models



Thanks for letting me know about the drag strip-- i have no intentions of EVER going there. I'm strictly off-road with this subaru. If the drag strip was made of lime dust and sand, count me in

Croom road is my friend.

 

how much of a temp drop are you getting no wet vs wet?

 

croom

i miss that place, the prelude loved it before the oil pan and exhaust was 3" off the ground

 

I lol'd alot to be honest. It's an intake, helps air move into where it needs to go.


I work at a subaru place, ive seen some of the dumbest shit ever belive me this isnt it. but its borderline close.

also custom intakes are honda shit, you have a half way expensive car it needs half way expensive parts.

 

Sooner or later,a CEL will pop up.

Just give it time.