2000GT4.6

air to air > air to water.

The air to water WILL heat soak. Think of it this way, either your using the water to cool the engine air, and then the outside air to cool the water, or you just cut out the middle man and use the outside air.

one way or another, your gonna have the outside air cooling the engine air. However, on the air to water, the water temps will rise the harder and longer you run it. A air/water might have the advantage right at first (you can ice it for example) but after a few runs or driving around town it heat soaks, and the heat stays in there longer.

What you basically have is a big tankof water running thru a cooler.You do a run, and the waterabsorbs the heat and then trys to get rid of it thru the front mountcooler. If youcontiue to run it hard the water will keep heating up.

The air to air on the other hand doesn't do this. The only thing that canheat soak is the pipping and cooler itself,it doesn't have a heat trap like water. Run itagain and again, it only has to cool the air fromthatrun, not the already warmed water.

Besides all this, your looking at the difference between a 1500+ air to water from vortech and a 500 dollar DIY kit that cools better with a bigger I/C anyway.

Air to air FTW

bransdaman78

thats how i feel too, but i wanted to know from anybody using them if they over heat, like he claims the procharger does. i mean im not that hardcore of a racer either way... and the air to air is simple to me bc = less **** to break

bb 460

If your goin to over heat put a pusher fan on the front of the cooler and that'll solve your in town traffic problems