Agentlongwood
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I finally got the Gearhead intercooler installed on my car (2014 MKS). Hooo buddy, was it not fun to do in 90+ degree weather, with no shade. Took a little over 4 hours, and that included lots of water breaks. A friend who is not at all into cars helped out, just as a second pair of hands to lift the bumper cover, and wiggle the ic/radiator in and out. I'm not doing a write up because it's been covered already, and honestly this is the most involved bit of work I've done on a car... ever. So I'm just proud I could get it done, lol.
Have not been able to get any good data logs yet. My local track was closed due to rain on Wednesday. Hoping it's open tomorrow. But I did goof around a bit and just pulled some logs of nonsense on the highway, in some HORRIBLE conditions. Orlando is super hot and humid. So I got on the highway and ambient temps were reading as low as 96 and as high as 104. Ambient temp... So Intake temps are still pretty hot while cruising, but they drop fast at full throttle. At 80 under full throttle, ambient temp was 98, and iat2 was 127. I'm no tuner, but a difference of only 30 degrees from ambient to intake seems pretty damn good, especially in unbearably hot weather.
Anyway, here's some totally unhelpful pics, just for fun.
Have not been able to get any good data logs yet. My local track was closed due to rain on Wednesday. Hoping it's open tomorrow. But I did goof around a bit and just pulled some logs of nonsense on the highway, in some HORRIBLE conditions. Orlando is super hot and humid. So I got on the highway and ambient temps were reading as low as 96 and as high as 104. Ambient temp... So Intake temps are still pretty hot while cruising, but they drop fast at full throttle. At 80 under full throttle, ambient temp was 98, and iat2 was 127. I'm no tuner, but a difference of only 30 degrees from ambient to intake seems pretty damn good, especially in unbearably hot weather.
Anyway, here's some totally unhelpful pics, just for fun.
