Vf Engineering intercooler....?

[AS007]

Would it be possible to buy an intercooler from an ASA kit and use it with the VF supercharger kit?

[MachRc]

thats just retarded...

just buy a ASA kit or wait for the vf engineers to pull the rabbit(stg2) out of the hat already.

[andrew325ci]

thats just retarded...

just buy a ASA kit or wait for the vf engineers to pull the rabbit(stg2) out of the hat already.

thats kinda harsh, he might already have the VF kit

[MachRc]

^^ I already know he has a vf kit. He mentioned the mix matching his kit on his dyno post earlier. Didn't mean to offend anyone. Just trying to avoid the stylinexpat syndrome. I just meant its just more sound to go with one company then start mixmatching parts from others. Wait for VF. Im sure their going to make a charger cooling thingy and step up with their vortechs because I couldn't possibly imagine having a SC under my hood without some kind of cooler.



edit:

oh yeah

btw I got my diff from as007 so im giving him keeps it real homie advice

[AS007]

This is true, but I wonder how long it will take them... Another thing how about getting a pulley for more boost than 6.0psi, and having it tuned by say AA since they are close..? Only reason I am going with VF really is because you can make payments on the kit, I'm not too good at saving money..

[Chris@Technik]

It's always a good idea to buy an intercooled kit to begin with, :shhh:

[MachRc]

Only reason I am going with VF really is because you can make payments on the kit, I'm not too good at saving money..

:(

Well atleast its not I have an automatic excuse:)

I was hoping some one at VF would post some extra needed info on the stg 2 kit. Hopefully its still work in progress and has not been abandoned due to supposed "we'll make em if theres demand in the market" words thats been floating in these threads.

I hope you really like your kit as007. The design itself is awesome, it resembles osh's rms kit. I really do hope when they do release their stg 2 aftercooler intergrated mumbo jumbo, that all of us ASA kit owners that have the uber cool intercooler and bone out 8.5-10psi eat our own words.

[Nik@vf-engineering]

:(

Well atleast its not I have an automatic excuse:)

I was hoping some one at VF would post some extra needed info on the stg 2 kit. Hopefully its still work in progress and has not been abandoned due to supposed "we'll make em if theres demand in the market" words thats been floating in these threads.

I hope you really like your kit as007. The design itself is awesome, it resembles osh's rms kit. I really do hope when they do release their stg 2 aftercooler intergrated mumbo jumbo, that all of us ASA kit owners that have the uber cool intercooler and bone out 8.5-10psi eat our own words.


Our stage2 manifold (liquid to air aftercooler) is still in process for casting. The manifold contains a slide in heat exchanger and with a pulley and software change you can say hello to more power. Our time line is not firm as many of our casting projects have taken longer than expected. This probably sounds similar to what other tuners have been stating, but casting is a laborious process. We have had many calls from owners of alternative kits asking if our aftercooler manifold would be available to them, and the answer is yes. Liquid to air aftercooling will allow you to drastically shorten your induction piping and make more power with the same level of boost due to a greater efficiency in heat exchange when compared with air/air.

[redronin]

i would reccomend anyone sticking with Air to AIr until they are familiar enough with their kit to take on the extra maintenance and or failure risk of a water to air kit.

with thtat being said, water to air WILL cool a lot better :dunno:



as for the OP question, i wouldnt reccomend it. as far as what ive seen of VF kits their compressor discharge is directly behind the compressor (correct me if im wrong pleasE) because the discharge goes directly back to the throttle body

i could imagine one helluva headache trying to design a custom FMIC design to route the discharge from behind the unit all the way down. the asa chargers have the discharge on the bottom, already pointing to the FMIC.

now it looks to me like it would be rediculously easy to fabricate a custom FMIC setup with a compressor with a downward facing discharge, but i cant speak to what effect it would have on the software. i have a hunch it wouldnt be good.



to summarize, unless you are confident in your knowledge of boost AND your specific kit, i would simply use each kit as directed by the manufacturer.