Originally posted by zuulmusic:
Yeah the in-to-out setup is what I was thinking. Good point for $500 though. You know you can get external enclosed cores for under $150 though. My opinion is that the core underneath the M90 is not large enough to cool to the water supply's potential.
:-p or mount two FMHEs with 2 cores.
pump -> core1 -> FMHE1 -> core2 -> FMHE2 -> pump
That is a good idea. But like was said, temps will never get below ambient. It really comes down to how close will ONE fullsize core bring my temps to ambient.
How much will another $500 core really drop the temps? With the added expense on another core I could just get the A2A and not have to worry about mounting 2 rads. Not to mention fuel rails. Then trying to find right length intercooler bolts and even possibly running into hood clearance issues.
S/C'ed guys run ONE fullsize core into the 10/11/12's running around 15 pounds. Now you may be right that the core might not be thick enough to get the most potential out of the w2a system, but it's the largest core available.
Also, a turbo will push the same boost as an M90 but at lower temps. More reason to believe that this core will be sufficient.