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Originally Posted by Kyle@STILLEN
Hi Guys,
The STILLEN manifold is a huge part of the design of the supercharger system and will not be going away. While this is unfortunate for those who want to retain an aftermarket or O.E. manifold, for us it is too important to the performance of the supercharger to lose. We really prefer air to water intercooler setups which is one of the main reasons we chose to design and manufacture the cast aluminum STILLEN manifold.
From a performance standpoint we do not feel it is possible to offer an air to water intercooler setup with the factory manifold with trying to package everything under the engine bay. There would be too many compromises made and we're not willing to do that.
It's still a bit early to talk too much about any possible "Stage 2" kit as we are very early in the development stages and we want to make sure we're fully comfortable with the kit before we release it to the public.
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air to water inter-cooling is used for packaging in a roots setup, and for drag racing only where there is an ice chest and it is used to achieve sub ambient air charge temperatures, in every other way air to air is superior, including in fail safe ability if you get a hole in your air to air inter-cooler you have a boost leak, if you get a hole in your stillen water cooler you have a blown engine, if you have a water leak in your system your inter-cooler is effectively gone and the charge temps and detonation will go up. It would be nice to hear your reasoning for keep an air to water cooler, heat soak resistance? you know your kit heat soaks in half a session on a track right?