05-12-2010, 01:17 PM
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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang
The big issue for me is reliability. A air-water intercooler failure would be no fun at all.
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Originally Posted by Zsteve
One of the reason for me going SC over TT is that I wanted more reliability without having to constantly tweak things here and there. And from what I have heard SCs are more low maintenance than turbos. So with the IC, and Ive had FMICs before and I know they are tried and tested and true, the less moving parts and the less parts are a a major advantage for me.
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You two are right on, with that being the real benefit of the air to air, less moving parts is less chance of something breaking.
One thing to keep in mind though is although annoying if the air to water cooler system would break, you won't blow your engine right away. Additionally almost every car now a days has water cooling for the engine, so the principle is pretty tried and tested.
I wouldn’t be too concerned about the charge air cooling method for system reliability.
There are more important items, such as a quality charger, a good pulley set up (stable and belt wrap), a good integration into the car as to not restrict other components functions and many others. In the end I’m sure both systems will proof to be reliable systems as they both seem to have covered their basis.
I’m sure you’ll be more then happy with either system.
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