Good morning all. I recently converted from a 3.25" ETS TMIC to a cp-e FMIC trying to alleviate most of the heat soak issues. Install went great, and it looks fantastic, but I am seeing HIGHER inlet air temps (IAT) and higher boosted air temps (BAT) than with the ETS. Not cool [no pun intented]. To further anger me, I am also seeing my engine coolant temps start creeping when i am idling, but atleast that is explainable.
Now for some data: Typically, with the ETS, I would see BAT's about 15 degrees higher than ambient when moving at highway speeds for a good amount of time. My IAT's would be about 10 degrees higher than ambient. Pretty good I think, but at traffic lights, both temps would increase to (worst I have seen it about 30-40 degrees above ambient).
With the cp-e, I am seeing BAT's about 25 degrees HIGHER tan ambient when I am moving at highway speeds for a good amount of time (more than 5 minutes at a steady speed). When sitting at a traffic light, the BAT's will increase so bad that they are alarming on my dashhawk at 175 degrees. This never happened with the ETS and I had that on the car for over a year.
I am going to try some ducting changes, maybe some radiant heat insulation on the pipes, and worst case scenerio, I may drill out my lower grille.
My question is has anyone else seen this? Can some people chime in and tell me their typical temperatures?
Now for some data: Typically, with the ETS, I would see BAT's about 15 degrees higher than ambient when moving at highway speeds for a good amount of time. My IAT's would be about 10 degrees higher than ambient. Pretty good I think, but at traffic lights, both temps would increase to (worst I have seen it about 30-40 degrees above ambient).
With the cp-e, I am seeing BAT's about 25 degrees HIGHER tan ambient when I am moving at highway speeds for a good amount of time (more than 5 minutes at a steady speed). When sitting at a traffic light, the BAT's will increase so bad that they are alarming on my dashhawk at 175 degrees. This never happened with the ETS and I had that on the car for over a year.
I am going to try some ducting changes, maybe some radiant heat insulation on the pipes, and worst case scenerio, I may drill out my lower grille.
My question is has anyone else seen this? Can some people chime in and tell me their typical temperatures?