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To get our test data, we would run the car repeatedly on the dyno observing temperature and power until the indicated temperatures stabilized. This would be the heat saturation point.
We ran the Mustang on our dyno back to back as fast as we could until the temperatures stabilized. On the stock intercooler, this was on the 4th dyno pull.
The stock intercooler did pretty well, it dropped the intake air temperature about a good solid 100 degrees from around 275 degrees to 175 degrees. It also recovered pretty quickly, shedding heat in a few seconds and producing air temperatures of around 125 degrees Farenheit.
Looking at the stock intercooler during a dyno pull with the Fluke Thermal Imager you can see how quickly the intercooler gets hot and how the core is completely heat saturated after only one hard dyno pull.
With our initial stock intercooler data collection complete, it was time for Howard to start removing the stock intercooler and replacing it with the new Garrett Advancing Motion piece. The lower OEM shroud brackets around the front of the stock intercooler are removed as well as the air baffles.
With the lower shrouds removed, the intercooler mounting bolts can be accessed so the intercooler can be taken out.
After loosening the t-bolt clamps around the HPS silicone couplers, we carefully removed our test thermocouples and then removed the stock intercooler.
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