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      10-17-2012, 02:11 PM   #16
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Well but once the water heats up to the temperature of the incoming air, you no longer get any cooling. At that point you might as well not have an intercooler at all.
So once an air to air system heats up you might as well not have one either; or is air to air exempt from heat soak?

Like GuidoK said, they all have a radiator to recirculate and cool the water, just like an air to air system cools air by passing through a front mount. There's just less (basically no) boost loss with an air to water system because of the lack of piping. Air to water is simply better.
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