[Mikes12985]

Look at what I found from Active Autowerkes...

Hello Board,

Here at Active Autowerke we have decided to cover all aspects of adding a nice combination of power and reliability to the 335. We have designed a bolt on intercooler for the 335 with a custom "shroud" will be included to "ram" cool air into the intercooler.

We decided to add the shroud because after some R&D we realized we were loosing a lot of cool air that should be going into the intercooler. We have done a good amount of normal "butt" dyno testing before hitting up the dyno jet and noticed the car runs a lot harder on back to back runs and feels much crisper. Dont get me wrong, the car felt fine with just the intercooler upgrade but with the custom shroud you definetely noticed a big difference due to the ram air design...

We did some testing on our Mustang Dyno and got some good results that we were really happy with.

We also hit up the local dynojet and did a couple back to back runs and the results were on par with what we were expecting. We were able to maintain similiar power on all runs. We got 5 more Horsepower than last time and more 6 more ft lbs of torque. We figure the intercooler is good for about another 10 RWHP and ~12 ft lbs of torque since the conditions insdie the shop were a lot worst than last time (100+ Degrees) inside of a shop with horrible cooling.

List Price- $1195.00
The Intro price for First Batch is $975

[sflgator]

Interesting; a lot of $$ for ~ +10 WHP / ~ + 12 lb.-ft. RWTQ, imho, but then again, I just forked up more than twice that $$ for the Morr Alloys monoforged VS7 wheels. Anyway, it's great that several companies are now designing these larger intercoolers; it can only help.

[rooster3.0]

Does this require any cutting or is it a direct fit?

[CASHBY]

any info on efficiency?

looks like a great product though!

good job

[Riss Racing]

Looks great!

[hl0m4n]

wow i think this is it. the perfect ic size with proven function to fit the m tech front bumper. i think it will fill the entire gap in the middle

[Omar@ActiveAutowerke]

The system is just as efficient as stock. We do not lose any boost.

The Intro price for First Batch is $975

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[Omar@ActiveAutowerke]

Originally Posted by rooster3.0

Does this require any cutting or is it a direct fit?

Direct Fit.

[E90ice]

I think a lot of people are going to be looking at $$ vs gain and $1200 + install for 10whp seems very expensive to me.

my 0.02 cents

[OC Guy]

Not a bad price, nice looking product.

[hotrod2448]

Originally Posted by Active Autowerke

The system is just as efficient as stock. We do not lose any boost.

Just as efficient as stock or more efficient? I don't want to be a doubter but, I'm having a hard time believing this to be much of an improvement over stock. Most of the increased area is buried behind the bumper and the end tanks look like they would be less efficient than the stock ones. I'm sure packaging had a large influence on the shape of it. Again I'm not trying to bash anyone's product just stating my observations.

How is the throttle response? In my experience going to a considerably larger IC causes a noticeable decrease in throttle response.

[3thirty5]

sorry if this is a dumb question but where is this "shroud" in the pics?

[hotrod2448]

Originally Posted by 3thirty5

sorry if this is a dumb question but where is this "shroud" in the pics?

I think I've got it circled here. It kind of looks like the end tank at a glance.

[Beer Goggles]

It's too cheap, it's too expensive. Man what does it take?

Nice looking IC. I'm not sure what people expected from a IC or many parts. 10whp is pretty impressive gains for a part that is inactive.

[CASHBY]

Originally Posted by Beer Goggles

It's too cheap, it's too expensive. Man what does it take?

Nice looking IC. I'm not sure what people expected from a IC or many parts. 10whp is pretty impressive gains for a part that is inactive.

an intercooler can seriously make 1whp and it will still be worth 1000 bucks... as long as its doing its job and being more efficient.

"The purpose of the intercooler is to remove the heat in the air charge that the turbo/supercharger puts into the charge when compressing it. There are two advantages: Reducing the heat in the air charge increases the charge density (more molecules of air per cubic foot), thus increasing the potential for making more power. Reducing the heat decreases the tendency of the combustion process to knock (detonation)."

So if its doing its job, we should have our power avalible to us rather then getting heat soak like the stock one does...

[Riss Racing]

Originally Posted by CEA 3

an intercooler can seriously make 1whp and it will still be worth 1000 bucks... as long as its doing its job and being more efficient.

"The purpose of the intercooler is to remove the heat in the air charge that the turbo/supercharger puts into the charge when compressing it. There are two advantages: Reducing the heat in the air charge increases the charge density (more molecules of air per cubic foot), thus increasing the potential for making more power. Reducing the heat decreases the tendency of the combustion process to knock (detonation)."

So if its doing its job, we should have our power avalible to us rather then getting heat soak like the stock one does...

agreed.

[533ogetnom]

Originally Posted by CEA 3

So if its doing its job, we should have our power avalible to us rather then getting heat soak like the stock one does...

[CASHBY]

Originally Posted by 533ogetnom

well I dont have proof of their intercooler doing that... im just saying thats a job of an intercooler is to reduce heatsoak giving power avalible to us more often.

why are you asking me for proof?

[thegeneral101]

Looks very cool, are there any more pictures of the "shroud" yet?

[533ogetnom]

Originally Posted by CEA 3

well I dont have proof of their intercooler doing that... im just saying thats a job of an intercooler is to reduce heatsoak giving power avalible to us more often.

why are you asking me for proof?

because there has been nothing to indicate your statement

[CASHBY]

Originally Posted by 533ogetnom

because there has been nothing to indicate your statement

have you owned a Turbo Charged car before?

do you know the reason behind having a FMIC? or a better one for that matter?

Im not speaking of AA intercooler, im saying an intercooler in general. However IM sure AA intercooler is great and does its job... which is why i asked about the efficiency

[Jonmartin]

It looks good but most of it's behind the bumper(How efficient is that?).And the Turbonetics/Spearco IC produced more power.What map was this dyno'ed with?