any reason why subaru ditched the water-air intercooler on the legacy in favour of the impreza's air-air intercooler?

i thought water had better cooling properties than air


kev

 

the title should of been how good is the legacy's intercooler compared to the impreza's? getting worked up about the bloody football [img]images/smilies/mad.gif[/img]


kev

 

The legacy chargecooler...I would say that it all boiled down to cost, as the impreza was being aimed at a bigger market. An intercooler is a lot cheaper than a chargecooler, pipes, coolant, pump, wiring, water radiator. I think the intercooler fitted to most imprezas ( the small angled one ) is crap. STI and later ones are better, but I suppose, still crap. Not saying the legacy chargecooler is brilliant either though, just that top mounts especially standard ones, are crap. I reckon a well sorted chargecooler system with the std legacy unit would be pretty good. Go for a better water pump, and much bigger, more efficient water radiator for it.