gains from intercooling my glh?

[foolieass82]

i am getting ready to intercool my 86 glh. what kind of gains should i be expecting??i am doing it because everyone says it is such a big gain. could anyone out there tell me what kind of gain i get. is it really worth the time and money. not so much money as time though lol

[LancerShelby]

On a completely stock car there isn't a whole lot of gain. But once you start modding, you'll see higher #'s. 89 T1's ran no intercooler, about 7-9psi, 150Hp and 180ft.lbs. 89 T2's ran an intercooler, about 11psi, 174Hp and 194ft.lbs. Each psi is worth roughly 7hp on a stock car, I made 10hp per psi on my Lancer. So you can see that there isn't a huge difference in power #'s between the T2 and the T1. Last year I was running 18psi on my stock T2 engine with the intercooler in it's stock location and I ran a 14.8 at 92 or so. Then I mounted the intercooler in the nose and by just doing that I ran a 14.5 at 95. I'm sure there was some other factors in making me run faster, but you see what I mean. Plus the i/c doesn't get heat soaked while your waiting in the staging lanes when it's mounted in the nose.
All and all, it's worth it.

[ShelbyGLHS592]

My 1985 Shelby Charger ran an 8.79 on 15 psi with a basic turbo 2 conversion. That's rougly a 13.50 in the 1/4 mile. I had a stock Shelby Z intercooler and converted turbo 1 turbo, and a one piece intake manifold. I bumped it up to 18 psi and it was a totally different animal. I just never got it to the track over 15 psi. Check out this website: http://fwdmopar.50megs.com/javaindex.html