air to air vs air to water, I've been reading mixed reviews Options

[enderswift]

the addition of pumps resevoirs and maintanance aside, why do alot of people say that air to air is better than air to water? I'd imagine that with air to water you can run ALOT less piping like the 3sgte. This is good because it means the tubo has to pressurize less piping before it gets to the engine. I.E less lag. Some people say water intercoolers run warmer but I dont see how. If you run the intercooler the way the gt4 has it, then route a radiator to the snout the heat exchange should be the same no? or is that the benefit of less piping is offset by a loss of efficiency?

[Cuts_the_Pilot]

you could get one, but after changing a set of plugs (ie have to unbolt the core and move it out of the way) you will realise you can get the same or better performance by going fmic.

if whoever builds your pipe work does a quality job then you will see that there is 2/10ths of fnck all in throttle responce (which is more what you loose in fmic applications) when changing from wta to fmic ata.

i should know ive had both on numerous occasions.

clock the turbo, use 2" hot piping (ie turbo to cooler), and 2.5" cold side (cooler to tb).

top mounts are good because they give the sleeper look, if you decide on going wta get a 205 unit as they are the biggest and most efficient unit.

but for me fmic is the better way to go.