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?

[darthripley]

i was always under the impression that WTA was better for someone who did a lot of track days, auto-x things of that nature, but i'm finding that a good FMIC can be just as effective especially if you have some sort of sprayer system on it to help cool things down a little.
in some ways i can see where a WTA will still get some heatsoaking issues, but i prefer WTA over a FMIC for the "sleeper" look myself.

both lagos & cuts the pilot bring up good points.