Quote Originally Posted by redfogo View Post
What if we moved the turbo further back or down a little(might help keep the heat lower down or away from the motor) and angled it so the air intake would not be running through the motor(might help bring in some cooler air)? Then we install a puller fan under the IC? it looks to me like in the 818c we might be able to raise the IC a lot higher away from the enigne, but in the S I am not sure if there is any more room to raise the IC?
The issue isn't as much the heat coming off the turbo heating the intercooler (but that is something good to address to prevent heat soak) but the fact that as the turbo compresses air it drastically raises the temperature of the air. Hot air in the engine loses power but can also lead to detonation.