Took the car for a drive over the weekend, going well as always, did some hugely unscientific testing of the WMI and it's effectiveness by feeling different parts of the engine after a thrash, and it's most impressive!
After a long blast, I jumped out and popped the bonnet straight away. the alloy charge pipe just off the turbo was really hot, couldn't hold onto it hot. This will be partly heat from the charged air, and partly head from the engine bay.
The hot side tank of the intercooler was fairly hot to touch, nowhere near as bad as the charge pipe under the bonnet, you could hold it, but it was on the upper limit of warm / hot
the cold side of the intercooler was MUCH cooler, really obvious difference. it felt similar to the bodywork around it to be honest, so the IC is doing a great job.
then the inlet manifold, and wow, it felt like an ice cold can of beer straight from the fridge!
proof if ever that WMI is doing an amazing job
If the air going into the engine is THAT cold then it must be happy!
Also noticed whilst under the bay that the bracket I made for my charge pipe heat shield had cracked the the shield was wobbling around like crazy. In an ideal world I'd have something welded up properly with a second mount to stop it happening again, but in the short term, I whipped it off, made a copy, then made a mirror image of it too so the bracket is now doubled up.
This has made it MUCH stiffer, so hopefully should last a bit longer until I get something proper made
Oh, and England is crap, so I'm off to the Nurburgring again next week for a few days!