DDMworks Intercooler Diverter 1.4L Turbo

[Dave@ddmworks]

The first batch of these have arrived!

Upgrade your stock intercooler setup by adding the DDMWorks Intercooler Diverter to your Sonic for a cooler air charge!

The stock intercooler does a good job at cooling down the charged air at first but after repeated pulls loses its cooling abilities. Ultimately this loss of efficiency means a hotter air charge and less horsepower. Our single piece intercooler diverter counteracts this problem by directing the air into the cooling fins and forcing it through the intercooler. This means even after repeated runs the cooling charge is consistent and power is maintained. The diverter is made out of 304 stainless steel for a great look and protection from chipping and rust. All hardware included is also Stainless steel for longevity.

Installation time is around 1.5 hours with fairly common hand tools. It does require removing the bumper cover for installation.

Link to the product page: Chevy Sonic 1.4L Intercooler Diverter

Installed on the car:

Let me know if you have any questions, and thanks!
Dave

 

[Cadillac74]

Is this able to be installed with out pulling the front fascia of the car off?

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

Is this able to be installed with out pulling the front fascia of the car off?

Just added that to the description, thanks!

The bumper cover does need to pop off for install, with the whole install taking about 1.5 hours with pretty common hand tools. Once you know where all of the fasteners are (in the instructions) this car comes apart very easily.

 

[rdss]

That's great, I plan on picking one up with a set of Fog Lights and just knocking out two birds with one stone when I get back.

 

[Sonic]

Because I know people will ask...any dyno pulls or drag strip results or other factual data to prove effectiveness?

 

[rdss]

Data logging on the steet would probably be better, a before and after at 70 on the highway checking IAT's would be pretty conclusive.

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

Because I know people will ask...any dyno pulls or drag strip results or other factual data to prove effectiveness?

Working on getting the hard data on it, tried using 4 different things to data log the post intercooler IAT's on the car and nothing would pull it up (HPtuners, EFIlive, Actron OBD2 scanner and PLX OBD2 gauges). We have some temp sensors coming that we are going to put in the intake tract to get the actual objective data on it. Anyone with a scangauge able to monitor post IC IAT's?

Even without the objective data, the diverter has made a noticeable difference on our car, especially doing long 4th and 5th gear pulls back to back, where the stock intercooler setup would start to fall off, the new setup just keeps pulling. With the intercooler diverter I have recorded a higher top speed then without it also. Before anyone asks, this is done on an abandoned runway that we use for high speed testing, previous best was 125mph stock and with the IC diverter 128mph. Those are some long pulls that take awhile and put a lot of heat into the system.

Once we get something to data log the post IC IAT's I will be happy to get that objective information and share it.

Hope that helps,
Dave

 

[Ridethesky84]

Awesome!! How's the intake coming along?

 

[Ridethesky84]

Nevermind just read the update!!

 

[JimmyBuckets]

Any more data on this part? Looks to be a nice cost effective mod but would like a little more hard data.

 

[rdss]

I was hoping someone would have logged temps before and after the install to see if it's really helping. I can't see why it wouldn't be helping out a lot but if it's only changing the temp 5 degrees it might not be worth the hassle of pulling the bumper to install it.

 

[USAnarchy]

I could have sworn they promised some data on this at one point.

I would love to get this at some point soon if it really helped.

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[theultimatesaiyan]

my diverter kit didnt come with instructions like it said on the first page.........

 

[rdss]

We haven't heard a word from DDM in over a month now. Nothing on the diverter, intake, sedan exhaust..........

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

We haven't heard a word from DDM in over a month now. Nothing on the diverter, intake, sedan exhaust..........

Posted up a quick "where was DDMworks" thread here -

http://www.sonicownersforum.com/forum/t3405/

As for the updates on the intake - The pre-orders are shipping this week.

The Sedan exhaust is getting fitted up on Wednesday and will be available for order early next week.

The intercooler instructions are here, the pics are getting loaded in the instructions and will start being emailed out to customers, and available on our website for direct download.

Thanks!
Dave

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

I could have sworn they promised some data on this at one point.

I would love to get this at some point soon if it really helped.

Sent from my DROID BIONIC using Tapatalk 2

We were able to get some probes in the intake tube now to measure the pre and post intercooler data. Going out this week to log a bunch of temps under different conditions.

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

For those that want to see how to do the install, here is a link to the instructions. These are the 1st draft, so there may be some spelling errors, etc. Once the final version is done, I will update the file.

http://ddmworks.com/instructions/Sonic/intercooler_diverter_1st_draft.pdf

Thanks,
Dave

 

[rdss]

Very thorough. I look forward to using the directions when I pick the diverter and fog lights up.

 

[Dave@ddmworks]

Very thorough. I look forward to using the directions when I pick the diverter and fog lights up.

That is a great time to do the fog lights for sure. Hopefully the instructions help you out with that.

 

[rdss]

Yeah, I figure I might even swap out the sissy horn while I'm in there as well. I honked at someone drifting in my lane (head on!!) and I'm not even sure they heard the horn.