Hi everybody Brian from Steeda, featuring the Whipple Mega Cooler for 2020 and later Explorer ST's.
One of the great ways to get the full potential out of your Ecoboost Engine or really any engine
but Ecoboost in particular because it's a turbocharged engine, is to look at adding a Front Mount Intercooler.
The Mega Cooler is well a Front Intercooler, Heat Exchanger whatever verbiage you want to use.
This is what it's designed to do and ultimately the function of a Frontal Intercooler
is to cool down the air after it's compressed by the turbos. Obviously exhaust gases spin the turbo
it compresses air, pushes air through the Front Mount Intercooler that air gets cooled so
as it goes back into the engine it's now cooler or your intake air temperatures come down.
That's the whole point of the Font Mount Intercooler. The Mega Cooler does this because it is huge!
214% more volume as far as air capacity than the factory front mount intercooler.
The ECU or PCM is constantly monitoring temperatures and performance of the engine
through your oxygen sensors and your intake air temperature sensors. So it can continually change
the functionality as far as air fuel ratio and as far as timing and one of the biggest benefits of
adding a Front Mount Intercooler or a Mega Cooler from Whipple is that it reduces the intake air
temperatures substantially and by reducing the intake air temperatures it allows the ECU to
command more timing advance and what that ultimately means is more spark that means more
combustion more air into the combustion chamber and you get the idea you know where this is going
more horsepower, more torque and a more usable truck all around. Of course we're all addicted to
horsepower and torque but this is incredibly important in an SUV like the Explorer ST.
A lot of you're using this as a deli commuter. You need some extra horsepower to pass somebody on the
highway or again a two-lane road whatever it might be or again additional torque when you're towing.
An issue with any turbocharged engine is keeping that heat at bay. Anytime those turbos are spooling
and compressing air you're getting hot air passing through that Front Mount Intercooler.
It's important to cool that down especially because you think of these conditions by the time you're
getting into third and fourth gear in your ST the odds are good that it's starting to have heat soak
or that the intake air temperatures are increasing to a point that the ECU is now pulling back some
of that timing. It is removing performance if you will from the engine to keep it safe.
Well why not mechanically cool down that air so you can safely keep the intake air temperatures down
and utilize the full benefits of this powerful and torquey engine. Of the reasons that Whipple is able
to achieve such great performance gains is through the design of the intercooler itself. They use a
bar and plate design on the core and smooth cast ends at each side of this. What this means is that
it can obviously hold more air we talked about that but the air can pass through it much more
efficiently and effectively with less restriction. This means less back pressure on the turbos, more
effective flow very similar idea to a cold air intake, flow air flow into the engine is always a
good thing for performance. Another reason that the Mega Cooler is a great investment is it's 50 state legal
and it doesn't require a recalibration or a tune of your factory ECU. This means it's
going to be of course emissions compliant this also means it's going to be warranty compliant.
All things that we know a lot of you are concerned about.
Whipple provides all of the pieces including brackets and hardware to install from our intercooler, as well as detailed instructions.
Speaking of the instructions, definitely read through them a few times before delving into this yourself
and invite a few friends over. The hardest part or one of the hardest parts is removing the
front bumper and putting it back on. It's not so much the removal and putting it back on.
It's the making sure you do so without destroying the headlights or cracking paint on the bumper or both.
We appreciate you taking the time to watch this video and if you enjoyed the content, definitely
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upcoming videos. Like this as well as other things that we're doing with Ford Vehicles.
The Whipple Mega Cooler for your 2020 plus Ford Explorer ST, a great way to reduce intake air temperatures
which ultimately means more usable horsepower and torque every day. Whether it's getting on or off
the highway and you need that extra acceleration, prolonged acceleration. Going to make the most
effective and efficient use of the factory power levels, again the factory calibration. In addition
if you're towing or have a lot of payload you're going to constantly have the turbos in
boost you're going to need a larger intercooler to dissipate that heat better and continue having the
performance as you need it on a day-to-day basis on a weekend basis when you're towing your boat,
your race car, your jet skis whatever it might be. This thing again is a great investment!
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as well as many of the other great products we offer for the Ford Explorer ST and other Ford vehicles
visit us at Steeda.com again we thank you so much for watching. Steeda, Speed Matters!