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Without getting into crazy detail, and giving my feedback based on data we have from customer cars (chiller only, ice tank only, chiller and ice tank, stock, etc)...
Regardless of method, it all comes down to simple thermodynamics. What you are looking to do is increase the cooling capacity of the system. For the sake of simplicity, lets call our cooling agent 100% pure water. It requires 8.33 BTU of heat energy to raise one gallon of water 1 deg F. This is linear, so if you double the amount of water (2 gallons), it will either take twice the amount of heat energy to heat water 1 deg in the same time, or it will take twice the amount of time with the same fixed amount of energy.
When you add water capacity (expansion tank, ice tank, etc).... You are not changing the rate that your cooling system can remove heat from the water. What you are doing is increasing the amount of time it takes for that water to heat up.
When you change a heat exchanger, or add an interchiller, you are changing the rate that the system can remove heat from the water.
There are benefits to both. Being able to remove heat more effectively is great, and having less heat to remove is also just as great.
It is absolutely pointless arguing that one is better than the other, because you are changing two completely different parts of the system.
Both have very good benefits. The only gripe I have about the interchiller, is you are not technically allowed to run your AC at any track (drag strip or road course). The condensation/moisture build up will drip on the track, and cause a hazard.
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