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[boostedsl2]

thought i would share my next intercooler setup. i havn't seen anyone use these yet and most likely its because they are usually at the bottom.

pretty good price and will support more then enough power. the size of a pair of ladies shoe box.

part number length width height weight hp type
734408-6005 - 11.9 - 4.8 - 4.8 - 8.6 - 1000 - BP

http://www.baldturbofreak.com/catalog/p ... f8d27d9189

it will cost more due to the water lines pump and all that crap, but dang. thats a cheap as core.

[dream36realms]

I thought about using liquid cooled, but thought it would be out of my ability to make it work properly

[RotorNutFD3S]

My system uses a air/water intercooler. However, the system is now missing a car, so I have to rectify that situation first. But it's not too hard to make a water system work.

[boostedsl2]

I thought about using liquid cooled, but thought it would be out of my ability to make it work properly

pump, resivior, intercooler, heat exchager, fitting and hose.

thats it my friend.

when in doubt, go big. if you think the pump you have is too big, keep it and add a valve to the system to restrict it.

best thing is to get a water themp sensor or more importantly an air intake temp sensor to see if it works.

what works on one setup might now work on another as well, so you'll need to do some educated guessing.

[saturnspeed_12]

ive been debating whether or not to try the same. but ill probably just go with air/air

[boostedsl2]

ive been debating whether or not to try the same. but ill probably just go with air/air

air to air is way easyer and its less money.

air to water is only benificial on the track and to be sneaky.

i have a grampa truck, i'm going for sneaky. not to mention it cuts down on space and cuts out a lot of intercooler pipe.

[saturnspeed_12]

ive been debating whether or not to try the same. but ill probably just go with air/air

air to air is way easyer and its less money.

air to water is only benificial on the track and to be sneaky.

i have a grampa truck, i'm going for sneaky. not to mention it cuts down on space and cuts out a lot of intercooler pipe.

exactly, sneaky. although i will have probably a decently loud bov and have a divorced wastegate so maybe the sneaky part wont be [img]{SMILIES_PATH}/lol.gif[/img]

[Vendetta]

I've been wondering for awhile now if there would be much benefit to running an Air/Water intercooler with a chilled resevoir? I would think that chilling the resevoir would help get your intake temps down a bit more but i don't know how fast the temp drop is across an IC yet as i'm years away from being able to really get into building my own.

Would it be worth it? How much would it change the performance over normal A/W IC'ing?

[tebriel]

it's really only helpful when you're not moving as much. <--meaning benefit over air/air IC's. otherwise it's probably about the same, just more weight.
-teb

[boostedsl2]

i built a air/water for one of my buddies. on the dyno they were running tap water through it for an hour or two in 85 degree weather. they were only making 380whp, but for an extended period of time. about 10psi.

intake temps never went over 60 degrees.

if you use ice or dry ice, you can get them lower.

cutting out the intercooler piping is the most important for me. i like a compact system. i'm planning on having maybe 12" of intercooler pipe total besides the intercooler. thats going to be pretty responsive.

also, there is not cutting of the front end. the intercooler i'm looking at is super small. i would have to run a core about an inch thicker then what i already have to get close to what this air/water will support. i don't have to figure out where to mount the damn thing on the front of the truck, nor do i have to worry about it blocking airflow through the a/c condesor and radiator.