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Love Slumgullion Pass. You forgot the Grapevine, Vail Pass and Eisenhower tho.
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Haha. If you put the SC on mud classifieds you’ll likely wind up even money considering what the SCs are going for now
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Or I will put it on the shelf until it is really worth something.Haha. If you put the SC on mud classifieds you’ll likely wind up even money considering what the SCs are going for now
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mmm, mine is almost brand new.
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Using foam tape to fill any air gapo so every ounce of air the fan pulls has to come from the fresh air side through the intercooler, the ac condender and the radiator.
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I did .. guess weather down here can be really challenging ..
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Not to derail this thread, but it got me thinking and IAT's and EGT's...I need to figure out a better I/C setup for my Cummins 6BT. The little A2A IC I have between the frame rails along with the extra fueling and stock HX35 turbo result in me watching the EGT's like a hawk and reducing my fueling via in cab controller.
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The safari a2a was a awesome intercooler but currently unavailable unfortunately. Its size made it easy to foam in for full engine fan effect through the cooler. Could also run 32 psi of boost through them.
Have you tried 2-3 psi more boost without fuel to see if it cleans up egts with some extra air ?
Have you tried 2-3 psi more boost without fuel to see if it cleans up egts with some extra air ?
Safari A2A intercooler the gas version (20" x 12") maintains a 1"+ gap between the coolers per installation instructions. This is something that I have found as a common recommendation for all types of cooler manufactures in USA. I have never heard of solid foaming of any cooler and leaving the Arizona I would be very surprised it it would keep things cool.
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With the boost line connected the waste gate opens up at about 22 - 23 psi...the limit of the HX35. I have more fuel capacity than I do air as I was able to spool another Hx35 up to 40lbs with the boost line disconnected from the waste gate actuator. I think I may need to move up to a larger turbo as the EGT's are spiking at the high end of the Hx35 boost range.
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Was very common at Safari, and my 80 had it installed by them in 1996.
You are making the engine fan pull all the available air through the cooler and not from around it, so it makes it more efficient at lower road speed.
Arizona doesnt run hotter weather than us here in Aus in summer or the UAE where these kits were very popular.
Look at any factory air flow system to intercooler, or motorsport air feed frpm bonnet to air cleaner, radiator, or intercooler and there are foam and seals to prevent air bleed away from the intended purpose.
There is also a significant gap between AC condenser and radiator.
This puzzles me. Can't see any heat exchanger performance advantage in such a large gap.
Can anyone offer a good reason for it? Ease of installation only? Lazy design engineers? Something more?
My design intuition would be about a 1cm (3/8") gap, to be easily sealed with a simple 1.5cm (1/2") foam strip, plus not leaking all that much if the foam was missing.
The reason to bother with an edge seal seems clear, however.
Air flow through the heat exchanger does what you were after.
Around the edge does nothing.
Check out cooler condensers and radiator builders they all want a minimum 1" gap between cooler. My guess would be the forward flow creates a vortex and pulls in cool non heated air in from the sides. Again just a guess
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Check out cooler condensers and radiator builders they all want a minimum 1" gap between cooler. My guess would be the forward flow creates a vortex and pulls in cool non heated air in from the sides. Again just a guess
Dont confuse gap to the cores, and air flow gaps around the cores though.
My guess is that the radiator's job is primary and all other coolers are secondary. Therefore the radiator is sealed to the fan shroud, while other coolers are not sealed with large gap. Radiator gets all the air that came through the AC condenser, tranny cooler, intercooler (which will be warmer by the time it gets to the radiator) AND all the fresh air that comes in around the sides.
There's my totally uneducated stab at it
:edit: plus, TMIC's ARE sealed, more evidence that if it's not in front of the radiator, go ahead and direct 100% of the air through it.
There's my totally uneducated stab at it
:edit: plus, TMIC's ARE sealed, more evidence that if it's not in front of the radiator, go ahead and direct 100% of the air through it.
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Just to feed the endless intercooler discussion, I may be changing my tune on A/A
Wife wants to run some electrics out to the camper for cold weather camping, so a dual battery setup may be in my near future. If that's the case, A/A will be a lot more difficult to plumb up.
Wife wants to run some electrics out to the camper for cold weather camping, so a dual battery setup may be in my near future. If that's the case, A/A will be a lot more difficult to plumb up.
Just to feed the endless intercooler discussion, I may be changing my tune on A/A
Wife wants to run some electrics out to the camper for cold weather camping, so a dual battery setup may be in my near future. If that's the case, A/A will be a lot more difficult to plumb up.
Safari A2A works with dual battery
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