Home Brew Intercooler
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I hope, when you do your testing, you give us a not i/c kw/nm as well as an i/c kw/nm output. Temps/pressures as well would be nice... Looks the goods Matt, keep it up
We will only be testing with I/C on, although it would be interesting, but @ $160 Per Hr and 5-6 hours work dynoing, time is money as they say.
But we have a very good idea of of inlet temps without an intercooler. More interesting will be the pre and post air pressure readings of my design. along with post air temp.
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Tks
Fitted the hose tails today, came across a new problem the Mazda 121 radiator I picked up to cool the inter cooler, it has difficult sizes when it comes to conneting the hoses
I can't buy off the roll, only lengths of a meter/yard. Hmmm
Will sleep on this problem have a few ideas, as I don't want a lot of joints. 27mm or 32mm I can buy to length, Mazda is 29mm, May get a little of both stock sizes and see if I can get away with one of them.
Nothing is ever simple
Fitted the hose tails today, came across a new problem the Mazda 121 radiator I picked up to cool the inter cooler, it has difficult sizes when it comes to conneting the hoses
I can't buy off the roll, only lengths of a meter/yard. HmmmWill sleep on this problem have a few ideas, as I don't want a lot of joints. 27mm or 32mm I can buy to length, Mazda is 29mm, May get a little of both stock sizes and see if I can get away with one of them.
Nothing is ever simple
I mean test with the i/c not operating not removed... but yes I hear what you're sayin' abt the $$$$.....
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I mean test with the i/c not operating not removed... but yes I hear what you're sayin' abt the $$$$.....
With it not opperating it would still act as a heat soak until up to temp with the water pump off, so the reading would not really be valid.
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Been a slow week or so it seems.
The intercooler is now piped all the way to the rear with the return line connected to the radiator.
The intercooler feed from the Craig David pump has been a little more fun, the pump comes with 3 alternative sizes all to big to match the Mazda 121 radiator I picked up. So I needed a machine a new aluminum stright flange to bolt on to the pump this has taken longer than expected, but we are winning and it's almost complete.
The radiator brackets fit and just need a little bracing now to stiffen them up
One down and one to go
The intercooler is now piped all the way to the rear with the return line connected to the radiator.
The intercooler feed from the Craig David pump has been a little more fun, the pump comes with 3 alternative sizes all to big to match the Mazda 121 radiator I picked up. So I needed a machine a new aluminum stright flange to bolt on to the pump this has taken longer than expected, but we are winning and it's almost complete.
The radiator brackets fit and just need a little bracing now to stiffen them up
One down and one to go
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Calculated the surface area of the cooling fins to be .723 Square Meters per core.
So all four cores have a combined surface area of 2.89 Square Meters.
If anyone cares to check these figures feel free, verification is always welcome.
So all four cores have a combined surface area of 2.89 Square Meters.
If anyone cares to check these figures feel free, verification is always welcome.
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No idea it's a pretty small fan and radiator out of a Mazda 121 tiny little car, amps are no issue as the fan and the Craig David pump will run off a 100 amp solid state relay like these I use for my head lights. I have a big alternator
If the radiator is not big enough to remove the heat from the inter cooler I will just go to a larger twin fan. I guess it depend how much time I spend on boost
No idea it's a pretty small fan and radiator out of a Mazda 121 tiny little car, amps are no issue as the fan and the Craig David pump will run off a 100 amp solid state relay like these I use for my head lights. I have a big alternator
If the radiator is not big enough to remove the heat from the inter cooler I will just go to a larger twin fan. I guess it depend how much time I spend on boost
Where do you find those skookum relays? 100A solid state... I like the looks of those.
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Nothing on price though.
Nothing on price though.
Wow, nice set up! I doubt you would need a bigger fan though, the other glycol.air intercoolers have alot smaller rad and fan than that. You should solder those relay connections though, makes em look better
Will that rad mount be stable on a washboard road?
Will that rad mount be stable on a washboard road?
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Wow, nice set up! I doubt you would need a bigger fan though, the other glycol.air intercoolers have alot smaller rad and fan than that. You should solder those relay connections though, makes em look better
Will that rad mount be stable on a washboard road?
The radiator mounts will be fine once it has a little bracing.
No Glycol in this just a rust inhibitor, Glycol is a far less efficient as a heat exchange medium than water. a necessary evil if you live in a colder climate.
