2 posts in one day!! new record..
I wanted to install an intercooler on my supercharger but i did not want to.
1. block the air into my radiator, so that I over heat.
2. install 5 feet of tubing and have a ton of lag.
3. position the intercooler where it could get hurt.
So I purchased a 3" thick, bar and plate intercooler with 3" inch inlet and outlet, the size is like 14 x 16 (actual size of the cooling area not the including the inlet or outlet).
I purchased a hood scoop from a Subaru WRX (not STI) and installed it in the hood and ducted it over the intercooler, on the inter cooler I mad a gasket that seals the hood scoop to the intercooler and forces the air through it.
The inter cooler in mounted over the a very small section of the head, but mostly over the open area over the exhaust manifold.
The intercooler is plumbed with 3 inch mandral pipe from the supercharger to the intercooler and has a silicone sleeve between the intercooler and a flange on the intake manifold.
I know you are wondering how it works???
Well, I can say that it has made the biggest difference in performance, in 50-60 degree weather I can run the engine hard for any amount of time, stop and put my hand on the cooler and it is cold to the touch!!!
We drove to Moab a week ago from Orem and with stock gearing, 35 inch tires and loaded with 4 people and all our gear, we made it over soldier summit in overdrive at 70 plus without effort, I am very impressed, I had not even hopped for it to work this well.. On the way back from Moab, the really steep hill between green river and price, I was doing almost 80 in overdrive...
Sorry to the members that have no idea of the hill I am talking about, but for comparison my stock 80 would struggle to hold 50 over soldier summit and the other hill mentioned.
later
I wanted to install an intercooler on my supercharger but i did not want to.
1. block the air into my radiator, so that I over heat.
2. install 5 feet of tubing and have a ton of lag.
3. position the intercooler where it could get hurt.
So I purchased a 3" thick, bar and plate intercooler with 3" inch inlet and outlet, the size is like 14 x 16 (actual size of the cooling area not the including the inlet or outlet).
I purchased a hood scoop from a Subaru WRX (not STI) and installed it in the hood and ducted it over the intercooler, on the inter cooler I mad a gasket that seals the hood scoop to the intercooler and forces the air through it.
The inter cooler in mounted over the a very small section of the head, but mostly over the open area over the exhaust manifold.
The intercooler is plumbed with 3 inch mandral pipe from the supercharger to the intercooler and has a silicone sleeve between the intercooler and a flange on the intake manifold.
I know you are wondering how it works???
Well, I can say that it has made the biggest difference in performance, in 50-60 degree weather I can run the engine hard for any amount of time, stop and put my hand on the cooler and it is cold to the touch!!!
We drove to Moab a week ago from Orem and with stock gearing, 35 inch tires and loaded with 4 people and all our gear, we made it over soldier summit in overdrive at 70 plus without effort, I am very impressed, I had not even hopped for it to work this well.. On the way back from Moab, the really steep hill between green river and price, I was doing almost 80 in overdrive...
Sorry to the members that have no idea of the hill I am talking about, but for comparison my stock 80 would struggle to hold 50 over soldier summit and the other hill mentioned.
later