The official 1HDT Intercooler thread

[surfari-LC80]

new update on my intercooler. close to being finished

 

[dadinabarrel]

You have a fricken laser beam?

 

[surfari-LC80]

You have a fricken laser beam?

LOL no, just have a lot patience, mild OCD and access to a machine shop with a 3-axis cnc milling machine (and few bored machinists and engineers looking for something to do aside from their normal contracts with local construction companies.)

 

[dadinabarrel]

I love it man, here's my back yard version of a massive WTA intercooler/3. 5" plenum inlet manifold I made a few weeks ago

 

[ForealBoreal]

Mark where did you pick up these little temp gauges?

 

[maat]

holy s*** SAFARI that is insanity!! looks like a factory option! hats off to you sir

 

[Tapage]

Mark where did you pick up these little temp gauges?

dunno where Mark got those but looks like are Koso ..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Koso-Super-...Parts_Accessories&hash=item20e71dee74&vxp=mtr

 

[TheBigBoy]

Im not sure exactly what your after results wise. But heres an email I got the other night. Longreach is a town in central qld (very dry and dusty heat). I get alot of feedback like this.

 

[ForealBoreal]

75% efficiency at full heat soak cool.

 

[TheBigBoy]

 

[ForealBoreal]

78% not towing.

 

[ForealBoreal]

would be curious to see how the big ebay front mount performs at that speed.

 

[TheBigBoy]

78% not towing.

Yes but its also 120kph. Where its always been at higher speed a noticeable drop in performance due to air deflection for both front mount and wta intercoolers. We have an 80 series with a 600 x 350 x 100mm thick front mount - you cant fit anything physically bigger than this in. Does alright but you would expect better. The WTA at highway speeds is better, but not by a huge margin. Anything else though its WTA, in some circustances it absolutely kills it.

 

[Locked79]

I'll throw this up for fun

 

[ForealBoreal]

What's ambient temp?

 

[ForealBoreal]

Yes but its also 120kph. Where its always been at higher speed a noticeable drop in performance due to air deflection for both front mount and wta intercoolers. We have an 80 series with a 600 x 350 x 100mm thick front mount - you cant fit anything physically bigger than this in. Does alright but you would expect better. The WTA at highway speeds is better, but not by a huge margin. Anything else though its WTA, in some circustances it absolutely kills it.

bigger isn't necessarily better if you can't get the airflow through to cool it.

 

[TheBigBoy]

Yeah it does.

 

[Locked79]

What's ambient temp?

About 30*C. No heat soak though. Thats as high as the gauge goes. Temps were still climbing at 148. Melted the plastic bit off the probe

 

[ForealBoreal]

no way in terms of thickness of the core.

 

[ForealBoreal]

your home built one does pretty good.