Intercooler to get?
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New to turbos and aftercoolers . Is their a formula for sizing aftercoolers ? I am working on a repower conversion and have some hieght issues with the stock cooler was thinking about going shorter and thicker but need to know how to size it to my needs . Also considering mounting in the bed of my El Camino but would prefer to keep it under the hood for both packageing and simplicity . Any draw back to stacking two smaller aftercoolers other than plumbing.
New to turbos and aftercoolers . Is their a formula for sizing aftercoolers ? I am working on a repower conversion and have some hieght issues with the stock cooler was thinking about going shorter and thicker but need to know how to size it to my needs . Also considering mounting in the bed of my El Camino but would prefer to keep it under the hood for both packageing and simplicity . Any draw back to stacking two smaller aftercoolers other than plumbing.
If size is tight , and it sounds like it is , go with a Water to Air cooler . just remember the Rated HP is for Gassers , for a diesel I would doubvle the gasser ho0rsepower , so if your truck will have 500hp , the go with a intercooler rated for gassser 1000hp.
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x2 on water to air for compact applications.
Custom inctercoolers can be built at a decent price providing somebody in your area has very good TIG skills and can pressure test the CAC.
There are formulas for sizing intercoolers and I can get them to you if you still need then later on tonite, just remind me. The only problem is that most formulas are for sizing gas intercoolers.
Custom inctercoolers can be built at a decent price providing somebody in your area has very good TIG skills and can pressure test the CAC.
There are formulas for sizing intercoolers and I can get them to you if you still need then later on tonite, just remind me. The only problem is that most formulas are for sizing gas intercoolers.
Great Josh thanks for taking it off my hands I'm surprised you said you would give me 1000.00 bucks but that's great
I shipped it this morning COLLECT
Sure, no problem. Wait, what?!?!?!Great Josh thanks for taking it off my hands I'm surprised you said you would give me 1000.00 bucks but that's great
I shipped it this morning COLLECT
I may run the stock one and see how far it will go, assumed that I would need to upgrade but it seems divided opinion so I'll run it as is
We have a custom Spearco in Max'd Out, double walled and still bulged out the bottom corners, and popped the welds on the internal support rods ends where they are welded on the outside. Nathan beefed up both bottom corners with additional through rods on both Max'd Out and White Out. So far so good. I always thought it would be good info to install instant read temp gauges to read the inlet and outlet air temp to see how effective the innercoolers actually are. We have a CO2 fogger system on the outside of the innercooler in case we need it. Haven't tried it yet and won't till we are sure it won't put out some of the fire by getting sucked into the engine.
As far as air/water. Think it would work well for racing, the only ones I've seen use a tank, is there something else used when they are on a dd application? The tank method wouldn't work for very long that's for sure.
As far as air/water. Think it would work well for racing, the only ones I've seen use a tank, is there something else used when they are on a dd application? The tank method wouldn't work for very long that's for sure.
I would have to run a reservoir and a second radiator water pump and fan
Very similar to some of the Detroits i have worked on in crew boats and yachts.
Very similar to some of the Detroits i have worked on in crew boats and yachts.
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Teh new ford motors are said to have air-water intercoolers. Basically I would assume the air-water intercoolers have their own coolant with their own radiators and possibly a compressor or something.
However if the air-water intercoolers have their own radiators/heat exchangers then what is the point of removing the air/air intercooler and making things more complex than they already are on a Ford.
However if the air-water intercoolers have their own radiators/heat exchangers then what is the point of removing the air/air intercooler and making things more complex than they already are on a Ford.
packageing what will fit and where is what i am faced with . I have room just not much height in the ElCamino
How to evaluate/measure your intercooler:
CAC Delta T Hot- the amount of temperature drop through the intercooler
CAC Delta Hot=Inlet temp-Outlet temp
System Delta P- The amount of pressure drop from the compressor out to the intake manifold
Syetem Delta P= Compressor Outlet pressure-Intake Manifold pressure
CAC Effectiveness- The ability of the CAC to reduce temperature as compared to abient, expressed as a percentage
CAC EFFECTIVENESS = (CAC INLET TEMP – CAC OUTLET TEMP) / (CAC INLET TEMP – AMBIENT TEMP)*100
Density Recovery- Evaluation of the density of the air compared to ambient considering both temperature and pressure
DENSITY RECOVERY = (AMBIENT PRESS + INTAKE MANIFOLD PRESS) / (AMBIENT PRESS + COMPRESSOR OUTLET PRESS) * (CAC INLET TEMP / CAC OUTLET TEMP)
CAC Delta T Hot- the amount of temperature drop through the intercooler
CAC Delta Hot=Inlet temp-Outlet temp
System Delta P- The amount of pressure drop from the compressor out to the intake manifold
Syetem Delta P= Compressor Outlet pressure-Intake Manifold pressure
CAC Effectiveness- The ability of the CAC to reduce temperature as compared to abient, expressed as a percentage
CAC EFFECTIVENESS = (CAC INLET TEMP – CAC OUTLET TEMP) / (CAC INLET TEMP – AMBIENT TEMP)*100
Density Recovery- Evaluation of the density of the air compared to ambient considering both temperature and pressure
DENSITY RECOVERY = (AMBIENT PRESS + INTAKE MANIFOLD PRESS) / (AMBIENT PRESS + COMPRESSOR OUTLET PRESS) * (CAC INLET TEMP / CAC OUTLET TEMP)