Supercharged Cerbera. cooling upgrades.
Discussion
Engine is now run in and I am pleased to say has not missed a beat. Done around a 1000miles and have been watching various readings on the Emerald/Laptop. When the engine is cool and not in traffic the temperature stays around 85 / 95degrees and the inlet charge temperature around 45 to 50 degrees and there is no pinking. Everything seems great.
If you drive the car hard or get stuck in traffic the engine temp quickly rises and flattens out at around 105degrees (normal Cerb thing I think?) and the air charge temp goes to 60degrees and on initial throttle openings there is some pinking.
So its not ideal. I'm thinking of a electric (Davies Craig )water pump to assist in engine cooling with a larger rad and an Intercooler or charge cooler so would appreciate any ideas thoughts on these mods and copanies who you would recommend to supply the parts.
If you drive the car hard or get stuck in traffic the engine temp quickly rises and flattens out at around 105degrees (normal Cerb thing I think?) and the air charge temp goes to 60degrees and on initial throttle openings there is some pinking.
So its not ideal. I'm thinking of a electric (Davies Craig )water pump to assist in engine cooling with a larger rad and an Intercooler or charge cooler so would appreciate any ideas thoughts on these mods and copanies who you would recommend to supply the parts.
I've been looking at this for an RV8 supercharged installation I'm (slowly) working on.
I think that going the methanol/water injection method involves far less plumbing than an intercooler, also takes up less space!
This is obviously only going to affect the charge temperature.
Are your fans coming on at the right temperature? Have you got the fan control mod on your ECU?
ETA... I should read things better... I see you have the Emerald ECU. How are you controlling the fans?
I think that going the methanol/water injection method involves far less plumbing than an intercooler, also takes up less space!
This is obviously only going to affect the charge temperature.
Are your fans coming on at the right temperature? Have you got the fan control mod on your ECU?
ETA... I should read things better... I see you have the Emerald ECU. How are you controlling the fans?
Edited by PoleDriver on Monday 7th May 14:51
yes the ecu is controlling the fans and its very easy to change the switch on / off point with the emerald. In traffic i'm not sure if its the water pump output or the rad size or both that struggles to keep temps down on the engine. It seems a pretty common problem with the Cerb so I guess maybe both are not working well in traffic.
As far as water methanol is concerned I have no personal experience but some pals on the turbosport forum find it a pain in the arse and dont recommend it, Dave Walker at Emerald also said it has some perculiar effects and would only use it if nothing else can be done.
My personal preference is a intercooler for its simplicity but I havent taken the rads and fans out to look at room so hence posting on the forum.
As far as water methanol is concerned I have no personal experience but some pals on the turbosport forum find it a pain in the arse and dont recommend it, Dave Walker at Emerald also said it has some perculiar effects and would only use it if nothing else can be done.
My personal preference is a intercooler for its simplicity but I havent taken the rads and fans out to look at room so hence posting on the forum.
Alexdaredevilz said:
A few friends use a stand alone charge cooler, cooled by motor bike rad and fans on a electric water pump nothing to do with the stock colling systems
Works VERY well
A mate of mine did a similar thing with his VAG Turbo engined Renault 5 GT. Had the chargecooler and a couple of small rads fabricated at a place in Hereford.Works VERY well
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