Intercooled Intercooler...

[S800VXR]

From reading up they dont do RHD yet but the idea seems to work well...

http://shop.gforce1320.com/product.sc?productId=98...

[stevieturbo]

With the weather we typically get here, a good front water rad would be all thats needed.

Whatever that heat exchanger is, it looks quite small. I suspect it would be no real use, unless you insulated all water related hoses and reservoirs to ensure the water is kept cold.

In fact...even having the chilled water pass through the front water core...may actually warm the water.

[after_shock]

Another system exists called killer chiller, showed it to some engineer friends and they didnt seem too keen on the idea!

[stevieturbo]

Such systems are good for drag racing...but for road use, pointless.

For drag racing heat soak is a problem. With these systems you can keep the water cool, then turn the AC back off before the run. If you leave AC turned on, it saps too much power.

For road use, just use the best water/air rad you can fit. And of course the best most efficient heat exchanger in the intake. Ultimately that is the limiting factor, as there is only so much room available.

Failing that, just use water injection too.

[anonymous-user]

Or fit a TVS blower, they suffer much less with heat soak even when doing endless dyno pulls. Also, remember when cruising on the road you aren't using any boost so when you need the power you will have it 95% of the time.

[S800VXR]

I like the idea but the tvs is the obvious way to go one day....

[stevieturbo]

wormus said:

Or fit a TVS blower, they suffer much less with heat soak even when doing endless dyno pulls. Also, remember when cruising on the road you aren't using any boost so when you need the power you will have it 95% of the time.

All valley mounted blowers will suffer heat soak. Funnily thats because they are mounted right above a whopping heat source called the engine.

If they have sufficient room for chargecooling, then any heat soak can be minimised though.

[ninjasta]

S800VXR said:

I like the idea but the tvs is the obvious way to go one day....

The idea of using an the A/C to boost the cooling on a water/air intercooler does seem a good one but unless you chasing stupendous power levels I doubt the extra complexity is worth the extra space and pumping power required.

I am looking at TVS2300 roots blower for my VXR8.