Intercooler Fans
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Intercooler Fans
Has anyone made a shroud and electric fan that mounts on the back of the stock or stock-mount intercooler?
If money was no object, I'd buy a 99-spec front end and intake parts, but this seems like a simpler/easier solution to the stock IC airflow problem.
Dave
If money was no object, I'd buy a 99-spec front end and intake parts, but this seems like a simpler/easier solution to the stock IC airflow problem.
Dave
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that's what i'm doing in a week or so... gonna fab up some cf ducts with either a 10" or 12" fan pushing air into the stock ic. I dont think there's enough space behind the stock ic... those with aftermarket smic could make that work tho, cooling the engine bay at the same time..
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I had a ducati motorbike fan to the stock IC for a while. Also I installed a temp sensor in the plastic outlet pipe of the stock IC. I thought I might try it out to slow down heat soak while in heavy traffic. Waste of time going to the trouble of installing it. Doesnt make any noticeable difference on temp.
I just bought this IC for a few hundred bucks, hopefully its alot better than the stocker.I'll try it with an 8inch IC fan.
I just bought this IC for a few hundred bucks, hopefully its alot better than the stocker.I'll try it with an 8inch IC fan.
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The air inside the IC reaches near super sonic speed do you honestly think that a fan is going to make that much of difference? It all about surface area, flow and pressure drop.
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IF it were me I'd spend a couple hundred bucks on a simple water injection system, and spray it into the outlet of the IC. Or maybe even split the output between a mist onto the IC core as well as injection into the intake. Just don't run out of water. I don't find it to be a problem even on my setup which uses a big nozzle, and I only use a 2 quart tank. I can make about 70 WOT runs before I get anywhere near low on my tank.
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Originally Posted by RotaryResurrection
IF it were me I'd spend a couple hundred bucks on a simple water injection system, and spray it into the outlet of the IC. Or maybe even split the output between a mist onto the IC core as well as injection into the intake. Just don't run out of water. I don't find it to be a problem even on my setup which uses a big nozzle, and I only use a 2 quart tank. I can make about 70 WOT runs before I get anywhere near low on my tank.
I was thinking this exact thing. I was thinking of using the windshield sprayer since everything was already in place, just extend the lines. I never use it and once I get a CF hood I won't have a place for them anyways.
I know its been done thoughts on effectiveness?
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I went to Home Depot and bought spray nozzles normally used for home garden watering systems and used extra silicone vac hose to hook them up to a coolant tank and univ water pump from autozone. I hung 4 of them across the top of the nose opening in front of my V Mount and aimed them up so they sprayed in the right direction. Going up mountain passes in CO my intake temps Do Not rise if I keep the spray on but that empties the tank pretty quick. Handy when you just passed a cop coming down while doing 3x the speed limit. 4 is probably overkill but it did drop intake temps about 3x quicker than no spray per PFC Commander. Driving around town at low speed I would see temps rise, give it 10 sec of squirt, then about 20-30 sec later the temps would drop 10+ c if I stayed moving. I also hung a 8" fan on the top of the IC to help move air at low speed. Next up - vented hood to move more air.