Intercooler

[Julian]

How about this for an idea....

Intercoolers are there to cool down the air from the turbo to the engine. Normally they situated (On a SURF) on top of the engine with a scoop. The scoop will only work at speed, so not much air flows through, so not really helping in the cooling.

How about forced air cooling, depending on the temperature difference?

I have written code that can make a fan (Kenilow) spin faster dependant on temperature (was meant for a radiator fan but could be used for any fan).

This could be somehow fitted so the intercooler is able to work better.



Any thoughts?


Regards,

Julian.

[evildwarf]

just where to put the fan!

[POPEYE]

On top?


this is the fan from an escort rs2000, hooked it up via a thermo switch with a 40deg setting, also an alloy plate between the cooler and engine to help with heat rise, the fan runs pretty fast,

MANAGE ATTACHMENTS STILL AINT WORKING!!

[dieselboy]

Popeye do you get much turbo lag with that pipework? What's the bore? Looks about 2"?

[JUDWAK]

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snorkel

[POPEYE]

Popeye do you get much turbo lag with that pipework? What's the bore? Looks about 2"?

When i come out of a bend at 90 and shift to top gear i do get a slight lag but she soon lifts her front up and hits the 110-120 mph mark

[gwh200]

When i come out of a bend at 90 and shift to top gear i do get a slight lag but she soon lifts her front up and hits the 110-120 mph mark

I used to have the same problem ian...had To buy a 3.0 to slow myself down.

[Julian]

On top?


this is the fan from an escort rs2000, hooked it up via a thermo switch with a 40deg setting, also an alloy plate between the cooler and engine to help with heat rise, the fan runs pretty fast,

MANAGE ATTACHMENTS STILL AINT WORKING!!

that's the idea I had, just with adjustable fan speed depending on temperature differance.

[POPEYE]

Could you make the fan run faster than it's normal speed? (apart from giveing it 24v

[Julian]

Could you make the fan run faster than it's normal speed? (apart from giveing it 24v

I had the idea to run the fan slower, only run at full speed when temperature difference is zero (hopefully not very often).

so I'd have it as...

Large temperature difference .... Fan off

some temperature difference .... Fan at third of full speed

little temperature difference .... Fan at two thirds of full speed

no temperature difference .... Fan on Full speed

I wrote some code on a PIC chip to modulate a water radiator electric fan, so I could modify it for an intercooler fan.

[Apache]

Just run full tilt when on boost. Or fit a front mount.

[Rustinho]

Just run full tilt when on boost. Or fit a front mount.

That would make more sense to me too but how about just running it whenever the ignition is on? How much of a current drain would it be? Not much at a guess... 10-15 amps?

[Sancho]

Just stick one or two of these on the bonnet..

http://www.autoelectricsuk.co.uk/fle...g5etv01ra2f2t1

Why would you need your intercooler to be getting really cold when you're not moving anyway?

[BUSHWHACKER]

A water mist spray would work just as well, a couple of windscreen washer jets situated at the mouth of the scoop, and an extra washer fluid tank mounted behind some mesh in the bashplate to keep it cool.

[Sancho]

A water mist spray would work just as well, a couple of windscreen washer jets situated at the mouth of the scoop, and an extra washer fluid tank mounted behind some mesh in the bashplate to keep it cool.

Or a swamp cooler on the bonnet