water cool intercooler?
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10 1/8 mile passes out of 2 coolers of ice isn't bad at all. You make the pass, all the water flowing through the cooler gets really hot from pulling the heat out of the air, it gets pumped back into the tank and melts all the ice that was sitting there because you go and shut the car off. That's an air/water cooler for you.
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Originally Posted by eviltwins
10 1/8 mile passes out of 2 coolers of ice isn't bad at all. You make the pass, all the water flowing through the cooler gets really hot from pulling the heat out of the air, it gets pumped back into the tank and melts all the ice that was sitting there because you go and shut the car off. That's an air/water cooler for you.
only have it running when you are under boost, insulate the reservoir..
i thought originally you were talking about sitting a bag of ice on an air/air between rounds.
normally i just put fresh water in mine and dump the warm watter out if i'm going to go round and round at high boost.. i guess if you are pressing the tune up and you need below ambient inlet temps then you could also resize your intercooler or re-think another part of the combo if you dont want to shell out the $ for ice.
i thought originally you were talking about sitting a bag of ice on an air/air between rounds.
normally i just put fresh water in mine and dump the warm watter out if i'm going to go round and round at high boost.. i guess if you are pressing the tune up and you need below ambient inlet temps then you could also resize your intercooler or re-think another part of the combo if you dont want to shell out the $ for ice.
Originally Posted by 9secpacecar
i know what it does i was wondering if there is a dry ice setup or something other to do?
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Originally Posted by Flipper
Dry ice works very well.. My situation is different then yours being that I have a truck, but I have a 8 gallon resivoir in the bed of my truck that has ice pockets on both sides.. The dry ice will actually freeze my water wetter / water mixture if I dont keep my pump running.. It works very very well and fortunately my pump can run over 8 hours without killing my battery when it is not running.. I am sure something similar at a smaller scale would work for you...
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Flipper, can you explain your setup to me a little bit better? The second section of aluminum, is that where water goes? And then the dry ice sits in the square area on either side, or how does that work? Looks pretty badass, however it works 
Originally Posted by eviltwins
Flipper, can you explain your setup to me a little bit better? The second section of aluminum, is that where water goes? And then the dry ice sits in the square area on either side, or how does that work? Looks pretty badass, however it works
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Originally Posted by 9secpacecar
that is a nice setup but i dont have the room. i guess bring more ice!!!
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Originally Posted by Flipper
It doesn't need to be on this grand of a scale.. If you have a 2 gallon resivoir have a small ice pocket.. It doesnt take alot of dry ice to drop the water temp to below freezing.. Just make sure the water keeps moving..
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Originally Posted by Flipper
It doesn't need to be on this grand of a scale.. If you have a 2 gallon resivoir have a small ice pocket.. It doesnt take alot of dry ice to drop the water temp to below freezing.. Just make sure the water keeps moving..
Originally Posted by 9secpacecar
do you put the dry ice in water or leave it loose in side tanks and how much do you use? thanks,kevin
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We use ~6 8lb bags per pass, cooling the intercoolers and trans.
It's just easier to hit the local gas station on track day and clean them out
2 body sized coolers hold about 25 bags each.
We use ~6 8lb bags per pass, cooling the intercoolers and trans.
It's just easier to hit the local gas station on track day and clean them out
2 body sized coolers hold about 25 bags each.