Update on Turbo Project!
Originally Posted by V8_DSM_V8again
The IC is going to make the radiators job tough.
I would have really been thinking air to water ic....
I would have really been thinking air to water ic....
Originally Posted by Wicked_Hugger99
congrats dude. i know its been a long wait for ya but it'll be worth it unless i go back down there and steal ur turbo........ 
that thing looked as big as my head
that thing looked as big as my headdoes your head weigh 73 lbs too?
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Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
haha, not in this arizona heat...
Originally Posted by RyanJ
that doesnt make any sense. why would the heat matter in terms of the intercooler? air/water would cool better than air/air and you could feasibly put it just about anywhere (within reason)
as a daily driver car, im not gonna be carrying an ice bucket with me to fill it up with ice every 10 minutes in normal weather. out here its 115+ almost everyday during the summer.
a2w is best suited for race only applications. i plan on driving the car 98% of the time on the street.
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Originally Posted by LSONE
any news on that beast of a car's progress today? 
my dad tried calling twice today, but candy was busy doing errands(sp?) and allan wasnt there.
I want my car
Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
still waiting on a phone call from candy...
my dad tried calling twice today, but candy was busy doing errands(sp?) and allan wasnt there.
I want my car
my dad tried calling twice today, but candy was busy doing errands(sp?) and allan wasnt there.
I want my car
Originally Posted by LTLHOMER
A2W with a nice heat exchanger on the return and you have the best of both worlds.
what are the benifits of doing that? what exactly does that do?
Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
what are the benifits of doing that? what exactly does that do?
So with an a2w intercooler, you are now using water to transfer heat instead of just the movement of air around the cooler (a2a), but on the return side of the water to air intercooler system, you put a heat exhanger (which works like a radiator) and the heat that the water picks up will then transfer to the surrounding air by having a fan hooked on it or by having it in the stream of air (like your radiator). When you are at the track, you can throw in the ice-water and get very low (lower than ambient) inlet temps and then when you are driving on the street with ambient temp water, you can then use the water to transfer the heat from the inlet charge, and then you can remove that heat with the heat exhanger that is on the return to the water tank.
It's the best of both worlds in my opinion...you still need a heat exchanger, but you can daisy chain a few small ones with their own fans and that is supposed to work pretty good. That is what I'm doing with my twin w2a intercooler setup.
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Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
as a daily driver car, im not gonna be carrying an ice bucket with me to fill it up with ice every 10 minutes in normal weather. out here its 115+ almost everyday during the summer.
a2w is best suited for race only applications. i plan on driving the car 98% of the time on the street.
a2w is best suited for race only applications. i plan on driving the car 98% of the time on the street.
I am going to Futral tomorrow, Ive already heard it run, when Alan started it for the first time. 
I would record you car for you but I dont have a cam-corder all I have is a digital camera, and I dont know how to post pics. 
I would record you car for you but I dont have a cam-corder all I have is a digital camera, and I dont know how to post pics.
Originally Posted by SMDLS1
I am going to Futral tomorrow, Ive already heard it run, when Alan started it for the first time. I would record you car for you but I dont have a cam-corder all I have is a <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=digital%20camera" onmouseover="window.status='<a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=digital%20camera" onmouseover="window.status='digital camera'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">digital camera</a>'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">digital camera</a>, and I dont know how to post pics.
I would record you car for you but I dont have a cam-corder all I have is a <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=digital%20camera" onmouseover="window.status='<a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=digital%20camera" onmouseover="window.status='digital camera'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">digital camera</a>'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">digital camera</a>, and I dont know how to post pics. sweet!
you could do two things. either :
1. you can email them to me at alanskora@hotmail.com
2. if you go to www.imageshack.us you can host them for free.
all you have to do to host them is make sure you have the pics saved on the <a style='text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 3px double;' href="http://www.serverlogic3.com/lm/rtl3.asp?si=31&k=hard%20drive" onmouseover="window.status='hard drive'; return true;" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true;">hard drive</a>, click browse, then find the folder they are saved in. if the files are over 1024 kb's it wont host it, so make sure to :
1. save them as a jpeg, and if its still too large, copy and paste it into ms paint, and then click image>strech/skew and then just change the % of the size until its small enough to fit within imageshack.us then you can host it.
id really appreciate anything you could get, im starting to get antsy! i wonder if the front fascia is on yet... hmmmmmm
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Damn i wish u were comming to pick the car up...... ide come down and ask for a ride!!!! LOL or kick your *** one........ im jealous!!!! I want to see how yours turns out... those were my plans in the beginning but funds limited me to a nitrous motor for now...... but i'm going turbo when I refresh the current motor!
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Originally Posted by 2000 Tran Zam
haha, not in this arizona heat...
I have seen it alot with FMIC and closed nose cars.
I have done a FEW turbocars.
Even FMIC's the same width and 1/2 that height will cause it.
Aluminum radiators and high CFM electric fans help. Ultimately the best results come from hood venting. The opposite of the domestically popular cowl induction... Get air out the backside of the radiator so more wants in on the front.
Originally Posted by EvilTwins
I run an air/water cooler and I put about 20K miles a year on my setup. luke warm tap water cools the air just as good as a cool night and better than air on a warm day, and with a properly sized heat exchanger and a big (3+ gallon) resevoir the system works fine on the street.
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Told ya.
MightyMouse (9's with a 6 speed daily driver...I think its acutally his only car) is running an A/W with a heat exchanger as recommened to you. its a small precision unit and he never even puts ice in the tank.
MightyMouse (9's with a 6 speed daily driver...I think its acutally his only car) is running an A/W with a heat exchanger as recommened to you. its a small precision unit and he never even puts ice in the tank.
Originally Posted by RyanJ
Told ya.
MightyMouse (9's with a 6 speed daily driver...I think its acutally his only car) is running an A/W with a heat exchanger as recommened to you. its a small precision unit and he never even puts ice in the tank.
MightyMouse (9's with a 6 speed daily driver...I think its acutally his only car) is running an A/W with a heat exchanger as recommened to you. its a small precision unit and he never even puts ice in the tank.
besides, im sure allan is confident in what he is doing for a reason.
