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1982 C/K 6.0L Caitlyn Mall Crawler (Interior time)
- Thread starter Babaganoosh
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I prefer it that way, I don't want to smell the outside crappy air.
I'll just smell my own farts...
Interesting setup, i'll have to look into it.
Sometimes it's difficult to defrost without outside air. An electric A/C would be nice for short trips. Run a 2nd battery for it and let it run while you go into a store or something. After you upgrade the alternator, I guess.
Figured I might as well put new lenses in.
Oh and sense I have boost in the title the supercharger goes on tomorrow.
This is my only complaint, which is odd because the truck is generally loud. Sucker blows hella cold.
David
Is it possible to insulate it?
Finally getting able to go outside, work got in the way. Well scratch that, have a meeting in 15 mins...
So what’s the deal with a water to air intercooler? Do you have to run it with water in it?
How bad would it be if I put the intercooler under the truck? If it was air to air?
@folkenheath @Bent77 @r3dd0g and other racers.
How bad would it be if I put the intercooler under the truck? If it was air to air?
@folkenheath @Bent77 @r3dd0g and other racers.
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Air to air under the truck you better have some electric fans on it otherwise it's no good.
Plus I would not do it because that's the compressed air intake, if you hit anything on the bottom you just busted your clean cool air going into your engine.
No Bueno
Good point, the intercooler would be protected. The trans cooler is going above the driveshaft soon.
For some dumb reason I thought the water disappeared after awhile. 
Air to water doesn’t make sense, I thought it would be smaller to package the heat exchanger.
Air to water doesn’t make sense, I thought it would be smaller to package the heat exchanger.
You do air to water, then water to air (all heat eventually goes into the air). The advantage is that you're routing flexible water hoses instead of 4" air tubes. You can route them however you like and mount the intercooler anywhere. The disadvantages are that you have 2 heat exchangers and a pump. Thermodynamically, it's slower. In a short hit, the water can absorb the heat. After a long pull, it takes longer to get the temps back down.
The water has a lot more density and heat transfer capability, like air cooled engines vs liquid cooled. So you can have a much smaller intercooler and smaller piping to get the cooling done.
But then you also need a water pump and a heat exchanger between the supercharger and the intake. This flows the air across the cooled water and can be placed to make the volume smaller with shorter intake piping for quicker boost, especially in a turbo application. But since it has a larger mass it can take longer to cool down if it does get hot. If its sized correctly this isn't a big problem and can be a good tradeoff. They are very common in factory vehicles and motorsports. So this would save you room in front of the radiator, but it would take a little more room under the hood for the heat exchanger and pump. Might be a good tradeoff for your space constraints.
No you can use antifreeze or distilled water with water wetter or something if you don't have to worry about freezing.
I don't think that would be effective or reliable.
For some dumb reason I thought the water disappeared after awhile.
You are thinking of methanol/water injection, where you inject it in to the intake to cool the charge and it gets consumed buy the engine and you have to refill it. Thats not the same as an air/water intercooler.
That would be an excellent way to cool the air with the liquid, then you just need to cool the liquid with the cooler in front of the radiator.
It looks that that uses a standard Holley intake, and just puts the intercooler between the bottom and top, excellent use of that large surface area.
This is the intercooler seperately..
www.tickperformance.com
And this intake would fit your application, a cathedral port hi ram with 1 injector set, you don't want the dual injector low ram setup option above.
Then we just need a liquid cooler up front and a water pump and some heater hose or AN plumbing.
This results in a very small increase in air volume between the supercharger and engine.
You could also run something like this instead, next to the engine in the engine bay, it would likely be cheaper since you don't need a new intake, but the air charge piping will be longer and more complicated.
It looks that that uses a standard Holley intake, and just puts the intercooler between the bottom and top, excellent use of that large surface area.
This is the intercooler seperately..
Tick 1,500hp Compact Billet Air-to-Water Intercooler for Holley Ram Intakes
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www.tickperformance.com
And this intake would fit your application, a cathedral port hi ram with 1 injector set, you don't want the dual injector low ram setup option above.
Then we just need a liquid cooler up front and a water pump and some heater hose or AN plumbing.
This results in a very small increase in air volume between the supercharger and engine.
You could also run something like this instead, next to the engine in the engine bay, it would likely be cheaper since you don't need a new intake, but the air charge piping will be longer and more complicated.
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So many options not enough room.
Guy is finishing the wrap, I wanted the supercharger on but work got in the way and needed to be addressed asap.
Guy is finishing the wrap, I wanted the supercharger on but work got in the way and needed to be addressed asap.
