I am going to try water to air intercooler and water injection this year,
I will also being taking this route!
I am going to try water to air intercooler and water injection this year,
sounds like your trying everthing this year bud.
Water pumps should run all the time!
You may think it is a book but I like it and that is some good info!
Will you run say 2 huge fans across the intercooler to help dissipate the heat?
Jim
20 hp on a 1200 hp is not as much as 20 hp on a 600.
20 hp on a 1200 hp is not as much as 20 hp on a 600.
So in a truck build, that you wanted to be one of the best. You wouldnt worry about that 20 HP??? Well I know who I dont want building me a motor Dan!!:kick:
if im dead last all the time we might do something different!
Ya thats how Im going into this year. I hope it works well. But if it doesnt. I guess we will try something else haha!
Here is what i was told and my two cents. When i started building my 3.0 motor, i talked to Brad at scheid cause they sponsor my truck. I went into assuming i was going to run water injection. He told me the quit putting the kits on single charger trucks for 2 reasons, it takes away horsepower to trurn the pump, and they really dont flow enough air to justify the injection. Then i talked to him about air to water coolers, he said they run them on some trucks, but when they did dyno runs on the same motor with a air to air and air to water they only saw a 20hp increase with the air to water over air to air. He said he saves the money on ice and run an air to air and put money saved elsewhere. So there is what i was told and i am running a air to air with data logger. Now as far as controlling seperste cylinder temps, the water injection is the way to go. Im going to run this year with the air to air and if i see a big differsnce in cylinder temps i might go with the injection, but i just got done running my motor on the dyno and it seemed fine. Thata my .02 cents, sorry for writting a book.
I have run water injection and water to air - I am still runnin the water to air.
In my experience my truck didnt make any more power with the small single water injection, at least not seat of the pants feel anyways. Egts dropped marginally like around 50 degrees.
The water air intercooler with ice water made an additional 5 lbs of boost and egts dropped about a 100 degres
5lbs boost you can feel in the seat of the pants dyno.
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20 hp on a 1200 hp is not as much as 20 hp on a 600.