Water/Air intercooler setups?

Highfinance97

Highfinance97

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I'd like to see where you guys are placing your Air/water intercoolers and how its plumbed to get an idea.

I'd like to place one where the factory IC goes, i saw one with that in Indy this year but didn't get to take a close look at it.

Whatcha got??
 
I can have you one made it whatever shape you need buddy. You have seen the set up on my truck. I can have that combined into 1 single unit. I however didn't know they would do this for me until I already had these other 2 made. Oh well. Let me know what you want and Ill get a quote for you man!!
 
would not be to hard to build one that replaces the factory intercooler. that was where i was going to put mine.
 
same location as factory intercooler would block radiator. get a heat exchanger(small radiator) in place of and put water air intercooler in place of battery.
 
I've lost the batteries and trays where the intercoolers are going but some pics of the same set-up or different would be nice. Sorry guys just trying to keep this thread alive.
 
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i dont run a hot side heat exchanger between the intercooler and tank. usually drain and refill with ice when needed.
 
At least his welds were nice where he added that 2 1/2 inches of tubing.
SINNER said:
That looks like a disaster in the making. All those silicone fittings and clamps are going to be an endless headache. Esp. The one misaligned by about 15* before it even gets some pressure in it.
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SINNER said:
That looks like a disaster in the making. All those silicone fittings and clamps are going to be an endless headache. Esp. The one misaligned by about 15* before it even gets some pressure in it.
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Pretty sure he was just doing a test fit of all the piping. You can't bash a guy for doing his own work whether it's right or wrong. I too do my own work and like us all we learn from our mistakes.
 
Pretty sure those silicone 90's are part of the finished product. Easy way out for people with no fab skills, as proven by the welds he did attempt.
 
SINNER said:
Pretty sure those silicone 90's are part of the finished product. Easy way out for people with no fab skills, as proven by the welds he did attempt.
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I like the easy way out. It worked well. I got the pipe back today from powder coating. Welds did not go great the first time because of no Co2 ran out. If you would like to try welding with no shielding gas go ahead. I went with the boots because they where easy. but i still have to add another cooler between turbos so would making hard pipes at this time make sense?
I is always easy to critisize somone elses work. Why not do the hard thing and give some advice.
 
I think what everyone is getting at is that those large 90 boots are going to be a nightmare to keep from blowing if you have got some real boost. You may want to look into buying some 90 degree mandrel bends and replacing them so you can use straight couplers.

Other than that it doesnt look too bad to me thats a good idea for placement of the cooler
 
well i shoved psi into it last night and no boots came off. they did not even move. I don't see where a straight boot would be less likely to come off.
I am wanting to fab the all mandrel bend pipes but i have to get my other cooler in there first. so this will have to do for now. I liked where i ended up putting this cooler. those things are heavy when they get filled with water.
 
On a 90* turn the air is moving in a direction and that direction is changed by the 90* bend. so then the air that is moving runs into a wall and then has to go down putting a force on the side of the boot. with a straight coupler the air doesent run into anything.

my $.02
 
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