water to air intercooler

[Anonymous]

does any one know how a water to air cooler would work of a street car?


i know that on drag car they have a cooling tank with a coil going through it.


would using the cool side on the Radiator be cooledenuff to cool off the incoming air?

 

[XPC66]

Defeat the purpose if you pumped 92°C - radiator temp drop water through a charge cooler. Air to air you would be looking for 45°C ish

 

[addo]

I remember one built by a magazine for an older Nissan Skyline.

They fitted a small intercooler into an alloy box with water circulating around it. This box had its own water system; it wasn't connected to the engine block at all.

An electric water pump was used that varied speed with the TPS. So, the harder you pedalled, the faster water circulated through the intercooler tank. A supplementary radiator was installed inside one fender (I think) to cool that intercooler water.

So long as you could keep the water cool, it would work pretty well.

 

[Cool23]

I have seen these made by PWR.
They use a barrel and seperate radiator for the coolant.

I did a google search for them and found more info here.
http://www.pwr-performance.com/intercooler.htm

 

[XPC66]

Just stay with air to air for road use. Charge coolers are ok for drags, but even then the ice soaks so much heat you have to pray for no delays. CO2 coolers are ok too, if you don't mind killing the planet.

 

[Unfalconbelievable]

have u guys ever seen the early subaru liberties? they came stock with a water to air intercooler, its much more efficient as aluminium transfers heat 70% quicker when in contact with water, and u can keep your intake tract to a minimun helping with spool time. a small boxed in intercooler works fine with an electric pump as described above and a radiator out front like your aircon one. the water circulates constantly and never really goes above ambient temp if u have a big enough radiator for it. and yes its a completly seperate system to your engine cooling lol