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June 2002
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Re: thoughts on barrel coolers???
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Fri, 04 February 2005 20:38
 
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Ah yes Shinybluesteel-the heat exchanger bits from uni sure come in handy eh? That was what I was going to ask as well-is the system set up in Coutercurrent configuration?(looks like it is 6BOOST)
I'd tend to agree that there simply isn't enough area for the water to charge-air interface. If you can tell me the ID of the charge air tubes, their length and how many there are I'll crunch some numbers if you like. Considering that the average Air to Air has internal fining to maximise surface area, if these aren't internally finned you may be pushing poo uphill due to inadequate surface area. Although you may not need the surface area on the outside due to the liquid-you still require the same internal surface area for the charge air to be able to ditch its heat as fast as it does in an air to air set-up
As was mentioned before, enclosing air to air cores in coolant jackets can give great results. Here in adelaide there used to be an RX4 (now crashed.....) that used an enclosed series 5 core, an electric pump, a small radiator and dry ice can. When they had that all set up and on the dyno, sometimes the intake temps were down to 0deg on the datalog! It also made 280or so RWKW on about 15psi. The cooler wasn't the most free flowing item, but it made up for it in effectiveness.....
One other question, what sort of pump are you using 6BOOST? I ask as it may benefit from a restiction in the circuit. With engine cooling, removing the thermostat tends to screw up the flowrate by reducing system pressure and resulting in pump cavitation. The RX4 I mentioned had a couple of restrictors in the circuit which made a huge difference. Without them, the unresticted circuit was only circlating 50% of the volume of the restricted circuit. He was just using the black and green poly gardening system taps ($5or something) and did an open circuit test to tweak the restrictors into the best spot for flow.
Of course if we are takling a positive displacement pump ignore all the crap I just spouted........
How go the turbo ford motors these days mate? Once I went down the large capacity 6cyl turbo route (armed with a few bits of info from youself) I've never had so much success. (4.5L turbo landcruiser motor in 72 crown, SUPERCROWN on PF)
Take it easy
Sean
Adealaide
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680OST | Wed, 02 February 2005 11:29 |
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680OST | Wed, 02 February 2005 11:35 |
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jcmunga | Wed, 02 February 2005 11:46 |
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oldcorollas | Wed, 02 February 2005 11:55 |
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thechuckster | Wed, 02 February 2005 12:17 |
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shinybluesteel | Thu, 03 February 2005 04:07 |
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Allan | Wed, 02 February 2005 11:52 |
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YelloRolla | Thu, 03 February 2005 05:24 |
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680OST | Thu, 03 February 2005 22:34 |
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680OST | Thu, 03 February 2005 22:43 |
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shinybluesteel | Thu, 03 February 2005 23:45 |
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Joshstix | Thu, 03 February 2005 23:55 |
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680OST | Fri, 04 February 2005 02:14 |
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oldcorollas | Sun, 06 February 2005 11:40 |
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MS-75 | Fri, 04 February 2005 20:38 |
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680OST | Sun, 06 February 2005 11:15 |
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shinybluesteel | Sun, 06 February 2005 11:42 |
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fatboy | Mon, 07 February 2005 06:42 |
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YelloRolla | Mon, 07 February 2005 06:56 |
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fatboy | Mon, 07 February 2005 08:00 |
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680OST | Wed, 09 February 2005 08:36 |
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jcmunga | Wed, 09 February 2005 08:57 |
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