buck02

look im using a spearco air to liquid cooler on my street machine
1)can i use a one gallon or a 3 gallon would be better
2)can i put the cooler reservior in the rear of the car and run the water line or should i keep it in the enging compartment
3)should i run a heat disapater is so what kind and were to get them
4)-8an a ok size to run for the water
by the way its not daily driven only like on the weekends or so
please post pics of your setups and please help thanks

mos

For a street car you NEED some form of radiator, the heat has to go someplace. For a strictly drag racing car you dont really need one. If you want to save some money you can go to a junk yard and use a heat exchanger from an a/c system.

buck02

but what do i take it off of and you dont think a bag og ice or dry ice will stay cool enough for a night or a day at a time

buck02

help please

ykracing

chances are that a bag of ice will last you about 20-30 minutes if you're LUCKY.
so, like mentioned above, you NEED a heat exchanger of some sort.

As for your other questions...
A 3 Gal, would be better, since A/L is a closed loop system, the more water you have, the longer it will take to heat soak.
You can put it in the back/trunk, just run your lines INSIDE the car...-8 should be plenty...

why arent you looking into the PWR A/L's? they're NICE....
thats what I'm running.

buck02

thanks for the info can you send pics of your set ups with the air to liquid coolers

keebler65

many people use radiators or oil coolers for the disapater just because they're cheap and easy to find.

buck02

were did you put the radiator at there is no room in the engine bay i was thinking of using a heater core will that work

buck02

do you use any kind of fan on the heat exchanger

boosted92

The bigger reservoir you can get, the better. I'd mount it out of the engine compartment if possible. If you're looking to use it on the street succesfully, you can run a switch to the water pump for it so you turn it on when you want to race.

buck02

well i got one prob i can put anthing right there the turbo and mani is to big so i may have to use a heater core or a trans cooler in front of my fluidyne radiator and plus you wont be able to see it so run the cooler after it goes threw the intercooler right

buck02

i was thinking of mounting the resevior in the rear of the car and the pump in the rear maybe underneath the car but will it cool just cruising around with out the pump on though or should i run it all the time i dont want the motor to detnatei got 10:1 compression ad on pump gas im bostting no more than 13 psi but im running the motech if that matters

buck02

thanks anyone have pics of there air to liquid cooler pics

ykracing

I said if you are lucky....

ykracing

I dont have a pic of my 3 gallon cell, but its mounted against the firewall where the glovebox would be... However, my set up is track only, so I am not running a heat exchanger...

maybe this will help though...

chidoks

damn..thats beautiful

buck02

man i like alot more pics please

SiR Kid

here's my street car...

Notice the Chevy radiator cap where the stock resonator box was... That's a 1.5 gallon cell we made out of aluminum. Uses the factory bolt hols from the resonator box.


And the Oil/Water cooler in the grill, yo.

chidoks

is the car daily driven? how reliable is this setup?

buck02

my car is going to be only weekends only i hope at 9-10 psi it wont detonate after the ice melts i hope the disapater will keep it cool enough

Mighty Mintos

can you tell me the specs or the part number of your intercooler? im looking at doing the same thing ,but in an eg. thanks for the help

buck02

go to spearcos web sight

boosted hybrid

For the street probably the best option for the air/liquid intercooler is using a conventional half sized radiator as your heatexchanger. On the air/liquid project I am currently working on I am using the pwr 4x10 barrel core, with a pwr half sized civic radiator as the heat exchanger. With 10 a.n braided lines running from the barrel core, to the water pump, to the radiator/heat exchanger the entire system holds shy of 2 gallon capacity. I have no resevior since the radiator will act as the primary resevior and heat exhanger. With the water pump on full song, and the front mounted pusher fan going you'll get the maximum amount of ambient cooling as possible. On the street the heat exhanger size, as well as the capacity of the entire system to hold water will dictate how much heat transfer is going to occur. With my set-up I should be at ambient temperatures even during hard driving.

mos

So has anybody been using an a/c heat exchanger for their water/air intercooler? If I ever go water/air intercooled I will probably try this. Its already there with the fan and everything!

buck02

the barrel intercoolers are junk they dont cool worht a **** ive seen numbers and they flow to fast threw the cooler and cant slow the air down enought to cool it off ther JUNK dont waste your money im a dealer for pwr and if you want one let me know but i would stay away the spearco one i have was at 17 degrees celcius on a 105 degree day this summerand man that cold sor a air to liquid