I was thinking about my setup which I plan on installing tomorrow.

I was planning on the water route to go like this

resivour->pump->intercooler->heat exchange->return

I was thinking about doing this since my main goal will be to drop the temps at the track with dry ice or co2. If I went like:

resivour->pump->heat exchange->intercooler->return

wouldnt I loose some of the chill in the heat exchange?

Nick

 

Put the pump after the intercooler.

Like this:

resivour->intercooler->pump->heat exchange->return


Keep a barrier between the heat exchanger, and the inter cooler, and create a partial vacuum in the intercooler. That is if you plan on running it pressurized, and bleed the air.

 

please explain. Are you saying use the pump to create a vaccum? What are the advantages? I was planing on just pushing the water through, but there isnt a reason behind it. It was just the first thing that came to mind.

Nick

 

Pulling the heat from something is always more efficient, than pushing the cold onto a heat source.

 

great tip, thanks!


Nick

 

my setup is like this

resivour->pump->heat exchange->intercooler->return

cause my pump is mounted to the bottom of my resivour

 

well, I cant say that I understand the theory behind pulling vs. pushing....
so I wont say anything about it other than,
I have res>pump>IC>res, but this is a drag car, so I dont need a heat exchanger.

Just remember that if you want to do the pull method, your pump needs to be lower than everything else... most pumps cant pull the fluid/air to get themselves primed...

which is why I would stick with the push layout.