thanks.

 

i finally talked to curtis a week or 2 ago..damn shop is soo busy!
i hope i can order soon

 

so any vertical(top to bottom)flowing cores?

 

Looks like someone was bleeding on your intercooler .

 

ordered mine today.....cant wait =] ...finally gonna start joining the darkside...thanks jeff...i talked to curtis's wife...


[Modified by ian, 11:16 PM 4/17/2002]

 

hey geoff.. can i make a segestion.. with ya intercoolers

on the end pipes. weld something onto the end of them, so the silcon hose dos't slip off.. and or "lip" the pipe... bc i had to do that to my max rev intercooler... so the silcon hose dos't slip off.. ehhe
ps we start my car 2 moorw and dyno it YeeePie

Regards James

 

For an equivalent size, the rule of thumb is 10% (told to me by a honeywell engineer who designs heat exchanger cores for powerplants). I am going to call him to ask for more info.

an air to water will be more efficient than an air to air. We are making the air to waters out of the extruded cores now, for NSXs. I will take a pic of the air/water core if you are interested.

 

we can di a custom core like that. Probably would make the most sense to take 2 smaller ones and flip vertically.

 

Some of us would love to see pictures of the air ot water IC. so post away.

Scott

 

Sorry i didnt get to talk to you ian. I was out running all over trying to find some more material for the manifold. If you want to catch me give me a call on friday or sat either day from noon time on... ill probably not be leaving lol

 

Very cool james

let me know how things work out!!! (im sure you will let everyone know) great job so far. As far as the hoses slipping off, are you sure youre hoses actually fell off? I havent really seen that happen, but its a good point so thanks for the heads up.

 

so how much would that run?

 

thanks geoff, its all good, who isnt busy these days....but most definitely i will order the manifold, turbo, dp, and dumptube from you in a little over a month or so...60-1....oh yesss...hahaha thanks again

 

Here is the smaller core we use in the air to water ICs. putting 2 cores next to each other and using horizontal end tanks may work out pretty well for those willing to lose the bumper.








[Modified by FFgeoff, 4:29 AM 4/21/2002]

 

What would be the dimensions of this intercooler if you did do this? How much do you think the price would be around. Would you expect there to be a big pressure gain between this idea and the one that you have on sale now??

BTW -- I like how the extruded cores look

 

looking good....I need a top to bottom flow IC...thanks Geoff

 

how would you get a top to bottom flow? You mean air comes in from top and exits at the bottom? I dun understand how you would get air up there...unless you ducted it, but that would add more bulk and seems stupid...

Anyone care to explain?

My confusion is that with a normal IC, the air coming in is really just the air that passes through the front of the car...there isn't much air coming down from the top..that's the issue here... So....help needed here!

THanks for any info...

And keep experimenting with those IC's, I love cooling power...

 

We can make the intercooler to whatever size works. Any requests?

 

here is the key, more rows equal more flow, more suface area, and less pressure drop, which equals more efficient boost....


here's my attempt at trying to make a vertical flow IC....
______________________ <--------air in
l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l
<--air out______________________


compared to

l-------------------------l
l-------------------------l
<----air out l-------------------------l <---air in
l-------------------------l
l -------------------------l


see the difference? PLsu it helps out with the sleeper look

 

here is top to bottom IC from http://www.roadraceengineering.com/intercoolers.htm



so basically u cut the top end tank off and switch it the other way right?

dont u mean more "COLUMNS" instead of rows


[Modified by int3gra, 2:39 AM 4/27/2002]

 

you can have them weld it which ever way you want....

as for columns and rows...it's all the same to me

 

 

Full-Race is by far the best turbo kit money can buy. They have extensive knowledge about making awsome products, and have never ripped anyone off. Since this post about 2 years ago (hello there newb)...Full-Race has switched to PWR cores...which just kick even more ***.

I hate Trolls. Seems like they're poping up all over the forum.

 

OMG! back from the dead! End yourself now!

 

U are the Troll my freind.

You bring this post back to life, only to start the **** throwing.

There is plenty of information around here that gives substantial evidence that PWR is probubly the best overall air-air core for us street/track guys.