Water/Air Intercooler Mixture
What is the best mixture for an Water/Air Intercooler?
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Re: (Sinner)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sinner »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've already asked this question do a search under my name</TD></TR></TABLE>
I looked http://images.honda-tech.com/set1//smile/emcrook.gif Thats not giving me adequate information. |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (Jimmy Kudo)
Distilled H2O
or even better... Distilled H2O with a resevoir packed with Ice .... answer might seem a little simple and not quite what you were looking for but it is still the correct answer. |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (dasher)
Can I ask why distilled water is used?
Does a mixture of distilled water/ethylene glycol take heat away better than 100% pure distilled water? |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (Jimmy Kudo)
distilled water is pure water which has a higher thermoconductivity than tap water(because of the trace minerals found present).
Water has a higher thermoconductivity than Propylene Glycol... the only reasons you use it in the radiator is because of the anticorrosive and lubricant nature and to raise the boiling point elevation/ lower the freezing point depression. Here is another trick which would also work with an air/water as does with a radiator ... drop 1-2 drops of liquid soap in the fluid to break the surface tension. |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (dasher)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by dasher »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">distilled water is pure water which has a higher thermoconductivity than tap water(because of the trace minerals found present).
Water has a higher thermoconductivity than Propylene Glycol... the only reasons you use it in the radiator is because of the anticorrosive and lubricant nature and to raise the boiling point elevation/ lower the freezing point depression. Here is another trick which would also work with an air/water as does with a radiator ... drop 1-2 drops of liquid soap in the fluid to break the surface tension.</TD></TR></TABLE> But I said Ethylene glycol is that the same to what you said? (Propylene Glycol) Your starting to hurt my brain http://images.honda-tech.com/set1//smile/emcrook.gif what do you mean by this? (Drop 1-2 drops of liquid soap in the fluid to break the surface tension. ) <FONT COLOR="red"> What does that do? In other word that has the same affect of adding Propylene Glycol to an engines cooling fluid? </FONT> |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (Jimmy Kudo)
Ethylene glycol and Propylene glycol are both used in radiators for the same reasons and have very similar qualities between the two.
drop 1-2 small drops of liquid hand soap in you radiator or a/w resevoir and it will break the surface tension in the water. Less surface tension means greater aluminum- water contact inside the radiator/intercooler on the molecular level... greater contact means higher thermoconductivity! |
Re: Water/Air Intercooler Mixture (Jimmy Kudo)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Jimmy Kudo »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
In other word that has the same affect of adding Propylene Glycol to an engines cooling fluid? </TD></TR></TABLE> no...completly different effect. |
i just use water some people say use water + wetter water and some say use water + alchole and some like to through a little bit of antifreeze in it just to keep the water from corroding the alumium. any TY/CY forum will have really good info on it since they have water intercooler stock.
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Re: (Sinner)
what would be a good mixture that can get to temp below zero??
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Re: (Sinner)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sinner »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i just use water some people say use water + wetter water and some say use water + alchole and some like to through a little bit of antifreeze in it just to keep the water from corroding the alumium. any TY/CY forum will have really good info on it since they have water intercooler stock.
Nick</TD></TR></TABLE> It's not going to corrode the aluminum https://honda-tech.com/forums/images...s/emhammer.gif Mixing the distilled water degrades and it loses its maximun performance. <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">what would be a good mixture that can get to temp below zero??</TD></TR></TABLE> Not with a regular water/air /radiator setup not below zero. Only refrigerant cooled heat exchanger setups will do that. |
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