How many gallons of water is recommended? Power between 800 to 1000HP. I see a lot of guys running pretty big tanks.

 

put a 5 gallon aluminum fuel cell on our grand national. Plan to use the same on the rwd civic but with a intank pump.

 

Im using a 3 gallon

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/SUM-293203/

 

i built a 10gal tank for a c5 corvette that had a ls7 with a Vortec YSI spining as fast as was recomended and he would use 44# of ice per pass so its hard to say

 

i have a total of like 15-20gals when the whole system is filled and 20LBS of ice

 

5 gallons or so is good. Water is heavy, no sense in carrying around twice what you need.

 

god damnnnn!

 

I had a 2 gallon cell with -12an lines. It was too small

 

We use a 3 gallon, works well

 

So between 3~5 gallons. I figured 2 was too small. Thanks for the help guys.

 

yeah i know my water box is in the trunk and 1.5" aluminum water lines to and from the air/water cooler

 

i had around 2.5 on my old one...after a pass there would be just a few cubes still floating around...id say 5 and your good. with Air/water, you gotta make every pass count for the best, because buying and storing ice for testing and events to me just got to be obnoxious for a sportsman car.

 

buying? I just made a crap ton of ice cubes in our freezer (which makes them on its own) and stored in a freezer. But yes, it is a hassle if you're a 1 or 2 man crew

 

I have the one me and the guys built to fit behind my coupe bumper. Its 3.8 gallons call me if you wants some pics

 

do you mind posting some pics up of it on here

 

5 gallons here. 1" ID lines. Tank is in trunk, uses an intank bildge pump.

I'm a 1 man crew, I freeze paper cups and keep layers of them in my freezer, I have a small chest freezer in my shop dedicated for a2w ice. The I fill coolers, tear the paper off, drop in the ice chunk. Not as much surface area as cubes but at my power level IATs are fine.

 

that sounds awesome man! i'd really like to see some pics as well. could you PM me some links or something if you don't want to post them up here?

 

FYI it was sold too me....

 

would 5 gallons suffice for a DD setup? blablabla yes, i've heard about the potential heatsoak issue with air to water, and that air to air is better for a DD... lets not get into all that.

how much water should i run to make a reliable daily driver setup with reasonably consistent intake temps?

EDIT: does it work well?

 

The Vortech kit air:water intercooler system hold less than that so you should be good.