Garrettba03 Member 78 Member For: 13y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney West Posted 30/09/11 12:04 PM Author Share Posted 30/09/11 12:04 PM (edited) are you saying that the cold side of the cooler is too hot to touch while idling? that doesnt sound right...even at idle, once your engine is up to temp, the thermos will cut in and draw in that 18 deg air through the cooler, it should not get hot at all....even the uncompressed air passing through the cooler at idle will not be that hot, it only gets warmed up as it passes through the turbo housing which will only add a few degrees to it... so even the hot side of the cooler should only be slightly warm at idle.... cold side should be stone cold still if ambient is only 18 degreesIt gets real hot to touch idling for a long time but not too hot to touch...then again not comfortable to keep your hand there really either.Yeah the thermos cut in but doesnt change anything. Engine temps drop on the temp guage but cooler is just as hot.Its just heat soak from everywhere I believe that cuts power cause the intercooler was definetly hotter after I drove it hard from idling for 1.5 km, but power was back even though the cooler was scary hot so...proves its not the intercooler alone Edited 30/09/11 12:05 PM by Garrettba03 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrettba03 Member 78 Member For: 13y 7m 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney West Posted 30/09/11 12:06 PM Author Share Posted 30/09/11 12:06 PM 20 degrees above ambient...no wonder it cuts power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 7m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 30/09/11 12:08 PM Share Posted 30/09/11 12:08 PM That doesn't sound right.A cooler shouldn't heat soak on idle, it's just ambient air. Might be slightly heated going through the turbo but still. Something ups.On idle the turbo should be just turning over pushing air though it normaly, it only heats up under high RPM which in turn heats the air going through it.Catch 22, but its essentially free boost unlike crank driven blowers that sap power too spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 30/09/11 12:33 PM Share Posted 30/09/11 12:33 PM Took mine for a spin before.. A rather harsh spin up a massive hill.. Stopped at the top and left it idling while chatting to a mate.. There was no heat on the intercooler whatso ever and it's current 28 Celsius outside. I reckon it needs checking out by someone who knows these things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FG50T Member 568 Member For: 20y 11m 4d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 01/10/11 11:45 AM Share Posted 01/10/11 11:45 AM Took mine for a spin before.. A rather harsh spin up a massive hill.. Stopped at the top and left it idling while chatting to a mate.. There was no heat on the intercooler whatso ever and it's current 28 Celsius outside. I reckon it needs checking out by someone who knows these things.Having over 400kw I suppose you have an upgraded intercooler? We're talking stockers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 01/10/11 01:39 PM Share Posted 01/10/11 01:39 PM Haha mines is completely stock. I'm assuming my signature actually saved? (can't see it on the phone) I was being sarcastic.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillz Three pedals are better then two.. Donating Members 15,637 Member For: 17y 7m 23d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 02/10/11 03:03 AM Share Posted 02/10/11 03:03 AM 4000 actually, might want to loose it but lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never had any say Panda I <3 Floods Silver Donating Members 11,198 Member For: 13y 5m 17d Gender: Male Location: South West QLD Posted 02/10/11 03:08 AM Share Posted 02/10/11 03:08 AM Yeah I was just being a tool when I got my LED kit :-p it didn't save when I was on the computer the first couple times.. Must've saved when I wasn't looking.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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