Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 17/01/13 12:01 PM Share Posted 17/01/13 12:01 PM coo story bro.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron02 Member 164 Member For: 12y 2m 23d Posted 17/01/13 12:09 PM Author Share Posted 17/01/13 12:09 PM They actually did that. Piping it into the airbox was a good idea. Would be interesting to see if there was a power gain from the cooler air or an overall loss due to the running of the aircon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 16y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 18/01/13 02:45 AM Share Posted 18/01/13 02:45 AM Loss id say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyae86 Member 46 Member For: 13y 4m 26d Posted 18/01/13 09:06 AM Share Posted 18/01/13 09:06 AM oh god oh god oh god... a cobra "builder" really mate, no disrespect to you but your idea is strange to say the least.you have this wacky idea of pulling air through an intercooler at idle, what is going through an intercooler at idle? Well done there is air going through there, how much air is going through there? not a great deal, add to this your fan is sucking in whatever the ambient temperature is.Honeslty, will you get lower intake temps? possibly, how much lower? not enough to make noticeable power difference. The most effective "cheap" mod you can do to lower intake temps, is use your spray bottle but run metho in it instead. also duct everything properly, airflow can escape from the sides of your cooler (no idea how much on xr6's) but proper ducting causes a ramming effect, forcing all available air into itSource: mechanic for years running cars in Carrera cup, targa Tasmania, and historic events. At targa we were running an MPS 3 and RX8 SP, the SP was running a metho injecton controlled via the microtech and the 3 (being in showroom) was sprayed at every stop with about a litre of metho and water combination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STAINLESS again plz You've changed man.... Donating Members 8,142 Member For: 14y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: 2 Fuchsia Court, Narre Warren. 3805 Posted 18/01/13 10:25 AM Share Posted 18/01/13 10:25 AM ac shuts down under wot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron02 Member 164 Member For: 12y 2m 23d Posted 18/01/13 11:57 AM Author Share Posted 18/01/13 11:57 AM Loss id say Yeah probably oh god oh god oh god... a cobra "builder" really mate, no disrespect to you LOL, actually that is disrespect. what is going through an intercooler at idle? The idea is to cool down the intercooler itself as much as possibly so that we are getting cooler air for launch. how much lower? not enough to make noticeable power difference I dont know, I have not seen or heard of anybody testing it in anything other than 4x4. Would not increase peak power on a dyno but might increase available power at launch. use your spray bottle but run metho in it instead. also duct everything properly, airflow can escape from the sides of your cooler (no idea how much on xr6's) but proper ducting causes a ramming effect, forcing all available air into it Are you suggesting 100% metho for the street? Agreed it would be more effective but I'm a little worried about potential fire risk. A 10% mix has been suggested in this thread (or was it the water spray thread) and I was going to try that. Ducting is a great idea and I am working on shrouding between intercooler and rediator (so the rad fans help pull air through). I had not thought of making a ram type setup for the intercooler. Would that be as simple as blocking off any areas say around the radiator where airflow might sneak past into the engine bay? ac shuts down under wot Did not know that. any idea why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,331 Member For: 19y 5m 9d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 18/01/13 12:03 PM Share Posted 18/01/13 12:03 PM ^reduces load on eng hence MOAR POWA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 18/01/13 12:12 PM Share Posted 18/01/13 12:12 PM maybe pm impellor- he has some good ideas to try... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cameron02 Member 164 Member For: 12y 2m 23d Posted 19/01/13 01:13 AM Author Share Posted 19/01/13 01:13 AM that's groovy, so there is no need to switch of air conditioning before a power run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickBA-XR6T Bronze Donating Members 386 Member For: 12y 11m 21d Posted 25/01/13 08:52 AM Share Posted 25/01/13 08:52 AM Spray black water not clear water. Works better. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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