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> Intercooler Placement IDEAs Needed., Need a better option.....Love my water to air, but open
budman5201
post Jul 29 2009, 06:09 PM
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As all you probably know, i have a ej20 turbo subaru in my car. I love it and it runs great, but now i am at the point where i want to streamline how well the system works.......

First matter of attention is the intercooler placement. I have a small water to air intercooler tucked in front of the pulley on my subaru motor. It works great, but i am getting a little too much heat soak on the aluminum tubes leading to it. I was debating an idea of putting it in the rear trunk or in the fender since placement wouldnt be a factor because its a water to air. I do like the one members ORANGE nice turbo car on 914world here with the air/air one in the back and vent in the wing.....

Looking for ideas....


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post Jul 30 2009, 04:22 PM
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Greg,

You didn't read enough...........

Under engine compartment theory it sez......

"Porsche 914 is powered by an air cooled engine.
The engine sits behind the passenger seat and is
cooled by a fan. This fan sucks the air from the engine
bay and sends it out the bottom of the car
The air pressure along the car is
different along its contour. Finding
the coefficient of pressure (Cp)
can assist in determining the
airflow through the engine. A
positive coefficient pertains to high
pressure, a negative one
corresponds to low pressure."

And, it shows a flow picture with air moving top to bottom...

The conclusion supports this view by saying...."The results of the engine compartment were consistent with the expected result."

The author then made a boo boo and said "Air flowed up
through the compartment for all configurations."

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budman5201   Intercooler Placement IDEAs Needed.   Jul 29 2009, 06:09 PM
budman5201   another   Jul 29 2009, 06:10 PM
ghuff   Wrap your heat tubes with nasa gold reflective foi...   Jul 29 2009, 06:42 PM
ottox914   Don't know how much space you have above the i...   Jul 30 2009, 08:13 AM
d914   I have the same idea but instead of sucking I was ...   Jul 30 2009, 10:20 AM
Rand   Airflow is which way? Stock, cooling air comes in ...   Jul 30 2009, 10:26 AM
d914   Airflow is which way? Stock, cooling air comes in...   Jul 30 2009, 12:21 PM
Mark Henry   airflow studies have been done by someone aroun...   Jul 30 2009, 02:52 PM
d914   [quote name='d914' post='1197233' date='Jul 30 20...   Jul 30 2009, 04:07 PM
iamchappy   As you mentioned, i put mine in the trunk using 2 ...   Jul 30 2009, 10:58 AM
budman5201   Hey iamchappy..... What kinda temps are you seein...   Aug 1 2009, 12:11 AM
RJMII   according to the huge cloud of smoke that was comi...   Jul 30 2009, 01:48 PM
kwales   Cooling air for a non-stock engine might come in f...   Jul 30 2009, 04:10 PM
d914   there is also one that drove cross county with one...   Jul 30 2009, 04:17 PM
kwales   Greg, You didn't read enough........... Unde...   Jul 30 2009, 04:22 PM
d914   Im just going to have to say I dont see it... The ...   Jul 30 2009, 05:08 PM
Rand   It doesn't matter which way the air would flow...   Jul 30 2009, 07:36 PM
ottox914   Therefor, my point was you will want those fans t...   Jul 30 2009, 08:30 PM
DBCooper   All true, except Budman's car has a watercoole...   Jul 31 2009, 06:41 AM
ottox914   In the future I intend to replace the expanded m...   Jul 31 2009, 07:44 AM
DBCooper   You'll gain a bunch of IC cooling if you can ...   Aug 1 2009, 04:47 AM
RJMII   I'd like to get some of the advantages of...   Aug 1 2009, 09:16 AM
DBCooper   I'd like to get some of the advantages o...   Aug 1 2009, 02:51 PM
ottox914   By the way -- nice wheels Dave! What, you ...   Aug 1 2009, 05:58 PM
kwales   I'm re-reading this thread and a coupla though...   Aug 1 2009, 05:09 PM
RJMII   DB, what's stopping you from doing a quick t...   Aug 2 2009, 02:26 AM
BIGKAT_83   DB, what's stopping you from doing a quick ...   Aug 2 2009, 09:15 AM
DBCooper   Yeah, those. Beauties, aren't they? Nice nar...   Aug 1 2009, 09:30 PM
RJMII   DB; are your engine shelves still in place aroun...   Aug 2 2009, 02:27 AM
DBCooper   DB; are your engine shelves still in place arou...   Aug 2 2009, 11:01 AM
Maltese Falcon   Budman, since your set-up is water-to-air, the mai...   Aug 2 2009, 04:34 PM
iamchappy   Marty, Clewett and I all put ours back in the trun...   Aug 2 2009, 05:15 PM
charliew   Budman I really think the air to air ic in the fro...   Aug 2 2009, 10:52 PM
budman5201   Thanks guys. Its really been a hot summer so far s...   Aug 3 2009, 07:12 PM
ghuff   Thanks guys. Its really been a hot summer so far ...   Aug 3 2009, 07:21 PM
ghuff   I think maybe some naca ducts in the fenders and p...   Aug 3 2009, 07:27 PM
Maltese Falcon   go to the Turbonetics site and check out the Spear...   Aug 3 2009, 10:58 PM
ghuff   go to the Turbonetics site and check out the Spea...   Aug 4 2009, 12:40 AM
kwales   Ghuff, I don't disagree that properly design...   Aug 4 2009, 02:03 PM
db9146   Since its driven in autocross, why not build a ple...   Aug 4 2009, 02:34 PM
DBCooper   Since its driven in autocross, why not build a pl...   Aug 5 2009, 06:35 AM
paroxysm   You have to cut a huge hole in the side and fill i...   Aug 4 2009, 07:52 PM
d914   something like this might work ,, mounted low in t...   Aug 4 2009, 09:07 PM
moparrob   something like this might work ,, mounted low in ...   May 19 2010, 08:57 PM


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