wadzii

a2w usually only works good when you can use ice with it

Sportster

I wonder if anyone has used a blanket like the ones they use on turbos to shield the aftercooler from the heat in the engine bay.

s2000Junky

You have an ultra hot hair dryer blowing right into the A/C, trying to prevent under hood temps (which are cooler) from penetrating the A/C from the outside I think would be pointless. For all around efficiency and performance you just cant do better then an A/C with a (appropriate sized heat exchanger) for an SC. I stand by this. I will say that running different boost levels for comparing the two cooling methods vs power will yield different beneficial % due to the heat produced and efficiency range of boost loss.

I’m sure (Sideways) who is making over 500whp on his VT SC could attest to this. If an fmic yielded more power and safety, he would be running one. For anyone interested in running water/meth injection, this completely negates the use of an fmic at any boost level.

soulicious

Your A2W system must have had a busted water pump or a kink. Granted that I have the upgraded SOS heat exchanger, I see 100-110 IAT (AIT sensor at the default location) when I go WOT when it's 80 degrees. I also use water wetter and deionized water.

JawKnee

How much of a difference do you think Water Wetter and water (or straight water) really makes versus coolant in the AC?

Corey Maurer

I ran air to water intercooler with an AFCO cobra front mount, 1 gallon resevoir, lighting pump, and all -8an lines on me eaton supercharger Tiburon V6.. When i put my hands on my cooler core (which is part of the intake manifold CONNECTED to the blower) it was extremely cold to the touch.. needless to say.. I have an air to water setup waiting the winter months to install on the S.. I am all for air2water.. just need a good exchanger (fans help) a good pump, and a decent sized resevoir (which you can fill with ice at the track as well)

Corey Maurer

and in case anyone wants to visualize what im talking about.. this was my old tiburons setup.. the pump was mounted below the resevoir..

soulicious

After switching from Honda Type 2 coolant to water wetter and deionized water, I observed lowered IAT up to 15 degrees F under the same conditions. I wouldn't use tap water.

Corey Maurer

^^ This.. I only used filtered water.. I actually used Fiji on one fill up haha.. g/f was PISSED lmao..

JawKnee

Yes, distilled water of course. I think I will get rid of the Honda Type 2, or at least dilute the mixture with some distilled water at the least.


Any one ever use/heard of this?

http://www.summitracing.com/parts/DEI-040208/

Pretty cool since it has anti-foaming agents. If I recall correctly from when I used WW in the past, it foamed or can foam. I have also used Engine Ice in my motorcycles so I may look into that as an alternative to the Honda Type 2.