Asura

2nd Thread today asking "How long should my hose be and how thick"
Ask your wife/GF


Comptech uses 3/4" HOSE
If you can mount the replacement radiator, I am sure you can measure hose. Buy MORE than you need and cut it to size, you won't even need a tape measure

Match the fittings OD to the hose ID.

RED MX5

[QUOTE=xviper,Feb 13 2006, 11:12 PM]This becomes a very intriquing question, for which the answer may not be easy.

RED MX5

I don't think the charge pressure loss is affected by the size of the radiator in an water-to-air system. The intake charge doesn't pass through the radiator, so how could the radiator cause a pressure loss?

Air-to-air, or the air-to-water end of an air-water-air system are where we see the charger pressure drop. ??? Am I confused?

RED MX5

[QUOTE=ayS,Feb 13 2006, 02:34 PM]yes, i was debating this either way. i think i'll keep the regular radiator, since it doesn't add any extra cooling.

thanks for the responses so far!

xviper

I don't know of any other aftermarket aftercooler radiators other than the Tech 2 one, which I have. I've posted before that the actual water volume in the Tech 2 is actually a bit LESS than the stock Vortech one. However, the extra area in fins may or may not make any difference in the heat transfer. I have to wait till next summer before I can compare. Comparing winter IAT with summer ones may not be a fair assessment.

Scorpion

[QUOTE=RED MX5,Feb 14 2006, 02:06 PM] I don't think the charge pressure loss is affected by the size of the radiator in an water-to-air system.

RED MX5

It will be interesting to see XVipers results.

XViper, do you have baseline IAT measurements?