Thinking about doing this......what ya think?
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good for marine use where you have a constant supply of cold water, but in a automotive application you would only be able to cool youre intake charge to youre engine temp. if you have good cool air flowing into the front of youre truck anyway why not use it to improve youre efficency!
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He could put a separate water tank for the supply and then it would be close to ambient temperature or add ice when he wanted. This is pretty common in drag racing. Lots of plumbing to do though......
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Originally Posted by 62rag
He could put a separate water tank for the supply and then it would be close to ambient temperature or add ice when he wanted. This is pretty common in drag racing. Lots of plumbing to do though......
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Originally Posted by ozx3+1
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</center>That much is obvious. My suggestion would only be useable for a short period of time before the temperature would rise and you would lose the benefit. This is of course unless you had a permanent source of cold(ie. A/C sytem) which would probably negate any power gains you've made. Now if he wanted to use his truck as it was intended to be used, no this temporary cooling system wouldn't be a good idea. Wait- What if he mounted one of those smaller H@nda type intercoolers directly from the output of the turbo straight to the power elbow. He could cut a hole in the hood, vent cold air straight at it and still see colder intake temperatures, with a shorter turbo to intake tract length(?).(I hope he still understands this is all in good fun.)
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Originally Posted by 62rag
That much is obvious.
(I hope he still understands this is all in good fun.)
(I hope he still understands this is all in good fun.)
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it is a truck he could haul around a portable referigation plant like they use at the indian casinos! & duct it straight into the turbo inlet it would eliminate any turbo lag due to the positive pressure from the blower motor! does anyone have a really long 3 phase extension cord?
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Originally Posted by hotroddsl
on the up side he could set it up to use the water for hot showers when he gets home
I've seen engine-driven generators and air compressors for our trucks, how about an engine-driven hot water heater ?
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years ago I bought a 74 IH scout II that had a under hood heat exchanger I cant remember for sure but I think it was made by CON-FERR had a small 12 volt motor w/ a 5/8" hose fitting & a 10 foot 1/2" hose that had a hand held shower head, it tied into the heater hose & worked fairly well not terribly hot but kind of warm. Maybe they still make it! I will ask around & let ya'll know if I find any thing.
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Originally Posted by hotroddsl
Maybe they still make it! I will ask around & let ya'll know if I find any thing.
The rest of the time I'm either with family and/or friends and we're in the travel trailer, or I'm hiking on the trail and I don't see a shower for a week
Phfewww!! Stanky !TX
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TXHILL how do you like that banks system? I've been thinking abought the tecnicooler system & maybe scrapping my Hypertech for the six gun I allready have the AFE intake & exhaust on my 2007.
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I love mine. However, I've got all the Banks stuff EXCEPT their upgraded intercooler. That's a future project, but the Six Gun has been great.
Most on these forums will tell you, and I'd agree, that you get more performance and flexibility with the SCT.
But the Six Gun has been bulletproof, and the color PDA monitoring is super nice.
When SCT gets the bugs worked out of the latest LiveWire firmware, that might be the way to go.
rgds,
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Most on these forums will tell you, and I'd agree, that you get more performance and flexibility with the SCT.
But the Six Gun has been bulletproof, and the color PDA monitoring is super nice.
When SCT gets the bugs worked out of the latest LiveWire firmware, that might be the way to go.
rgds,
TX