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03-22-2003, 12:26 AM
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:?: was kickin this idea around .............putting a freon system in to cool off the air coming into the cooler......i`ve looked close at this...it`ds easy as hell to do....but is it the best way to cool down the in coming air for the turbo??????
03-22-2003, 12:51 AM
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Ya. Maybe use some of the hardware that FORD is using on it'* "SuperCooler" technology for the SVT F-150 Lightning. They circulate refigerant through an auxillary evaporator attached to the trucks air conditioning system. Claim a 20% decrease in intake temperature for a 10% horsepower boost.
This idea has been used before in the 60'* but the old R-12 A/C refrigerant is toxic if combusted in the engine. Now the newer R-134a refrigerant doesn't have that problem soooo.......go for it.
This idea has been used before in the 60'* but the old R-12 A/C refrigerant is toxic if combusted in the engine. Now the newer R-134a refrigerant doesn't have that problem soooo.......go for it.
03-22-2003, 02:17 AM
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Be the first to do a air-to-air intercooler into a water-to-air intercooler. That would cool the charge to low low temps. I will allow you to use my idea first. 
03-22-2003, 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by willwren
You gonna give him that big ADTR intercooler hanging on your wall? 
You should post that pic here, but put something in it for a size reference first.
You should post that pic here, but put something in it for a size reference first.
03-24-2003, 09:13 PM
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If it'* as big as the ones I used to put in back in my early Shelby Dodge days I was putting in intercoolers 36"H x 48" W x 6" depth. But I wasn't putting them in my old Shelby Dodge'* though -I was putting them in buses at the New Flyer USA plant in St. Cloud, Minnesota. First off, they would fit in a Shelby Dodge, and then the lag problem too - oh that'* just too much for my brain to comprehend. 
Actually the hot air-to-air intercooler'* that were/are popular and could be had from a local salvage yard were from Dodge Cummins turbo diesels, Ford Power Strokes, and more in the mid-sized intercoolers were from the Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest TSi. Then, there were the Gen1 Talon/Eclipse BOV"* (Blow-off-valve'*) to hold higher boost levels allowed with the bigger intercoolers.
I know this info isn't overly usefull here, but thought I'd throw it on the table for consideration (the intercooler'* that is).
Actually the hot air-to-air intercooler'* that were/are popular and could be had from a local salvage yard were from Dodge Cummins turbo diesels, Ford Power Strokes, and more in the mid-sized intercoolers were from the Mitsubishi Starion/Chrysler Conquest TSi. Then, there were the Gen1 Talon/Eclipse BOV"* (Blow-off-valve'*) to hold higher boost levels allowed with the bigger intercoolers.
I know this info isn't overly usefull here, but thought I'd throw it on the table for consideration (the intercooler'* that is).
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