Coming from 6 years of running a Nuclear Machinery room on a Air Craft Carrier I can attest to the strength of three things... Zip-Ties, Duct Tape and JB Weld....

 

holy crap.... you didnt have to put that picture in our heads....

 

Heat and sunlight will distroy zip-ties in short order.

 

Not the uv resistant compesistion ones. The ones I use are about 1/3 " wide and 0.080 or so thick.

 

new p/s cooling line kit, included with h/e

 

Hey Rob, will you be coming out with a coolant seperation kit also to go with this super cooler?

 

yes, it can be done with 2 shutoff valves, very easy/cheap. no need for an extra overflow the way we are running it. one of my valves tends to leak a few drops a night so i need to source out a better one before shipping off those kits.

 

This is probably a dumb question, but how would you check the coolant level without a separate overflow?

 

open valves, let ic and rad intermix, drive to flush all bubbles, close valves

 

You're a genius Rob!

 

Just need to cut and plug a couple of existing hoses to do the separation.

 

J-fire,
Did you get your cooler installed?

 

That is what I did only plugging hoses is an ugly business, never find the correct size plug and there are no caps that I feel safe with for capping the outlets. Like the goezouta fitting on the i/c aluminum lines by the radiator tank.

The water in the supercooler has never gotten hot enough to puke out for me and thats at 5 -6000 rpm for up to a minute in autocrossing in all seasons 35 to 90 degrees.

Week end again but windy and no R/C flying for me again....AAaargue.........Woody

 

Do these zip ties go through the radiator?

 

yes, but it's still on the rack getting the Torque converter put in as well as my koni's and H&R springs.
and my 'inmotion' tuned ECU just arrived this morning

 

Nope, they go through brackets on the side of the radiator.

 

Yes plugging hoses is ugly! Not pretty but very functional.

I will be flying RC this weekend...Really Cool in my SRT!

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Originally Posted by waldig

That is what I did only plugging hoses is an ugly business, never find the correct size plug and there are no caps that I feel safe with for capping the outlets. Like the goezouta fitting on the i/c aluminum lines by the radiator tank.

 

Did I miss the pricing on this, or if there's an initial group buy?

 

What happens with this closed system if/when the coolant gets hot and needs to expands/surge? Say on a long run, or a hot day or should the IC pump fail?

IMO you'll to design in a pressure relief valve. Same idea as a radiator cap or a water heater.

Without a surge tank for the coolant to expand into (or release pressure)........ You run a high risk of your intercooler bursting since it's nearest to the heat source and the weakest link and ingesting coolant into the engine.

My Dos Centavos

 

i guess you missed the radiator cap on the heat exchanger