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Heat exchanger upgrade / Cooling mod

Old Oct 7, 2021 | 03:05 AM
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Ok been thinking about modding the intercooler cooling system as a stand alone. So i am have an 23 x 11 x 2.5 dual pass heat exchanger made that will be mounted on top of the stock heat exchanger so will running both. I also want a fairly large coolant reservoir and after looking at where to put one i decided the wiper fluid tank should work well as it look like to be about 1.75 to 2 gallons and that's more than need but my wife uses the washers so they will need to work also. So after some thinking i decided to use an coolant blend that would also work as an washer fluid of distilled water and house hold liquid ammonia at an 8 to 1 esh mix. The ammonia mix will also help the water cool better like water wetter but must be careful to use only alum and composite parts. I know the washer tank will not hold pressure but i hope the intercooler coolant never goes over 170f and that should be fine but if it does that will be a big mess. Oh plan to wire the coolant pumps to run when i have 5 psi or more oil pressure
 
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Old Oct 7, 2021 | 10:45 AM
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Before doing all of this, consider looking into a Killer Chiller or an InterChiller. Do a search. Either one would be a far better option.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 03:15 AM
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Thanks nemiro on the Killer chiller idea. I just looked at your 113 install and i liked it allot. Wish i could do an engine change but i live in ca. I read you first planned on installing an tweaked srt4 engine and that would be cool also. I have a few backup PRV V6 engines for my old sand dragster they are B&S to 4.1lt one with twin turbos and another with an Magnson blower detuning them they still would make over 700whp on ca pump 91 and the sound of an odd fire v6 at 9.5k is awesome. I see you have not installed the KC on yours yet so let me tell you my personal experince. My friend has an 2017 gt 350 and just added an Kenny bell SC with an Killer Chiller set up. All i can say is that Kenny bell blower made that gt 350 a beast to keep it going in a straight line but the KC did not impress me for all the time to install and $$$. Not to knock it as it worked well as a daily driver for short 10 sec or less wot bursts spaced apart but at the 1/4 mile it was good for only 2 passes back to back. So i removed it and installed an very large heat exchanger, installed a 100hp nitrous setup with the fuel injected into the blowers intake and the nos injected at the intercooler intake. Also made 2 simple tube cooling ring 1 that sprays nos and the other washer fluid onto the heat exchanger and now he can run many 1/4 passes back to back plus he went from 14 to 15.5psi of coarse this all stops when his 2 10lbs bottles of nos are out of gas. I also think the stock srt6 engine has allot to offer if it was turbo charged and went with an good aftermarket fuel & timing managment system.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 05:58 AM
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The KC does seem to work better on some platforms than others. In the GM world, the CTS crowd in particular do not like them. In the MB world, they're almost a prerequisite for going fast. I suppose it has a lot to do with how well the A/C systems work. The fast guys (9 and 10 second E classes) are running 5 gallon water reservoirs. I plan to use a 1 gallon.

 
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 10:57 AM
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I hope your KC works well with the MB A/C supporting system for you and i will be following your results as i like the idea. I started to build an a/c cooler already but put it aside when the Fords Gt 350 A/C system did not do a good supporting job. He lost 2
ac pumps in 4 months mostly freeway driven commuting 40 miles to & from work but it was hot here at the time mostly around 100f. Also like the idea of an extra large reservoir tank with an large opening so you can install fairly larger chunks of ice (Frozen water bottles) as they last much longer than store crushed ice.
 
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Old Oct 8, 2021 | 12:18 PM
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Frozen water bottles are a neat idea. I have a 1 gallon tank that conforms to the front bumper coming. I am hoping to fabricate a second 1 gallon tank behind the driver's headlamp, next.
 
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