Intercooler pipe question.

[SVOeric]

I think you might be going about it the wrong way --

you are trying to hold the heat in, and I don't think it's really going to work...

my thought is to make something that will direct the heat around the intercooler, and stuff -- basically a V shape -- that will make the heat direct around what you are trying to keep cool

and when I looked at the first pic, I thought it was going to be a bad attempt at making a fart pipe

[roberto2000]

Mike your hood scoop could have an exhaust (heat) fan , instead of hood louvers

[svodad]

Heat shield and IC

Hi Eric,

The idea of a heat shield is to have a thin metal spaced a little off the turbo, thus not trapping heat into the turbo housing like a wrap would do, but the SS shield does a great job of stopping radiant heat. As you know, the hotter a surface is, the more radiant heat (IE light) that comes off it. Next time your at a really hot camp fire, put just a piece of tin foil in front of you, it will seam like the fire actually went away.

In terms of stopping the heat from the IC, the only thing I have found to work is adding the fan as others have done. Here are some pictures of a 9 inch spal that fits PERFECTLY and moves about 200 cfm of air stationary and 400 cfm at 40mph plus. The stock IC actually is very efficient, (14) 3 inch tall bars. Bars are short, but most heat transfer can happen in the 6 inch span if there is enough cooling air. Most front mounts are just longer (which does not add much in efficiency) but obviously gets great airflow at speed (which is what makes them work better). So if you can port a stock IC (the bottom gasket retaining screws block 5% of the bars) and move enough air, you will get a 4 fold improvement on overall efficiency, and unlike even a front mount, the core cools quickly went stationary (unless you add fans to a front mount). For any air to air heat exchanger you will want about as much cooling (ambient) air as the hot gas. For our stock systems, maxed to about 280 hp and the vane meters limit of 360cfm, the cooling air under the same contitions should be around 360 cfm. This cooling fan gets you there.

[svodad]

Stock IC with fan

Here are finished pictures with measurements. We would all agree that a larger FMIC (or my preference, a Mike F special with shorter pipes and less weight up front) is much better then the stock setup, but for a $100 modification the fan with radiation shield does make a big improvement. I hope to get some total pressure drop numbers some day.

[boostedbruiser]

i like that. i was thinking of doing that till i opted for a FMIC. nice work.

i like the HS. i actually has a SS bowl sitting the garage for the same reason.

[svobrown]

look at this one. It will be going on my next project/.