Is bigger better?!

[McC]

thanks for helping me out dude, someone give this man a coconut!

you image link is unauthorized, so i cant see. but i will go have a hut to,i forgot i registered with them.

[turbotoaster]

does that work any better?

ive been thinking long and hard about a v mount setup myself the last couple of days.

i have 3 options.

1. fit my intercooler into the bumper area
good points, low intake temps, dont have to worry about heat soak
bad points, alot of cutting, long intercooler pipes and if i do track days the water temps might struggle.

2. fit my intercooler upright in my engine bay
good points, short pipework, use ducting to force air through intercooler instead of spilling out over the sides, easy to do and keeps it stealthy
bad points, not sure if my rad will be that close to my water pipe that ill struggle to fit my single turbo in, will heat soak like mad if its sat still, space in the engine bay will be tight for fitting my water injection tank.

3 fitting it in a v mount setup
good points, i should be able to maintain the similar sort of water temps as i currently do, intercooler setup will be very easy to fit.
bad points, intercooler doesnt get all the possible air so wont get the same sort of inlet temps as a fmic, will heatsoak if left standing. the rad will take alot of messing about with water pipes, still means im taking up most of the spare engine bay, intercooler will struggle to get rid of the hot air behind it without a vented bonnet

[Jono FD3]

you can make anything fit to do the job matey... you just need to have skills or know someone with them I had my IC end tanks modded to get the inlet & outlet in the place I needed them, all the stainless work I did myself, but it was alot of time & effort! I\'m running a stock rad in my setup & I have difficulties in getting the temps up to 80c!
anyway, here is a pic of my setup:



Jono

[turbotoaster]

looks a good setup.

jono since your here do you have any pics of how you routed your water pipes on your rad, trying to find anyone with pics or even a quick drawing is like trying to get blood from a stone

[Jono FD3]

yep.....

made my water pipes out of stainless:

[turbotoaster]

woohoo..........jono you legend!!!.......im giving you the coconut that McC gave me, enjoy the bounty goodness

[McC]

ah I see what your saying. Im going to have a think about it, will have a chat with the guy thats building my engine tomorrow hopefully. See what he thinks and let you know.

[Jono FD3]

mmmmm coconut :p yummy
seriously, Vmount is the best solution for IC positioning! you don\'t have to have a vented bonnet, I\'m running bonnet lifters & they work well, although I am going to be going vented to get the best out the system! the other way to prevent heat soak is to put a deviding pannel in the mouth opening to create 2 seperate air channels.... one for the rad & one for the IC, then if you get stick in traffic, just hit the AC button and the fans kick in keeping your water temps down & drawing the heat away from your IC!

Jono

[turbotoaster]

i think all depends what the car is going to be aimed out.

if it was pure drag then fmic works every day of the week.

if its track work then v mount is best because both are getting a portion of the air

if its street use them either really can be chosen, just depends on what level of fabrication your prepared to do

[McC]

i think all depends what the car is going to be aimed out.

if it was pure drag then fmic works every day of the week.

if its track work then v mount is best because both are getting a portion of the air

if its street use them either really can be chosen, just depends on what level of fabrication your prepared to do

havnt managed to speak to my rebuilder yet.

But i going to be running non-sequential standard twins, fast road use:), as little fabrication as possible, I don\'t have Jono skills.

[turbotoaster]

i would say fmic is gonna be your easiest way, the cheap ebay kits that will pop up in about a month come will all the piping, silicone hoses, brackets and metal water pipes so its best just getting one of them.

Then get yourself a thick ally rad, they are £100 on ebay but the company who sells them often puts them up for auction so you can normally get them even cheaper.


id expect to get a fmic kit including rad for £300 brand new

[McC]

cool cheers for the help dude!