Need some help

[nick the bubble]

I\'ve never seen an intercooler positioned like this. Is it common? Does it make any difference to have it front mounted?

Thanks for your help!

Nick

[Dan Norton]

Thats whats known as a v-mount intercooler.

I\'m not sure whats the advantage over front mount (other than it preventing hoooge great big stones penetrating thro a front mount).

Anyone else know why they are posyioned like this?


Dan!!

[antnicuk]

the reason people are going for this set up is that with a front mount the air goes through the i/c before the Rad and this means it is slightly warmer by the time it gets to the rad. With this, the rad gets cold and so does the i/c, but i think that for this to be efficient you need to have a vented bonnet. I might be wrong but i think the only way you would get air through it is on its way out through the bonnet.  You will also get better flow through the rad as the air isnt slowed down by the i/c. faster air is cooler air.

good to see a fellow bubble on here.

[scooby_si]

think of it like a whales open mouth gobbling up all that nice cold air http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_3_100.gif\' border=0>
Si

[20B_boy]

Originally posted by scooby_si
think of it like a whales open mouth gobbling up all that nice cold air http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/10/10_3_100.gif\' border=0>
Si

Thats a shark (they dont have tongues btw :rolleyes:) u monkey Scraping the smily barrel, eh Si?

Any one running a v-mount setup? I know Miguels is but I thought his water temps sounded quite high which put me off? any others out there that can comment? cant say i\'ve really heard that many people with REAL coolant issues running front mounts...?

[scooby_si]

me scrape barrel as if http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/26/26_7_6.gif\' border=0> lol
I digress it\'s not something i\'d ever looked at in great detail but i just presumed the V mount was one of best ways to di it so i\'ll watch with interest...........
Si

[nick the bubble]

Thanks for the help guys. I\'m going to look at this car tomorrow and just wanted to make sure everything was cosha as i hadn\'t seen that set up before!
It hasn\'t got a vented bonnet at the moment so if i buy it maybe that should be y first mod?

Thanks again.

Bubble

[yonner]

mmmmmm dont like the idea of that taking up alot of bay space but i supose it looks gr8 and if you have vents in ur bonnet it will cool very well the nissan sunny gtir and some subarus have it like that only it sits right on top of the engin

[J4P RX]

Originally posted by yonner
mmmmmm dont like the idea of that taking up alot of bay space but i supose it looks gr8 and if you have vents in ur bonnet it will cool very well the nissan sunny gtir and some subarus have it like that only it sits right on top of the engin

It flows through the front, and out of the vented bonnet.  Not in through the bonnet.  That would be a bit crap!

Cheers
Lee

[scooby_si]

difference is a scooby TMIC (top mounted intercooler) has air coming down thru scoop for it, guess GTiR is same? this V mount is still taking air from the front http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/28/28_3_10.gif\' border=0>& venting it up & out thru potential holes in bonnet, that\'s way i red it anyhow.....
Si

[scooby_si]

beeten by Lee (AKA fastfingers http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008\' target=\'_blank\'>http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/5/5_8_9.gif\' border=0>) lol
Si

[88GT-R]

Hi,
I will have a go at explaining this setup. The idea behind it is that the radiator and intercooler get uninterupted air. You have low pressure in the bay, and high pressure going over the bonnet. With the vented bonnet, the high pressure over the bonnet `sucks out´the air under the intercooler, thus you have constant air flow going through the cooler and out of the bay, rather than have it go through the cooler and have it trapped in the bay, as with the front mount. The other benifit is that hot air rises, so with this setup there is more surface area for this to escape.
Shorter pipeing is also a bonus.

I hope i have not cofused anyone, and put the benifits of this setup across appropiatly.
I have a similar setup in my TII, although the cooler will be changing as it is to small. Pics in the 2nd Gen forum.

John
88 GT-R