PWR chargecooler

[McCARTHY]

Has anyone got any pics?? is it designed to work in conjuction with a front mounted intercooler ? Oh and it would be on a singal turbo car

[Steve Burnett]

Quick answer as I know little about them.

They are instead of an intercooler. (I hope im right in saying that)
They can be for twins and single.
There are pics, but I can\'t remember where they are.

Warthog is currently got one installed and is getting very good results with it.

Buy Jtuner magazine, there are a couple of FD\'s with charge coolers in them in this months edition (No.2)

[Kieron]

RE:WORX

[Brett]

I belive John (of yellow 7 fame) is running one, he was very pleased with it.

[Kieron]

My post wasnt very informative, I believe RE:WORX use that chargecooler on there 9second drag car so that would have made my mind up if I was going to buy one, quality speaks for its self, tried and tested.

[McCARTHY]

i\'d asume it wuld come with the pipe work to mount it closer to the front of the engine bay away from all the heat? How do they work, are they just air in the middle surrounded a skin of water???

[Brett]

Basically you are passing the air through a water cooled tunnel, the water is then circulated around its own little rad.  Buy this months J tuner, theres loads of 7\'s with POW-R charge coolers in there, and some good engine bay pics too

[McCARTHY]

Do they have the same caracteristics as a front mount in that when your standing still the temps climb up by a noticeable amount..... Basically i want to gear my car for drifting......... if i ever get it back and am in two minds as to which would be better for that sort of job Vmount or charge cooler......

[Spotlamp]

Really neat install if you ask me.  They sit between the engine and the rad normaly as that\'s the only place you\'ve got room.  Pretty tight with stock air box, however they do offer a much shorter piping over FMIC and subsequenly less lag.  I\'m not sure if the difference is that noticable though.  The other major advantage is a much lesser risk(?) of hear soak than air to air intercoolers.

It was going to be a mod for my stock twins but subsequently gone for a cheap single turbo/fmic option.  Considering it as a future upgrade, worth the money I reckon.

HTH
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[FD3UK]

I am part way through installing a PWR Charge Cooler. See link for some pictures and info. Kit only comes with parts as shown by Kieron, so you will have some fabrication work to do.



Link.....   http://www.mazdarotaryclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=15317

[OLSKOOLROTAR]

I\'m running an old version of this, but its the same thing. its not pretty to look at but it does the job I\'ve got a diagram somewhere.

Jase

[John Yorke]

There are a couple of advantages using a charge cooler over an intercooler:

1] They do not require you to be moving for it to work, so they maintain lower temps   when in traffic.

2] They do not restrict air flow through your [engine] rad therefore you should see lower water temps

You do find that you will run slightly higher inlet temps as against a FMIC but, I feel it is a good trade off against better water temps the +5c is not enough to get over worried about. If you consider what a SMIC gives you [inlet temp wise] a charge cooler / FMIC will be a vast improvement, can\'t comment on the \'V\' mount as yet to see one / hear any comments on them.

[Fish]

Any idea of the life of the pump? This could be an issue if it failed.

Fish

[20B_boy]

Pumps lifes same as the normal davies ewp - some thing like 2000 hrs i.e. a good engines-worth

[DFLROWLAND]

what does the pwr charge cooler kit cost & how would need to be added to that figure for ant fabrications needed to install?