homemade water intercooler
 

can it be done??? i was thinking of getting an air to air intercooler and use it as a core and build an aluminum container around it and hook it up to a water pump to circulate cold water around the core what do you guys think and how big do think the core should be for 500 hp

Re: homemade water intercooler
 

get an aquarium pump and a windshield washer revivour put the pump inside the tank and then run a line up to the IC make it spray on the outside of the fins and hope for the best. actually better yet get a fuel pump and use that it will pupmp more water . but your gonna have to keep filling up the tank ;)

Re: homemade water intercooler
 

just pipe your washer fluid hose into your charge piping and fill the washer bottle with alcohol........alcohol injection hmt style... ^-^

Re: homemade water intercooler
 

beau made his awic, yes it is possible.

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Better be a good tiq welder!

Re: homemade water intercooler
 

You can totally do this - do a search on google, it's been done.

Air to water intercoolers kick ass for efficiency - water is a way better conductor of heat than aluminum. The downside is increased weight. Get about as small a core as you can find - it'll be plenty large enough

Re: homemade water intercooler
 

tig a tank around an intercooler that tests ok for no leaks, then feed it into the circulation of a heater hose, pump your engine coolant thru it.

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If you are spraying water on your intercooler then I wouldn't suggest drag racing it at a track. They will get pissed if you spray water on the track.

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if its for a drag set up just run a fuel cell instead of a intercooler and on race day drop some dry ice in it

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that makes no sense, you want cold water, not hot ass coolant from your motor