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Old 11-06-2005, 12:02 AM
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Default Water cooling AIR to AIR Intercooler!!!

Some might think that I am crazy, but I have an idea......

So to start my last car was a chevy astro van with 290,000 miles, the car tended to overheat when towing, so a mechanic had the idea to convert the window washer fluid into a water misting device to help cool the radiator. all it did was mist water in front of the radiator, and it helped to cool it down. So I was wondering, would that work with an intercooler to help cool the intake charge. What do you guys think, would that work well with the way an intercooler is made? well anyways, just a thought.
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Old 11-06-2005, 12:08 AM
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Were you born yesterday?

Mitsu and Subaru have this as a standard feature on some of their cars.
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Old 11-06-2005, 12:35 AM
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nope, not yesterday, and I guess it must be a good idea then if mistu and subura already have it, well not so original, but I still am glad I thought of it though.

Ohh and thanks for being so welcoming!
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What cars had that option? I've never heard of it before...
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Old 11-06-2005, 04:59 PM
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yeah, ive never heard of it as an option for cars, but i do know that its fairly easy to just put sprayers by the ic to cool it some.
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Old 11-06-2005, 06:14 PM
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wow your crazy man, thinking like that can kill people. nah man go for it, its a valid idea. Im yet to hear of anyone getting serious gains but ive never heard of one part making all the difference in the world. its a bunch of things together.
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Old 11-06-2005, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jagojon3
Has anybody ever heard of a WRX STI?
They have sprayer setups? I've only had my hands on regular WRX's, never a STi.
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Old 11-07-2005, 12:28 PM
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all STI ,Evo MR and a few seleted model evos came with factory intercooler spraying system(or how ever the ---- u call it ).
but i don`t really see how someone could use it on a daily basis ,
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Originally Posted by Donald125
all STI ,Evo MR and a few seleted model evos came with factory intercooler spraying system(or how ever the ---- u call it ).
but i don`t really see how someone could use it on a daily basis ,
because ist automated. it doesn't start spreying til like 14psi then stops when you go below it. pressure activated solenoid activates the misting... its easy.
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