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<blockquote data-quote="SlowSVT" data-source="post: 16111474" data-attributes="member: 20202"><p>I've seen a number of people go to great lengths to shoehorn a large HE in front of their Cobra. Lot's of times that entails cutting-up the car which generally cannot be reversed and is something I am reluctant to do especially on this car.</p><p></p><p>The surface area of the IC in relationship to the HE is on a magnitude of ~ 2X on the factory HE and probably 3 - 4X with an aftermarket HE so it will be harder to get the IC to work more efficiently since a larger one won't fit inside the lower. I have lots of experience with liquid cooling electronics and have conducted test where at a certain point adding more cooling capacity on a system that doesn't get very hot to begin with starts to get diminishing returns and in a big way. The lower the temperature differential between ambient and the coolant temp the harder it will be to shed that last few degrees using a larger HE. Keep in mind the system only gets hot when in boost the other 99% of the time the coolant has time to recover.</p><p></p><p>My suggestion is to run the largest HE you can fit in the stock location and shroud (I used 1/16" thick sheet of kydex plastic which can be bent) and seal the lower grill opening eliminating the possibility of the air bypassing the HE ). I have a Gord's unit which is the largest HE that fits in the stock location I am aware of.</p><p></p><p>The other mod I like is the straight thru IC coolant outlet which should do a good job of reducing flow restrictions in the system. Other than that I wouldn't "over do" the intercooler system on this car it won't yield noticable results at the rear wheel over a well thought out system.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlowSVT, post: 16111474, member: 20202"] I've seen a number of people go to great lengths to shoehorn a large HE in front of their Cobra. Lot's of times that entails cutting-up the car which generally cannot be reversed and is something I am reluctant to do especially on this car. The surface area of the IC in relationship to the HE is on a magnitude of ~ 2X on the factory HE and probably 3 - 4X with an aftermarket HE so it will be harder to get the IC to work more efficiently since a larger one won't fit inside the lower. I have lots of experience with liquid cooling electronics and have conducted test where at a certain point adding more cooling capacity on a system that doesn't get very hot to begin with starts to get diminishing returns and in a big way. The lower the temperature differential between ambient and the coolant temp the harder it will be to shed that last few degrees using a larger HE. Keep in mind the system only gets hot when in boost the other 99% of the time the coolant has time to recover. My suggestion is to run the largest HE you can fit in the stock location and shroud (I used 1/16" thick sheet of kydex plastic which can be bent) and seal the lower grill opening eliminating the possibility of the air bypassing the HE ). I have a Gord's unit which is the largest HE that fits in the stock location I am aware of. The other mod I like is the straight thru IC coolant outlet which should do a good job of reducing flow restrictions in the system. Other than that I wouldn't "over do" the intercooler system on this car it won't yield noticable results at the rear wheel over a well thought out system. [/QUOTE]
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