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Spare tire well intercooler tanks - whose running them?
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<blockquote data-quote="86merc" data-source="post: 11989426" data-attributes="member: 82554"><p>That is my thinking as well. My car is over 3800 lbs. on the starting line. But with boost it is easy to make more power to overcome that weight. On the flip side I am not real comfortable that the car is that heavy and trapping around 150-155mph. haha </p><p></p><p>You can spend money to get light weight braided line, hoses and so on. Stuff gets real expensive real quick when you try and buy with weigh in mind. But at least you have options to limit the added weight if you wanted to. </p><p></p><p>There are formulas you can use to calculate flow, how much water you need to remove x amount of heat and so on. I think most people just error on the side of bigger is better. lol Maybe someone else can chime in with some experience of what is enough and what is too much depending on a typical set up like yours. My guess is 5-8 gallons or so should work well. Again, depends on your goals, flow of the system and so on. If you get a larger tank and decide you want to use less water you can always add fuel cell foam in the tank to help with sloshing. </p><p></p><p>Oh, I forgot to add earlier that even the tank design can make a difference. Most people use a simple one line out and single line dumping back in as a return. But some have had better gains in cooling by adding a tube across the front, inside of the tank. This tube has multiple holes in it. Like a sprinkler. So the water is returned all across the tank and ice instead of just in one spot. Like any thing else the more option the more cash you are looking to spend. What else is new. Right? haha</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="86merc, post: 11989426, member: 82554"] That is my thinking as well. My car is over 3800 lbs. on the starting line. But with boost it is easy to make more power to overcome that weight. On the flip side I am not real comfortable that the car is that heavy and trapping around 150-155mph. haha You can spend money to get light weight braided line, hoses and so on. Stuff gets real expensive real quick when you try and buy with weigh in mind. But at least you have options to limit the added weight if you wanted to. There are formulas you can use to calculate flow, how much water you need to remove x amount of heat and so on. I think most people just error on the side of bigger is better. lol Maybe someone else can chime in with some experience of what is enough and what is too much depending on a typical set up like yours. My guess is 5-8 gallons or so should work well. Again, depends on your goals, flow of the system and so on. If you get a larger tank and decide you want to use less water you can always add fuel cell foam in the tank to help with sloshing. Oh, I forgot to add earlier that even the tank design can make a difference. Most people use a simple one line out and single line dumping back in as a return. But some have had better gains in cooling by adding a tube across the front, inside of the tank. This tube has multiple holes in it. Like a sprinkler. So the water is returned all across the tank and ice instead of just in one spot. Like any thing else the more option the more cash you are looking to spend. What else is new. Right? haha [/QUOTE]
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