Anyone know what kinda liquid is used and what kinda pump they use to move the liquid? i was thinking alcohol as the liquid cause it transfers heat quickly and wont freeze. As far as the pump goes, i was thinking maybe a small fuel pump or something. any ideas?????
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Dont ask why, ya dont wana know

 

Ice water and a marine bilge pump.

 

well heres the idea i have. Gona run a trans cooler in my intake track with lines that run into a cooling tank. the actual fluid used to cool the intercooler will be sealed into the system. the lines will circle around the inside of the cooling tank and the tank will be filled with ice and water or maybe dry ice if i can find some. So thats the system. i just need to know what type of pump i can use to circulate alcohol if thats what i use as a cooling fluid cause i know alkyhol requires different seals then a pump used for water or gas. thansk for the help

 

TTT

 

Antifreeze, a lot of ice & pray that it does not leak & fill your motor up with water.

BW

 

Water. If you're not running it in the winter, use water. Water absorbs 4 parts more heat per part than antifreeze does, only antifreeze won't turn into ice in the winter. And, do some research, but I'm fairly certain that as long as it's not full to the brim in the tank, you'll be able to have the water freeze -- I think that it would just enhance the cooling effect. But, use water, not antifreeze because it actually absorbs much more heat than antifreeze. Use a marine pump -- or just purchase an electric water pump designed for racing apps. Or, if you're on a budget, scavenge a water pump from an RV. They're designed to take the abuse, and will do the trick. The big thing to be concerned with when building a liquid to air intercooler is that you don't move too much liquid too fast. You will be circulating the liquid from the holding tank (what the air actually moves through on the way to the intake) to the cooler in the front of the car (a trans cooler will work fine for that.) If you move the liquid too fast, it won't have time to cool down much while in the trans cooler up front.

 

Dont want to be the bringer of gloom but from what little I know about air to water intercooling this probably wont work very well with the trans cooler used as the heat exchanger because I dont beleive it will be efficant enough for this application, not the liquid within as it was designed. You might want to check out:
http://www.spearcointercoolers.com/dragrace.htm

 

The only reason to mention antifreeze is that if he is going to put dry ice into the accumulator, the water should spend enough time to freez.

fwiw, I think that this will not create enough cooling to be a benifit. not enough surface air.

BW