Ok, for any of you that have converted to a charge cooler...

ive picked up a rather large cooling unit to go on the rst engine im building at the mo. what i need to know is does it matter how its mounted, in repect to the way the water flows?




the water flows freely between all three water pipes.

is it likely to effect the cooling if i pump water in the wrong end? mount it on its flat side/on end?

im planning to mount the top large air pipe bit about 6 inches from throttle bodie, over the rocker of an rst engine.

then air into the cooler will come from the turbo throught 2x 90 bends.

the front 2 hoses will be in good position for the rad.

heres some pics together with the larger throttle bodie beside an efi escort one, the cross over pipe, and the alloy rad used for cooling, next to a fosters can and a 8plugs gang bar for size.

hope theres not too many pics here... will delete as soone as my queries r answered...



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To get the best out of it cold water should enter the cooler on the throttle side of the chargecooler and leave the cooler on the side of the incoming air.

Probably doesn't make sense on here but you want to try and cool the air that is leaving the chargecooler first as it gives better results.

Hope this helps

 

how you mount the thing shouldn't matter, as long as it is full of water and does not have an air pocket in it anywhere - maybe that is what one of the 3 water pipes is for (bleeding?)

Austen is correct about the water direction though. think about it like this - the air coming into the chargecooler from the compressor is hottest, so the hottest water will still be capable of cooling it. the air leaving the chargecooler will already have been cooled down, so you need to use the freshly cooled water from the radiator to be able to cool to further.

 

up!!!

 

the fosters can , as long as its v cold will help

 

olololololol unfortunatly its empty!