W/A intercooler limits?

[flatboy]

Sorry, I know this topic has been covered but What kinda hp is the stock water to air intercooler good for?

A quick overview of my truck.
2000 Toyota Tacoma 2.4L 4 cyl
Stock TD06 17c and stock Typhoon w/a
@15psi

I also have a total of close to 5 gallons of coolant and a cooling rad up front(24" x 20")

I'm building another engine(500hp goal) and just wondering if maybe I'll need to upgrade the intercooler to something bigger(no air to air)
thanks

shayne

 

[MikeRenz]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

SyTys have been in the 10s using the stock intercooler. So 500ish+ hp.

 

[Luke]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

looks like no matter what a syty cooler is put in it is going to get heat soaked huh? stock i/c's have made a lot of HP, just need to make it as efficiant as possible to keep the temps down

 

[turbodig]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

One thing you can do, since you have the room, is get rid of the hard 90 degree bend on the inlet. Having the inlet be parallel to IC flow will help a lot.

I would say 600 HP would really push that IC... you're probably losing a lot of power at that point.

Neat project.

 

[flatboy]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

One thing you can do, since you have the room, is get rid of the hard 90 degree bend on the inlet. Having the inlet be parallel to IC flow will help a lot.

I would say 600 HP would really push that IC... you're probably losing a lot of power at that point.

Neat project.

Are you saying from the turbo to the intercooler pipe?

 

[flatboy]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

My alky kit is pretty close to the pipe too, lol

 

[turbodig]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

Both, although the turbo to IC pipe isn't *as* bad. I'd move the whole IC closer to the TB.
Put your BOV on the hot side, on a nice, sweeping C bend from the turbo to the IC.
(Not sure how much clearance you have on the other side of the motor, or hood clearance)

The inlet neck on the IC would need to be cut off, and have a straight-on inlet welded to it.
Looks like you're pretty handy with the welder, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Basically, you want to get flow parallel (and as laminar as possible) to the ic tubes. Any turning that air has to do before entering those skinny little tubes will reduce flow.

 

[flatboy]

Re: W/A intercooler limits?

Both, although the turbo to IC pipe isn't *as* bad. I'd move the whole IC closer to the TB.
Put your BOV on the hot side, on a nice, sweeping C bend from the turbo to the IC.
(Not sure how much clearance you have on the other side of the motor, or hood clearance)

The inlet neck on the IC would need to be cut off, and have a straight-on inlet welded to it.
Looks like you're pretty handy with the welder, so it shouldn't be a problem.

Basically, you want to get flow parallel (and as laminar as possible) to the ic tubes. Any turning that air has to do before entering those skinny little tubes will reduce flow.

Yup I see what your saying.

The old set up was a air to air I fab'd up from a Mack truck intercooler and Devcon'd it where it leaked. Throttle responce it very noticable with this set up, plus I got rid of like 10' of piping. I really wana keep the w/a set up, anything else would feel like going backwards. With many many hard pull the intercooler stays cool to the touch.

old

It sucked, but I got like 3 years outa it.