A larger volume of water will cool better when first driving. But... once the water is heated it will take longer to cool down than a smaller volume. The way the system is designed with a small volume is the way to go.Does anybody feel that the intercooler "coolant" system needs more volume? I have yet to plumb my intercooler lines but I have read that some have had high air temps. My build will be used for mostly for weekend cruising and the occasional road trip and drag race. Will it be enough? I have thought of adding a 1-2 L reservoir just for piece of mind and seems like it will "finish" off the system nicely. Any comments would be appreciated.
I made a thread for that info for TC’s a while back. Hoping more people will post to it as builds get completed.When the weather gets better we all need to do some similar drives and compare IATs on different set ups and compare notes. It would be really cool to have this data.
I believe its a quart or so. I’ll be using the 3/4 blue silicone style tubing. The biggest issue IMO is that small heat exchanger (Arizona here). I upgraded my HE to a Derale Atomic Cool and I will be running it on the upper aft left side above the fuel tank. I’d like to run an additional HE but it doesn’t look like I’ll have room. As Lonnie mentioned, the volume of coolant isn’t nearly as critical as the heat exchanger. I added the reservior primarily for convenience.What size is your reservoir? I was wanting to add one but want enough volume to really bring down temps on hot NM days. I feel that the reservoir really Completes the system nicely. Do you feel that it will be in the way of the air filter? are you using the kits piping or your own stuff
Where did you mount the Bosch water pump for the intercooler? I see the DF turbo build mounted it in the front but I am not sure if that has changed or if there is a better location...Heres how I did mine. I bought a rubber cork from ace and a 10-24 bolt with two washers and a turn knob with nut and then you can just twist the knob to expand the cork.
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Thank you, such a better mounting setup then what’s showed on the turbo build!You should have a little kit to mount it on the oil pan View attachment 6922View attachment 6923