Heat Exchanger Louvers

[ctuinstra]

Since we lowered and changed the angle on the heat exchanger, I wanted to make sure that we weren't loosing out on cooling. Kaleb designed and 3D printed louvers to catch the air from blowing under. He printed them in three sections and I epoxied them together and installed. I really like the way they turned out. Once again, the 3D printer to the rescue!

Pay no attention to the bugs, they weren't part of the design.

 

[Ark :D]

That's sweet! I still want to find a way to angle air up through my turbo intercooler. I'll probably pick up a cheap hood scoop off eBay someday and re-purpose it.

 

[95Blitz]

Nice work. I love and at the same time HATE my 3d printer.

 

[ctuinstra]

Nice work. I love and at the same time HATE my 3d printer.

Ours has historically been really good. There was a point in time where it seemed like we couldn't get anything good out of it, but after doing a lot of little things, now it's been unbelievably reliable this past year and cannot mess up a print.

 

[Mayor West]

What type of filament did you use? I only have tried PLA and PLA+, nothing like ABS or PETG yet.

I wanted to make some scoops for my intercooler with my printer but I know PLA won't stand up to that sort of heat.

 

[ctuinstra]

What type of filament did you use? I only have tried PLA and PLA+, nothing like ABS or PETG yet.

I wanted to make some scoops for my intercooler with my printer but I know PLA won't stand up to that sort of heat.

PLA. The HE doesn't get much above ambient if anything.

 

[r3drckt]

The PETG prints similar to PLA, you just set your head to 230 instead of 180. Heated build plate is nice, and I find leaving the part cooling fan off helps stop warping on larger parts (like the louver fins). But my printer isn’t enclosed and my house stays around 68 so ymmv

 

[ctuinstra]

PLA. The HE doesn't get much above ambient if anything.

It's now winding down 2024 and the same PLA printed ones are still on the car and working great. It doesn't stay outside in the sun everyday, so that helps. Never had a heat issue.