4agze Intercooler

[TychoCaine]

This might sound like a stupid question, but has anyone tried installing a 4agze engine into a mk1 mr2 using an air-water intercooler as opposed to the standard air-air IC?

I was thinking it may be possible to install an air-water unit IC and cool the liquid (water, forlife coolant, whatever) using a front mounted radiator sat in front of the standard engine radiator (same sort of mount the air con radiator uses on the imported SC's). You'd completely avoid heat from the engine bay affecting the intercooler temperature and I'm pretty sure the airflow would be better at the front of the car rather than at the top of the engine bay.

Plus of course, people'd have to be paying really close attention to notice the car was supercharged. No engine lid vents etc needed (plus no hassle with having to relocate engine lid catches or aquire a SC engine lid).

Ideas, suggestions, critisisms etc on a postcard.... :P

[revvin kevin]

too complex mate, let alone the weight of all that kit, fit water injection erl etc the benifits are far greater.

[TychoCaine]

I think it'd be fun to give it a shot. I'd prefer to stick with messing with the intercooler setup than going for water injection though (for now, might do that if I ever get a turbo conversion). Anythings got to be better than sitting a small intercooler on top of a hot engine in a very cramped engine bay. Even more so when the air flowing through the IC has already passed around the engine of the car (wouldn't be a problem on a car that's just used for pottering around and the occasional traffic light faceoff, but track sessions tend to really warm things up).

[revvin kevin]

i got a completewater cooler set up of a st205 gt4 if you interested,got the pump,sub rad chargecooler.

[TychoCaine]

:)

May well be getting back to you on that one kevin... I've got to find out what's up with my engine before anything else goes on.

Santa hates me. He blew up my old blue top 4age, no great loss, it was coming out this summer anyway. Depending on what's up with it (sounds like something's hitting the cylinder head, never a good noise) it'll either be fixed (not likely) or swapped for an sc engine. I'll get back to you about it when I get the car back from the garage (would look myself, but working over christmas is hell).