MR2 Intercooler Fan.........???post asap

[Justins99GSX]

I have a spare intercooler fan off my brothers MR2 ....... my question to the forums is what you guys think.........bad idea or good. I think i should be able to squeeze the fan in the duct for the intercooler and hook it up to a switch in the glovebox or somewhere else in the car..... live in tucson and noticed that the crappy sidemount gets heatsoaked quick....don't quite have enough money to buy a FMIC (am working on it though) and thought this could be a easy mod that dosen't cost me anything....let me knw what you guys think....

Justin

 

[Burnett03]

I have a spare intercooler fan off my brothers MR2 ....... my question to the forums is what you guys think.........bad idea or good. I think i should be able to squeeze the fan in the duct for the intercooler and hook it up to a switch in the glovebox or somewhere else in the car..... live in tucson and noticed that the crappy sidemount gets heatsoaked quick....don't quite have enough money to buy a FMIC (am working on it though) and thought this qould be a easy mod that dosen't cost me anything....let me knw what you guys think....

bad idea

 

[Justins99GSX]

any reason why????

 

[xcelr8n]

Curious as to why this is such a bad idea? I know its not a common practice, but hell fans are used to keep rads cooler, maybe its not the greatest idea, but dont just say bad idea and leave it at that.

 

[Justins99GSX]

Curious as to why this is such a bad idea? I know its not a common practice, but hell fans are used to keep rads cooler, maybe its not the greatest idea, but dont just say bad idea and leave it at that.

Thats what i was thinking and since i don't have butt loads of money to blow on my dsm i thought this would be a simple solution...

 

[Justins99GSX]

no one out there has any other opinions????

 

[guitarXgeek]

no one out there has any other opinions????

Well if it's a puller fan it would be fairly beneficial if you mounted it behind the intercooler to pull air through it. However, a pusher fan mounted in front would probably do more harm than good.

If it's a pull-type fan mounted behind the intercooler, then I say go for it. If you can get better charge air cooling while utilizing the stock side-mount then that's awesome. What would be really neat is if you could get a temp probe mounted right after the intercooler and get some temps with and without the fan.

 

[yangtech]

i use to owned two MR2 Turbos before my talon and the fans worked great on it... i had dual fans on it... one runs all the time when car is on and one on a switch... it helped with the heat soak and kept the intercooler cool..

 

[psychlow]

I completely agree that a pull-type fan of the right size could be beneficial, especially in traffic.

 

[Justins99GSX]

Well if it's a puller fan it would be fairly beneficial if you mounted it behind the intercooler to pull air through it. However, a pusher fan mounted in front would probably do more harm than good.

If it's a pull-type fan mounted behind the intercooler, then I say go for it. If you can get better charge air cooling while utilizing the stock side-mount then that's awesome. What would be really neat is if you could get a temp probe mounted right after the intercooler and get some temps with and without the fan.

well i did some test fitting a little while ago and well it tough to say that its a puller and won't fit behind the intercooler...... as for in front of the intercooler i tried reversing the power but all it does is push air to the sides and not straight out so im gonna see if i can't turn the fan around and try it that way...ill post as soon as i can get it to work

 

[Defiant]

any reason why????

The volume of cool air coming through the inside of the IC when not boosting will far surpass anything a fan could pump through the fins. No fan can keep up with what comes in through the front-end of the car after 10 miles an hour. A fan on the IC might have a slight benefit when stopped and at idle, but not enough to make it worth the bother.

Do not bump your threads in the future, or they will be locked.

 

[pneumo]

Why not hook up a hose to your rear washer motor/resevior and make a cheap IC sprayer? I've noticed a slight difference with the stock sidemount on my daily driver.