Water misted FMIC

[Jeff99GS]

I was thinking of a way to Drop Intercooler temps, my Buddy has a Air to water Intercooler, But once it gets heat soaked its no good Just like the FMIC

I have a portable air conditioner at work and it uses a mist of water in front of a fan to cool the air dramatically, so I was thinking if you re routed your windshield washer line in front of your FMIC. And fill your washer fluid tank with ice water and misted that ice water on the FMIC. it should bring your intake temps down signifigantly.

its like a person sweating. The water will draw heat from the Intercooler and then dissipate with the air moving past it.

I know this sounds like an odd hillbilly rig but I bet it would work! And you wouldn't have to fill a $40 tank of Co2! Water is very efficient at removing heat... it is used in many applications.

I saw a Furnace humidifer tube at home depot that atomizes water into fine particals for $19.99 or you could just cap off your hose and poke a bunch of little tiny holes into it to make a fine mist. when you take a pressurized liquid and realese it out of a tiny orfice it has a cooling effect, thats why NOS, Co2 and refrigerants come out of the bottle so cold!

I'm gunna try it

 

[VelocitàPaola]

Is there a question in there, or are you just sharing a thought?

Good luck with your project, but personally, I don't think it'll work as well as you hope. If you had searched, you would have found that your idea is not a new one. People have tried this, and the results aren't that dramatic. Hell, I'd think nitrous or CO2 would create the biggest effect, but even commercial nitrous intercooler sprayers have been shown to give negligible gains. Good luck nonetheless.

 

[Jeff99GS]

Well I think it would keep it cooler than having nothing at all...kinda like driving in cold rain. If you have a hot piece of steel and put it in a bowl of cool water it dissapates ALL of its heat instantly.... Heat flows to Cool. Anyway i shaved my squirters off my hood so I figure I can put my old pump and bottle to use!
I just figured I would put it up here and see if anyone had tried this or something similar.
I tried to search Water cooled intercoolers and I just got a bunch of crap about air to water IC's.

 

[VelocitàPaola]

I've seen this topic many times before, but I'll keep it open since we've never had a 420A specific discussion (not that it's really necessary).

In any case, it can't hurt, but I just don't think the performance gains will be all that great. If you want something you can really use, start researching water or alcohol injection.

 

[GVR4592]

It actually can have a large affect on intercooler efficiency. Especially if you've reached the limits of your intercooler. With a stock sidemount on a turbo car, the gains were pretty noticeable for me. A lot of the knock I was experiencing was elminated.

 

[420Adriver]

I know that Concept Illusions sells something like that, its called the n-tercooler and lowers temperature as much as 50 degrees.

 

[Defiant]

Misting intercoolers with water, NO2, CO2, alcohol and god knows what has been much-discussed. As proved by its relatively rare implementation, it's an exertion with minimal payback.

 

[totaleclipse_05]

Don't STi's and EVOs have a feature like this from the factory?

 

[VelocitàPaola]

Don't STi's and EVOs have a feature like this from the factory?

Yes.

 

[Jeff99GS]

See then its gotta be worth something if they use it in factory cars....I mean It cant hurt!

I also Have these elements out of an old dairy cooler they are about 6"x 2"x1/4" they hook to 12v and get cold as ice....do you think if I strapped these on to the end tanks of my FMIC it would help at all? I';m kind of a hillbilly rigger, but hey thats how new things get started..... these things are small light wieght and use no mechanical power, just 12volts! they are accually meant to be 24 volts DC but they work on the 14.4 from my car....I used them for bottle coolers on my NOS tank and they got the bottle frosty.

Has anyone ever seen theses things?? they are white and look like porcilan or something like that?

 

[Blitzeclips]

Believe or not, I was actually thikning of doing the EXACT same thing after I boost..

I say go for it buddy, it honestly is better then nothing, costs less then $30, and gives you peace of mind. Plus, I know I'll get bored with no projects after my install, so it would be something really cool to make then use on your car.

I fgured, even if it's unnoticable, sometimes it's worth the extra $30 to see if it IS noticeable..

I'll be doing this project in week or two, sometime after the shootout, so let me know what you use, etc..

So far I'm thinking a hollow piece of metal tubing, co2 bottle, or dairy cooler, and an extra oil line I've got from the kit. A nitrous selenoid would work fine, and if you tap into the hollow tubing at the right locations, the mist could be directed wherever you need it.

Good luck though, let us know how it goes!