If anyone have more pictures please post them, also all information/thoughts about this solution is very appreciated.


I have measured on my car and it shortens the piping with ~40 inch!

One problem is the radiator, it will be abit smaller than stock.

Keep the information coming!

 

That thing is sick!

What I really like is how the passages are tapered at the ends to improve airflow like some of the ARC intercoolers.

 

The radiator on the Runduce car is slightly shorter than the OEM radiator but it's also 3 times thicker so it actually cools better. The radiator does not have a filler neck so the tank to the left of the IC piping is a combo of filler neck and aerating/swirl tank.

The outlet side of the IC looks good but I would like to see the inlet.

 

I think Peter from ISP racing.com was doing that a few months ago, not sure if it was for the Evo or the turbo viper project he's working on

 

weird intercooler setup.......but i'm sure the thing hauls...........

 

I thought about it but you would also have to make radiator so it would fit as far as the time and money your going to waste its not worth it that core is only good for 600whp the way that core is laid out.

 

Vertical fin intercooler designs are far more efficient than horizontal. Better throttle response and about 30% better cooling per area of ic. I am trying to come up with a custom one for track duty

 

This idea that shorter but thicker cored IC´s, "cool better", is in opposition to another school of thought which argues that a larger frontal surface area is better for cooling.

 

The Runduce radiator is, atmost, 3" or less shorter than the OEM radiator but is the same thickness or slightly thicker than a typical aftermarket radiator so your reply doesn't apply to this situation.

I am hoping to catch an upclose glimpse at this car at one of the Auto Salons next year but I am pretty sure they only lowered the upper tank just enough for the IC piping to clear the hood. Heck, they could have used a normal sized radiator with altered mounts but I am sure that is not the case.

The Runduce setup also uses a "directed air" configuration so almost all of the incoming cooling air is forced to go through the IC and radiator instead of losing as much as 30% to air "escaping" around the sides/top/bottom of the IC and radiator.

 

It looks great and I'll bet that it does indeed lower charge air temperatures significantly. However, when you say, "cools better than...", just how much better is that, exactly? Do you have any empirical data, such as temps in vs. temps out, as well as, pressure drop across the core...stuff like that? I must admit that it does look nice. The upper intercooler pipe is a work of art as well...beautiful welds.

 

interesting setup...except those spark plug wires look like Nology Hotwires....haha, I remember them back in the honda days

 

crazy design...

 

any more info someone?

 

I made a little drawing, what do you think about it?

 

The decrease of 40" of piping by itself is worth it even this core desgin didnt "add" power. Charge volume directly relates to lag, less piping, less lag.