Moving the intercooler fluid resevoir?
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Moving the intercooler fluid resevoir?
Has anyone moved their intercooler fuild resevoir from the engine bay to the trunk? In this regard, I feel like the STi did a better job.
A gallon of water (I'm not sure about the resevoir capacity, but I think it's one US gallon?) weighs about 8.3 pounds. Seems like it would be helpful to move that weight to the back of the car. Plus this way the intercooler fluid would be lower temp because it's farther away from the engine.
Anyone?
A gallon of water (I'm not sure about the resevoir capacity, but I think it's one US gallon?) weighs about 8.3 pounds. Seems like it would be helpful to move that weight to the back of the car. Plus this way the intercooler fluid would be lower temp because it's farther away from the engine.
Anyone?
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You certainly could move it to the back. But you might have to create some sort of custom bottle to hold the liquid. Since up front, the IC bottle is of an odd shape with it's really long neck and narrow body.
If you used the stock bottle, you would likely have to block off its overflow hole...or drill a hole in the trunk floor to accomodate the drain hose.
You could probably leave the pump up front, since it could likely handle the extra load of having to pump water down 10 feet of piping instead of 2 ft.
Then it would just be a matter of plumbing in the new bottle with rubber tubing.
But I wouldn't expect that the temps of the liquid hitting the the front of the IC to be any different than if the bottle was under the hood......since the liquid has to pass down at least 10-15 ft of tubing through the hot cabin or under the car, and into the engine bay before it hits the IC.
Might be a fun project though.
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If you used the stock bottle, you would likely have to block off its overflow hole...or drill a hole in the trunk floor to accomodate the drain hose.
You could probably leave the pump up front, since it could likely handle the extra load of having to pump water down 10 feet of piping instead of 2 ft.
Then it would just be a matter of plumbing in the new bottle with rubber tubing.
But I wouldn't expect that the temps of the liquid hitting the the front of the IC to be any different than if the bottle was under the hood......since the liquid has to pass down at least 10-15 ft of tubing through the hot cabin or under the car, and into the engine bay before it hits the IC.
Might be a fun project though.
SC~