Anybody else run one?

My goal is extremely low pressure drop. I finally have the core.
I just need to form the tanks.




Of course the tubes are shorter, but there are 36% more of them, larger at that. (stock tube width is approx. .125", these are .25" w/ 12 fpi)
Core thickness is 3.5", compared to the stock 2.63".

I'm hoping to decrease lag with this setup. I'm just curious about heat transfer.
If anybody has experience with one, some info would be great.

 

Back in my Mr2 days I was one of the lucky few to run the HKS sidemount IC which was a tube and fin and vertical flow style. It was diferent from the more common greddy sidemount horizotal flow most people ran back then. This was back in 1998ish,btw, haha(ya im old). People seemed to talk about heat soaking with the greddy, I never had any issues, temps were logged via laptop through my haltech. This was on a ~300rwhp fully gutted mr2 turbo on hoosiers during midwest summers on a track. I did have a ic fan that would be fully on with vehicle on. That is my only experience with it, but remember MR2 intercoolers are half the size of stock evo intercoolers too.

How are you going to run the IC pipes? Good luck with your project.

 

The general rule of thumb is that the longer the air spends in the cooling tubes, the better; more time for heat transfer. Top to bottom intercoolers (short run) should only be used when there's fitment issues.
Since you already have time and money invested, rock it. As long as you are not out of the turbo's effiecency range it still should flow better then stock.

 

This is what I have, so far. I'll have to revise the drawing a little as I assemble it on the car. I think I'll have to shorten the inlet pipe a little.
Tonight, I'll be working on the wooden mandrels to form oval the piping. I still have to do the two bottom brackets, top view.

 

I know there are others working on this type of setup. Subscribing...will be interesting to see the results.