They do cool great, but the pressure drop from being a tight horizonal flow core is huge. They were originally intended for turbo applications. As long as there's room to pulley down to make up for that 2-4psi loss, then its OK as well.
Can you elaborate on intercooler requirements of a turbo setup versus centrifugal?
It's not so much requirements, but ceiling of limits with the compressor and what flow/boost you are trying to achieve. Since most turbo setups have the ability to make up for large pressure drops across the intercooler core by adjusting wastegates, total attainable airflow isn't affected as much. So you can still reach boost targets by just demanding more from the compressor. Many centrifugals are spun pretty high already, and when dealing with large pressure drops, having to pulley down (assuming you have RPM headroom) and reaching belt slip problems etc can be annoying and almost out of reach. I dealt with this many times in the past, and the final solution was to move to quality vertical flow intercoolers (Such as many Bell/Procharger units), which cooled the IAT almost just as well, but only half the pressure drop.
Agreed.
I’m not so sure that there would be a large drop. The core is as large as many companies but at 4” thick instead of 3” like most companies
You'd think, but they are of a rather thick internal bar and plate design. Heavy thick, durable, cools the most out of all designs, but also has the highest pressure drop. Vertical flow tube and fin is usually the best design for ample cooling and the least pressure drop. Many have inlet/outlets on the same side because of design, but there are some that have end tanks of each side as well.
The pic you posted is a bar and plate unit.You'd think, but they are of a rather thick internal bar and plate design. Heavy thick, durable, cools the most out of all designs, but also has the highest pressure drop. Vertical flow tube and fin is usually the best design for ample cooling and the least pressure drop. Many have inlet/outlets on the same side because of design, but there are some that have end tanks of each side as well.
Yep. Vertical flow bar and plate. Best of both designs.
I ran a custom setup on my 18 with a dual BV57 setup as well. A local fabricator should be able to get one made for you as well. Vortech doesn't have any direct bolt in upgrade setups.
Sell me that custom joint so i dont have to wait in line at Rob's.
