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It's just a point cloud now, but once we get intercooler dimensions we'll model the upper plenum and start working out the details. The idea is to replace the air/air setups for centrifugal blown cars to reduce complexity and significantly reduce IAT's.
So the idea right now is to create a billet upper plenum that the intercooler will bolt to, and then the entire assembly will bolt to the lower plenum. We bought the Whipple intercooler (pictured) but I'm not sure if we're gonna use it or not. I'd like to stuff a larger intercooler in there if possible.
I haven't been able to dedicate any time to this project lately, but hopefully soon.
Personally, I think this is going to be awesome because it will open up so much space in the engine bay and in front of the radiator. At the end of the day, nothing is as good as an air/water intercooler.
At PRI this year I was talking to Texsense about different thermocouple probes and they had a couple of cool attachments to their standard thermocouples.
I'm going to use something similar to these spark plug attachments (but for use with tapered end plugs) to measure cylinder head temperature, (on the intake side also) As you all know, they cylinder heads are prone to air pockets if they don't have a steam kit, and even though this car is using a steam kit, I'm curious to compare cylinder head temperature in different spots as compared to ECT.
I have a tendency to geek out and capture too much data, but as far as I'm concerned you can never have enough data! With enough of the right information, I'd never have to get out of the car to diagnose any problem!
I found a company the other day that will add pressure transducers to a spark plug for you.. so you can log cylinder pressure in real time. The catch is you have to have something that can log fast enough for it to be of any use. HP Tuners won't cut it for that kind of work. Might could just use an oscilloscope
I found a company the other day that will add pressure transducers to a spark plug for you.. so you can log cylinder pressure in real time. The catch is you have to have something that can log fast enough for it to be of any use. HP Tuners won't cut it for that kind of work. Might could just use an oscilloscope
In-cylinder pressure analysis is the realest test there is for engine power output that's for sure! The software tools are as important as the sensor. Ben showed us this back in 2010 and it blew my mind... Here's a little video he just did a couple weeks ago
Since I haven't made much (or any) progress on the car lately, I figured I'd post a video of a 9.97 pass from 2014. I love the fact that I can daily drive this car, with A/C and have it run 9's with minimal mods... and go to Costco and fit a pile of groceries in the back! Hella practical.
Two cases of water? Check.
Garden Hose? Check.
Home air filters? Check.
There's a mini-fridge under there somewhere!
In-cylinder pressure analysis is the realest test there is for engine power output that's for sure! The software tools are as important as the sensor. Ben showed us this back in 2010 and it blew my mind... Here's a little video he just did a couple weeks ago
That's a shame given it's $200 for the kit... issues I readily see:
Y hose from pump to block fittings will need to be modified to clear AC
Appears that it will place the pump at the frame rail
May need to relocate pump to in front of wheel
Tensioner is mounted to removed water pump
If new bracket fab'd for tensioner, Belt will pass thru TB
Any other issues you see?
04-11-2016, 02:15 PM
