GSpeed C7 Z06 Cooling Development
#322
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Looks good. Any photos with bumper off showing intercoolers mounted?
Also, in normal driving conditions or stop and go traffic in warm weather, will the supercharger stay cool given that there is no fan to pull air through? Obviously fan is not needed at high speed or performance driving. Thanks in advance
Also, in normal driving conditions or stop and go traffic in warm weather, will the supercharger stay cool given that there is no fan to pull air through? Obviously fan is not needed at high speed or performance driving. Thanks in advance
Granted, we didn't directly test the scenario you described, but we don't anticipate that being an issue. The heat generated by the supercharger is related to the load on the engine, so if the car's not working hard, the supercharger won't be either. Ambient airflow should be more than enough.
Thanks for clearing that up.
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And speaking of bumper cutouts, here's the new shape of our cutouts:
We had to revise the location very slightly from Operations's car to better clear the brake ducts, and we're keeping a slightly lower profile for a cleaner look than previous designs. I'm pretty excited about this one, the first parts are being created by the 3D printer as I type this.
Jake
We had to revise the location very slightly from Operations's car to better clear the brake ducts, and we're keeping a slightly lower profile for a cleaner look than previous designs. I'm pretty excited about this one, the first parts are being created by the 3D printer as I type this.
Jake
Did you consider having the "darts" match up with the ones on the opening of the bumper?
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Hope that makes sense.
Jake
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#327
Good point. Also would be good to know about the extraction in the wheel well so the coolers would not get damaged as well. I assume it would be some sort of fins pointed downward to protect from rocks and also let the wheel rotation help with the extraction.
Last edited by 5thGear; 12-28-2016 at 05:52 PM.
#328
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Right now we're using mesh. Given the turbulence generated by a rotating wheel, we had no airflow issues without louvers directing airflow. Louvers would be nice, and will likely come later.
#330
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Great note to end the (work) year. CAD model updated with current hose routing, BMRS fittings, and molded hoses for reservoir & pump supply lines.
For those of you that were asking about grills, you can see the honeycomb steel mesh that's protecting the heat exchangers in this shot.
Happy new year!
For those of you that were asking about grills, you can see the honeycomb steel mesh that's protecting the heat exchangers in this shot.
Happy new year!
#331
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Great note to end the (work) year. CAD model updated with current hose routing, BMRS fittings, and molded hoses for reservoir & pump supply lines.
For those of you that were asking about grills, you can see the honeycomb steel mesh that's protecting the heat exchangers in this shot.
Happy new year!
For those of you that were asking about grills, you can see the honeycomb steel mesh that's protecting the heat exchangers in this shot.
Happy new year!
Could you tell us a bit about the way the air is channeled into the main core? Are there new deflectors made to account for the stock HE being removed in the center of the bumper?
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Hope that answers your question!
Jake
#333
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The air passing through the engine radiators is channeled in a manner very similar to the OEM shroud, packaging constraints being what they are. The shrouds you see in that render are for our Stage II package, which uses two engine radiators in series (fluid flow) while both getting "fresh" ambient temperature air. The Stage I package uses OEM and OEM-fitment radiator (DeWitt's 57mm, for example).
Hope that answers your question!
Jake
Hope that answers your question!
Jake
#334
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We relocate and move some components with our stage 2 system, which is what necessitated the new shroud.
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#336
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very cool thread. thanks Gspeed for all of this engineering and I can't imagine how many hundreds of man hours if not thousands.
It still amazes me that GM (corvette engineering) allowed this car to be released in it's current form by stating it is the most track capable corvette ever.. they forgot to mention for a couple laps unless you're running in cool air??
just a bit of advice on these bumper cutout moldings. Make sure there's some type of gasket on the backside where it meets the bumper cover so it can give a little with heating and cooling of the cover as the molding/mesh won't move at the same rate..
this is the mistake GM made with the front fender inserts. my car along with just about every Z06 i've looked at has paint cracking in the corners bottom more so than the top. but nonetheless, the constant expanding and contracting of that opening is causing the insert to disrupt the paint. and it only spreads out from there..
great thread, great job.
It still amazes me that GM (corvette engineering) allowed this car to be released in it's current form by stating it is the most track capable corvette ever.. they forgot to mention for a couple laps unless you're running in cool air??
just a bit of advice on these bumper cutout moldings. Make sure there's some type of gasket on the backside where it meets the bumper cover so it can give a little with heating and cooling of the cover as the molding/mesh won't move at the same rate..
this is the mistake GM made with the front fender inserts. my car along with just about every Z06 i've looked at has paint cracking in the corners bottom more so than the top. but nonetheless, the constant expanding and contracting of that opening is causing the insert to disrupt the paint. and it only spreads out from there..
great thread, great job.
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#337
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Being the OCD sufferer I am; I just don't like the way the cutouts don't match up to the oem grill very well. It does look better than LG's work, but just looks off.
Great work GSPEED.........it's the practicality that matters.
Great work GSPEED.........it's the practicality that matters.
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very cool thread. thanks Gspeed for all of this engineering and I can't imagine how many hundreds of man hours if not thousands.
It still amazes me that GM (corvette engineering) allowed this car to be released in it's current form by stating it is the most track capable corvette ever.. they forgot to mention for a couple laps unless you're running in cool air??
just a bit of advice on these bumper cutout moldings. Make sure there's some type of gasket on the backside where it meets the bumper cover so it can give a little with heating and cooling of the cover as the molding/mesh won't move at the same rate..
this is the mistake GM made with the front fender inserts. my car along with just about every Z06 i've looked at has paint cracking in the corners bottom more so than the top. but nonetheless, the constant expanding and contracting of that opening is causing the insert to disrupt the paint. and it only spreads out from there..
great thread, great job.
It still amazes me that GM (corvette engineering) allowed this car to be released in it's current form by stating it is the most track capable corvette ever.. they forgot to mention for a couple laps unless you're running in cool air??
just a bit of advice on these bumper cutout moldings. Make sure there's some type of gasket on the backside where it meets the bumper cover so it can give a little with heating and cooling of the cover as the molding/mesh won't move at the same rate..
this is the mistake GM made with the front fender inserts. my car along with just about every Z06 i've looked at has paint cracking in the corners bottom more so than the top. but nonetheless, the constant expanding and contracting of that opening is causing the insert to disrupt the paint. and it only spreads out from there..
great thread, great job.
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Jake