cooling down the supercharger
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cooling down the supercharger
are the lines coming from the supercharger oil lines or coolant lines? i assume just oil? but is there a way to run a oil cooler off those lines? maybe to make it cooler? i know theres the whole, intercooler set up. but if im not mistaken you have to tune the car with the intercooler set up. so the oil cooler whould not have to be tuned and could be placed the front bumper to get cold air. please someone throw in info!im very tempted to try this asap!
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There is an oil line that runs off the main engine line that provides lubricant and cooling only on the impeller side. The version 1 s/c had issues with burning up a seal and leaking oil. They supposedly fixed this issue in the version 2 (so far no issues on mine). With the s/c running oil from the engine, the hot oil will sit on the seals/o-rings and deteriorate them over time. A turbo timer can help with the longevity of those seals but ultimately they will have to be replaced... along with a variety of other routine maintenance items that come along with the s/c.
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Version 1 has a tamper proof cover on the bolt, Version 2 has a tamper proof bolt head.
Version 1 has a slim cover over the drive shaft, Version 2 has a larger, tapered shaft cover.
The temperature of the oil will barely change the intake charge temperature.
The intercooler or water/meth injection are two far more effective ways to cool the charged air. A tiny improvement is making sure the intake is pulling cooler air instead of stagnant/heated air from the engine bay.
Version 1 has a slim cover over the drive shaft, Version 2 has a larger, tapered shaft cover.
The temperature of the oil will barely change the intake charge temperature.
The intercooler or water/meth injection are two far more effective ways to cool the charged air. A tiny improvement is making sure the intake is pulling cooler air instead of stagnant/heated air from the engine bay.
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Do not add an oil cooler for the supercharger. Adding it to the supply line will get you cold oil in the winter which is a bad thing. Adding it to the discharge line just cools oil going into the drain pan. And neither will have any affect on performance.
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yeah but $2.3k is almost a turbo kit. at that price i could have 10+psi tuned and many other mods.
i was just trying to figure out a way to cool down the s/c other then meth and intercooler. figured hot oil was just heating up the unit. yeah its lubricating it. but that hot oil is still hot there for heating it up. if the intercooler didnt require tunning i would jump on a d.i.y kit. and Meth i mite just do. but you can't use that every sec. so that's why i thought about cooling the oil. i understand the oil could get to cold in the winter.but what about the summer?
i was just trying to figure out a way to cool down the s/c other then meth and intercooler. figured hot oil was just heating up the unit. yeah its lubricating it. but that hot oil is still hot there for heating it up. if the intercooler didnt require tunning i would jump on a d.i.y kit. and Meth i mite just do. but you can't use that every sec. so that's why i thought about cooling the oil. i understand the oil could get to cold in the winter.but what about the summer?
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yeah but $2.3k is almost a turbo kit. at that price i could have 10+psi tuned and many other mods.
i was just trying to figure out a way to cool down the s/c other then meth and intercooler. figured hot oil was just heating up the unit. yeah its lubricating it. but that hot oil is still hot there for heating it up. if the intercooler didnt require tunning i would jump on a d.i.y kit. and Meth i mite just do. but you can't use that every sec. so that's why i thought about cooling the oil. i understand the oil could get to cold in the winter.but what about the summer?
i was just trying to figure out a way to cool down the s/c other then meth and intercooler. figured hot oil was just heating up the unit. yeah its lubricating it. but that hot oil is still hot there for heating it up. if the intercooler didnt require tunning i would jump on a d.i.y kit. and Meth i mite just do. but you can't use that every sec. so that's why i thought about cooling the oil. i understand the oil could get to cold in the winter.but what about the summer?
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im not saying it doesnt work. all im saying is at that price id rather go turbo. just thought id throw out another idea that might have not been thought/talked about.
but 2.3k id rather make a d.i.y kit. as ive seen done on here before for $500 or less and have 1.8k left over for other race proven technology.
not trying to be a dick.so please dont think that.
its one thing to "pay to play" and its another to simply get more from your dollar
but 2.3k id rather make a d.i.y kit. as ive seen done on here before for $500 or less and have 1.8k left over for other race proven technology.
not trying to be a dick.so please dont think that.
its one thing to "pay to play" and its another to simply get more from your dollar
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The temperature of the oil isn't going to affect the air temp. The amount of heat transfer from the compressor itself is going to be insignificant compared to the energy you are adding to the air by compressing it.
If you want to cool the air down, cool the air down.
If you want to cool the air down, cool the air down.