Has anyone tried a CO2 blast to the intercooler using a purge kit?
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The answer to your question is of course, yes people have tried it. I'm going to assume you are looking for performance related information.
DEI claims up to a 60% reduction is air temps. Outside of dyno information, that's about all anyone can say about this. Unless you are looking for somebody to say "Well, spraying my uber L337 CryO2 on my intercooler made my car feel REALLY FAST (ass dyno calculation)......but I haven't dynoed anything or done tests at the track comparing it."
In short, you're gonna get some stupid answers to the performance gains of spraying CO2 onto an intercooler, mainly because I can guarantee you not even 1% of the people who respond to this thread have done significant testing regarding anything relevant to your questions.
If you think DEI's claim of up to 60% reduction in temps is worth it, go buy the system, do significant testing, and finally inform JBO with your educated information. If it sucks, throw it on eBay and some poor tard will purchase the system from you for roughly the same price as new. No harm done.
This is not a slam against you at all. Your question and what I think you're trying to get as an answer is very valid. I've provided in this reply the FACTS of what's claimed and nothing more, since I know of nobody on this forum that has ACTUAL numbers showing gains by dropping the temps of an intercooler. Half of this post is a slam against the idiots who will respond with OPINIONS that have absolutely no bearing on the information you ultimately want to obtain.
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Thanks for the information, Mr. Pute. I'm going to make a CO2 purge system (much cheaper that way) and I'll test it on my vehicle and provide indepth results from both the dyno and track. If the benefits are good, then I will include a CO2 purge system for the intercooler with the future turbo kits my company will produce for the consumer.
Oh they will be up for retail as a universal application if they produce good results.
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Neat. Best of luck.
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I would just make sure that your purge soleniod is rated for that kind of duty cycle. Normally they just open for a short period and close again, they weren't designed for continuous spraying.
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fastcavalier wrote:I would just make sure that your purge soleniod is rated for that kind of duty cycle. Normally they just open for a short period and close again, they weren't designed for continuous spraying.
What makes you think the duty cycle is any different than that of a nitrous system?
You only spray when you want the intercooler cold. Hence, when you're flooring it and trying to build boost. That's exactly the same time in which you'd want a nitrous system to go off, when you're trying to go fast.
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I've got the full CryO2 setup including the water sprayer that you use with the Chill bar. As well I have the intake tube ass'y.
I'll try to get some dyno numbers before and after the CryO2 this summer.
Steve
I am working on making my own using a paintball CO2 canister and a valve setup with some copper tubing. Ya i will have to manually turn the valve on and off but it will still cool it for the time being. But one of the guys at my shop said he saw a 60 degree drop in intake temperature. I think for what it does the price for kit is kinda outrageous.
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stevefire wrote:I've got the full CryO2 setup including the water sprayer that you use with the Chill bar. As well I have the intake tube ass'y.
I'll try to get some dyno numbers before and after the CryO2 this summer.
Steve
Did you notice a difference with it?
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The system I'm making will be armed inside and activated with a button, just like a nitrous system. The folks that work with me at Concept are pretty creative, so it's only in time that we'll bring good stuff on the table for you guys at a good price. My car will be the prototype for this system, and once it's built (in a few months of my spare time), I'll provide
with all the dyno charts and air temps (before) and (after) the CO2.
Thanks guys!
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NJHK (The JBO Negro) wrote:Did you notice a difference with it?
I haven't installed either setup on my car yet as I'm not boosted yet. However, we have noticed a reasonable gain on my friends Matrix.. Before the spray and after the spray, its quite obvious you're gaining something there.
stevefire wrote:NJHK (The JBO Negro) wrote:Did you notice a difference with it?
I haven't installed either setup on my car yet as I'm not boosted yet. However, we have noticed a reasonable gain on my friends Matrix.. Before the spray and after the spray, its quite obvious you're gaining something there.
Thanks for the info.
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i plan to do a very large c02 setup but the only problem is that thecontinuous spraying of the co2 will leave large amounts of frost on the tank. The cylinder is like a 40lb cylinder that will be mounted in the trunk with one spray bar on the bottom of my huge intercooler and two purge like orifices on the top with a manual activation switch and a boost pressure switch so when my methanol injection kit is activated so will the co2. I plan to make a drain in the fiberglass enclosure i will be making for the tank that will drain directly to the bottom of the spare wheel well. This tank will spray liquid co2 at a high velocity higher than normal. I have acquired refridgeration solenoids to use with this system that are 100% duty cycle. I dont know where my bro got this @!#$ but he just dumped it into my lap one day and said have fun
he works on industrial ac stuff and chillers and what not pretty sweet for just saying one thing to him about c02 sprayers. Ill keep ya updated on pics
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