RoadSportS4Avant

I have begun drafting an initial design--it will be about 1.25" thick, meaning you'll either have to cut a hole/ put in a bubble in the hood (which done tastefully actually wouldn't be bad, actually) or the easier method---extend the coilpack harness and mount it to the side.

Initial design will be to have coolant running through vanes that will sit in the boost stream; entire plate will bolt in between the manifold and charger. Reservoir will be hooked up to a constantly-flowing pump (a la VR6 pump---cheap) to pump the coolant through the plate, then to a cooler mounted down below in the airstream. Not unlike an oil cooler. This will actually be much like the water-to-air intercooler I run in one of my 16V turbo setups. Also had idea about another cooling modality wherein a separate catch basin could hold dry ice for additional cooling on 'race day'. Have a buddy of mine back up in Seattle who is an automotive engineer (subcontracted) who swears there is a way to make one using the AC system flow. Of course, that would have to be a charged system and would get a lot more complicated; but also has the potential to make things quite cold in there....

Ideas, suggestions......

Jretal

that would be a really slick setup if you could get it to work. Wouldn't necessarily be that difficult either in all honesty... well, if you forgo the A/C in the car and just reroute the lines to the plate.

Look forward to seeing some progress! Not that it'd affect me any, but still... very cool!

Allroady DungBeetle

Would a water/meth injection be easier and possibly more effective? I too like the AC idea.

Hillbilly

Even if you extend the CP harness and relocate, you will still probably have to bubble/cut the hood. It's not the body of the charger that is the problem...it's the nose and pulley. Look at our hood line from the side, it's a fairly steep drop....that means less clearance in front than in the back. The big problem with that is the hood latch also happens to be in the way Good luck!