st205 charge cooler operating questions
Moderators: IMOC Moderators, IMOC Committee Members
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
and for those that asked the pipe work looks just under 25mm OD
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
shinny wrote:You shouldn't be getting near boiling the water in the system if the pump is actually flowing coolant around the system.I have a temperature gauge on the coolant outlet of the charge cooler and the worst I see on a functioning system is around 20°C over ambient immediately after boosting.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
My money is on the pump had it or not up to the job in the first place.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
jasongtr wrote:and for those that asked the pipe work looks just under 25mm OD
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
19mm ID is what's generally used on the charger cooler conversions.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
jasongtr wrote:and for those that asked the pipe work looks just under 25mm OD
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Great, 25mm is right but that should be ID.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
That small change going up to 25mm ID could well give you a 25% increase in water flow depending on where the pump is on its curve.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
To make the heat exchangers work well they need
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Designer for turbo set ups on F1 cars, and Nitrous Oxide Systems of the USA in the 80s
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
Random double post
- ages after the first one, perhaps my phone is running hot too
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Last edited by jasongtr on Tue Sep 24, 2013 6:34 pm, edited 2 times in total.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Re: st205 charge cooler operating questions
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
jasongtr wrote:Next question then, what's the upgrade? Radtech?
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
Bigger pipe work, bigger pump and a real charger cooler.
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
![](./images/smilies/spacer.gif)
http://www.bellintercoolers.com/_pages/ ... dCore.html
Designer for turbo set ups on F1 cars, and Nitrous Oxide Systems of the USA in the 80s