How hot does your ignition transformer get?
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How hot does your ignition transformer get?
Talking about the square one in the middle, ignition transformer.
How hot does yours get?
Weird how even swapping a new one in, still quite hot and seems to take forever for it to cool down with the hood open, since it's close the V of the engine..absorbing heat..
Want to isolate it near the bolts and add a heat shrink but I'm not sure if a heat shrink with a small fan will be ok.
How hot does yours get?
Weird how even swapping a new one in, still quite hot and seems to take forever for it to cool down with the hood open, since it's close the V of the engine..absorbing heat..
Want to isolate it near the bolts and add a heat shrink but I'm not sure if a heat shrink with a small fan will be ok.
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Talking about the square one in the middle, ignition transformer.
How hot does yours get?
Weird how even swapping a new one in, still quite hot and seems to take forever for it to cool down with the hood open, since it's close the V of the engine..absorbing heat..
Want to isolate it near the bolts and add a heat shrink but I'm not sure if a heat shrink with a small fan will be ok.
How hot does yours get?
Weird how even swapping a new one in, still quite hot and seems to take forever for it to cool down with the hood open, since it's close the V of the engine..absorbing heat..
Want to isolate it near the bolts and add a heat shrink but I'm not sure if a heat shrink with a small fan will be ok.
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Is it supposed to get hot, but how hot, I'd like to find out.
What's curious is, it's still hotter then anything when the engine is off for a while, intercooler, etc.. is it absorbing heat from the rail it sits on? or does it just need to get that hot to cool off.
lookin for my RF Temp gun, gonna measure it up.
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Here's what I found with the Fluke IR temp gun after immediately after a 1/2 hour drive. Ambient temp was 66 degrees.
IC temps about 76 degrees
Ignition transformer temps about 110-112
My ic temps stay around that temp for at least 5 mins after shut down. But I didn't time them for when they start to heat up. With the hood open the transformer temps drop to 95-100 pretty fast and from there they slowly cool down. I did notice that with the engine covers on things were much hotter. But I haven't had them on since the first few days I got the car so this test was done without them on. Hope that helps
Edit: And since we're talking about statistics I'll share some other findings from about a month ago. My mods are speedriven ecu/tcu and johnson cm30 ic pump everything else is stock. Last night it was 62 degrees ambient and while cruising 70-75 mph I would see anywhere from 84-95 intake air temps while most of the time it would stay around the 91 area. When I came to a stop iat would be from 115-130 depending on how long I was stopped but as soon as I moved the iat's would start dropping instantly. It sure gets hot fast while stopped I would hate to see what the iat's would be if I was stopped in 100 degree weather. I would guess that it would be completely heat soaked. I heard that heat soak is 159 degrees? I didn't get a chance to log them during a pull because I get coil pack misfires at wot.
IC temps about 76 degrees
Ignition transformer temps about 110-112
My ic temps stay around that temp for at least 5 mins after shut down. But I didn't time them for when they start to heat up. With the hood open the transformer temps drop to 95-100 pretty fast and from there they slowly cool down. I did notice that with the engine covers on things were much hotter. But I haven't had them on since the first few days I got the car so this test was done without them on. Hope that helps
Edit: And since we're talking about statistics I'll share some other findings from about a month ago. My mods are speedriven ecu/tcu and johnson cm30 ic pump everything else is stock. Last night it was 62 degrees ambient and while cruising 70-75 mph I would see anywhere from 84-95 intake air temps while most of the time it would stay around the 91 area. When I came to a stop iat would be from 115-130 depending on how long I was stopped but as soon as I moved the iat's would start dropping instantly. It sure gets hot fast while stopped I would hate to see what the iat's would be if I was stopped in 100 degree weather. I would guess that it would be completely heat soaked. I heard that heat soak is 159 degrees? I didn't get a chance to log them during a pull because I get coil pack misfires at wot.
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Thanks, I'll measure mine tomorrow and report up. Having a blast driving around after putting it back together (coil packs and spark plug). It's like a new car.
I guess the transformer gets hot naturally, and needs to radiate as it does and not mainly from engine heat soak..
Did you mod your ic pump to run continuously? I want to do that mod next.. And or get a new pump.
I guess the transformer gets hot naturally, and needs to radiate as it does and not mainly from engine heat soak..
Did you mod your ic pump to run continuously? I want to do that mod next.. And or get a new pump.
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I noticed the same thing ! I am going to move mine. I think in front of the radiator sounds good. I trust the guys from AMG for sure but since I'm an auto electrical specialist the wiring quality will be as good as factory. I don't mind being a ginney pig 
I'll surely share my findings.
I'll surely share my findings.
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Thanks, I'll measure mine tomorrow and report up. Having a blast driving around after putting it back together (coil packs and spark plug). It's like a new car.
I guess the transformer gets hot naturally, and needs to radiate as it does and not mainly from engine heat soak..
Did you mod your ic pump to run continuously? I want to do that mod next.. And or get a new pump.
I guess the transformer gets hot naturally, and needs to radiate as it does and not mainly from engine heat soak..
Did you mod your ic pump to run continuously? I want to do that mod next.. And or get a new pump.
I noticed the same thing ! I am going to move mine. I think in front of the radiator sounds good. I trust the guys from AMG for sure but since I'm an auto electrical specialist the wiring quality will be as good as factory. I don't mind being a ginney pig I'll surely share my findings.
I'll surely share my findings.Trending Topics
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Since I have converted my small secondary radiator to the IC system and set up the fan to turn on when the IC pump does ( the pump up dated unit, turns on at a temp set up by AMG and at this point i don't what that is). I've decided to mount the module in front of that small radiator inside the shroud so it get a good breeze when its needed most. I really think cooling it after shut down would be best but I don't have a timer handy. I do think the engine acts as a heat sink for the module, sounds nuts but it does get hotter than the surrounding areas. 
here is a picture of my IC reservoir
here is a picture of my IC reservoir
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I have decided to run it in front of the radiator for now. The unit so far hasn't created much heat at all by it self. There was a lot of soldering done but at least I know the connections are good. I also used a wire one gauge thicker so as to help handle the extra span. I just have a problem leaving anything alone 
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Very Nice!
Let us know where your gonna mount or did mount it..
Did you cut and solder extend it?
So, it doesn't get hot by itself as much? I thought it got hot by itself, need to confirm that, which means it's picking up heat from somewhere, that rail brace where it mounts too.
also, very nice on the intercooler coolant split.. So the intercoolers uses that other smaller reservoir?
Let us know where your gonna mount or did mount it..
Did you cut and solder extend it?
So, it doesn't get hot by itself as much? I thought it got hot by itself, need to confirm that, which means it's picking up heat from somewhere, that rail brace where it mounts too.
also, very nice on the intercooler coolant split.. So the intercoolers uses that other smaller reservoir?
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Very Nice!
Let us know where your gonna mount or did mount it..
Did you cut and solder extend it?
So, it doesn't get hot by itself as much? I thought it got hot by itself, need to confirm that, which means it's picking up heat from somewhere, that rail brace where it mounts too.
also, very nice on the intercooler coolant split.. So the intercoolers uses that other smaller reservoir?
Let us know where your gonna mount or did mount it..
Did you cut and solder extend it?
So, it doesn't get hot by itself as much? I thought it got hot by itself, need to confirm that, which means it's picking up heat from somewhere, that rail brace where it mounts too.
also, very nice on the intercooler coolant split.. So the intercoolers uses that other smaller reservoir?
The intercoolers use the smaller one and use the secondary radiator mounted in the passenger side fender well connected to the original factory IC in front of the radiator. Here is a pic of where I have the unit mounted.
again, the transformer doesn't get hot alone at all, the heat came from the engine so maybe it could have been left there in the first place. At this point I can't make a determination. I'll leave it there for now, I may move it away from the air flow to other coolers as it again doesn't seem to make much or any of its own heat.
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Nice!
You should do a DIY writeup on spliting the coolant intercooler mod for the V12TT.. I plan on doing that mod.
So it still might be possible to isolate the transformer by some kind heat resistive washers, grommets or something at where it sits..
I saw someone on the forum with a pic who did that but I can't find it or figured out what he used to isolate the heat in place..
But your method of relocating it is probably the best yet.
You should do a DIY writeup on spliting the coolant intercooler mod for the V12TT.. I plan on doing that mod.
So it still might be possible to isolate the transformer by some kind heat resistive washers, grommets or something at where it sits..
I saw someone on the forum with a pic who did that but I can't find it or figured out what he used to isolate the heat in place..
But your method of relocating it is probably the best yet.
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5174970]Nice!
You should do a DIY writeup on spliting the coolant intercooler mod for the V12TT.. I plan on doing that mod.
So it still might be possible to isolate the transformer by some kind heat resistive washers, grommets or something at where it sits..
I saw someone on the forum with a pic who did that but I can't find it or figured out what he used to isolate the heat in place..
But your method of relocating it is probably the best yet.[/quote]
Below is a link to a picture( wouldn't post direct for some reason) where I just installed 4 rubber isolators,(metric) from a junk car a friend had. the unit still got real hot so I spliced (soldered) the 10 wires to a longer string. ****The unit itself seems to make very little heat on its own.**** So moving it into the air flow may not be necessary. Anywhere away from the heat my guess is fine. Here it stays cold but could be damaged by rain or snow. Something to keep in mind.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/dscn2892a.jpg/
You should do a DIY writeup on spliting the coolant intercooler mod for the V12TT.. I plan on doing that mod.
So it still might be possible to isolate the transformer by some kind heat resistive washers, grommets or something at where it sits..
I saw someone on the forum with a pic who did that but I can't find it or figured out what he used to isolate the heat in place..
But your method of relocating it is probably the best yet.[/quote]
Below is a link to a picture( wouldn't post direct for some reason) where I just installed 4 rubber isolators,(metric) from a junk car a friend had. the unit still got real hot so I spliced (soldered) the 10 wires to a longer string. ****The unit itself seems to make very little heat on its own.**** So moving it into the air flow may not be necessary. Anywhere away from the heat my guess is fine. Here it stays cold but could be damaged by rain or snow. Something to keep in mind.
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/dscn2892a.jpg/
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Just curious why you are doing this? The metal hosing voltage converters very rarely fail. The plastic topped ones are more prone to failing. Don't you think the extra exposure to rain/water would cause it to fail sooner from corrosion? All this box is is a step up voltage converter for the coils, it's not the control module
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I think the heat is being transferred from the mount points. I'm not 100% sure.
Need a neat way to isolate it.
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Just curious why you are doing this? The metal hosing voltage converters very rarely fail. The plastic topped ones are more prone to failing. Don't you think the extra exposure to rain/water would cause it to fail sooner from corrosion? All this box is is a step up voltage converter for the coils, it's not the control module
I am used to building cars, doing conversions withing conversions. Locating it somewhere less exposed is a good idea, maybe the head light fender well area.
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all good points,sometimes I just get bored. Maybe a better explanation is often I just think of something and can't help myself I am used to building cars, doing conversions withing conversions. Locating it somewhere less exposed is a good idea, maybe the head light fender well area.
I am used to building cars, doing conversions withing conversions. Locating it somewhere less exposed is a good idea, maybe the head light fender well area.How about doing a Brabus style quad IC set up ? While your at it make a kit so the rest of us can do it also !
Or
Why not make up some fresh air intake kits ?
I'm sure others would be interested in these also.
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See if you could McGyver one of this either in the front intake or just before the intercooler:
http://www.designengineering.com/cat...yo2-air-intake
It chills the intake further..
That should cool down the intercooler along with the split coolant install..
http://www.designengineering.com/cat...yo2-air-intake
It chills the intake further..
That should cool down the intercooler along with the split coolant install..
