>>The ACT Reservoir - Active Cooling Tank Available<<
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Well I went out and checked, no spare. There is a toolkit, very small, probably worth 20lbs. Under the cover my trunk looks like this, it's an extra storage area where I keep my own pump. No room for a Res under there unless I remove this bucket like storage bin and replace it with something flat.
Funny how different these models are, my SL is bare metal under main carpet piece, had spare/tools etc mounted to floor of trunk...
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From someone's car...
It's not as big as some of the other guy's on this forum, but it werks...
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I've looked into a trunk mounted reservoir extensively - and as long as we leave the heat exchanger in place it will actually help to melt the ice even quicker.
The hoses running from the back to the front will either need to be heavily insulated ($$$ and weight!) or will let heat in from the exhaust and underbelly of the vehicle. The pump will create heat, and unless it goes straight into the intercooler from the pump the heat exchanger will actually "pre-heat" the coolant.
For this to work and be effective the hoses need to keep as much heat out of the coolant as possible, and there really needs to be a temperature sensitive bypass valve next to the heat exchanger. If the water approaching the valve is colder than the coolant/water in the heat exchanger it stay shut. When the coolant from the ice box has become heat soaked the valve(s) would introduce the heat exchanger into the system, along with it's capacity in nice cool coolant.
I've used trunk mounted ice boxes on a few supercharged and turbo mustang setups, and needed to change out the coolant after every pass down the drag strip with reservoirs about 2-3 times the size of the one we're looking at in this thread.
I think it WILL help with ETs, and love the design to allow Dry ice, but am skeptic at best until we see some numbers. IAT before and after would be great.
The hoses running from the back to the front will either need to be heavily insulated ($$$ and weight!) or will let heat in from the exhaust and underbelly of the vehicle. The pump will create heat, and unless it goes straight into the intercooler from the pump the heat exchanger will actually "pre-heat" the coolant.
For this to work and be effective the hoses need to keep as much heat out of the coolant as possible, and there really needs to be a temperature sensitive bypass valve next to the heat exchanger. If the water approaching the valve is colder than the coolant/water in the heat exchanger it stay shut. When the coolant from the ice box has become heat soaked the valve(s) would introduce the heat exchanger into the system, along with it's capacity in nice cool coolant.
I've used trunk mounted ice boxes on a few supercharged and turbo mustang setups, and needed to change out the coolant after every pass down the drag strip with reservoirs about 2-3 times the size of the one we're looking at in this thread.
I think it WILL help with ETs, and love the design to allow Dry ice, but am skeptic at best until we see some numbers. IAT before and after would be great.
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Hey Sun, did you need to tune with it? Did you also do before and afters with the setup?
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to your monster and I can't wait to see it run at Famoso.
Thanks for hooking me up with Serge. He's a great guy and ended up helping me out on a Saturday and offered his help on Sunday..... Awesome customer service and his time and efforts are truly appreciated. You Socal boys are lucky to have someone like that .
Thanks again Serge!!!!!!!!!!!
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to your monster and I can't wait to see it run at Famoso. Thanks for hooking me up with Serge. He's a great guy and ended up helping me out on a Saturday and offered his help on Sunday....
. Awesome customer service and his time and efforts are truly appreciated. You Socal boys are lucky to have someone like that . Thanks again Serge!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hey Sun, did you need to tune with it? Did you also do before and afters with the setup?
I to your monster and I can't wait to see it run at Famoso.
Thanks for hooking me up with Serge. He's a great guy and ended up helping me out on a Saturday and offered his help on Sunday..... Awesome customer service and his time and efforts are truly appreciated. You Socal boys are lucky to have someone like that .
Thanks again Serge!!!!!!!!!!!
I
to your monster and I can't wait to see it run at Famoso. Thanks for hooking me up with Serge. He's a great guy and ended up helping me out on a Saturday and offered his help on Sunday....
. Awesome customer service and his time and efforts are truly appreciated. You Socal boys are lucky to have someone like that . Thanks again Serge!!!!!!!!!!!
It would be hard to call my car a monster. That name should be reserved for people like you, Angela, and Mikey! Now YOU guys have MONSTERS...If only I could keep up with yall!!!
Glad he could help you out. He definitely knows the ins and outs of our cars and he's a great asset to the benz community.
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Hey guys....Alan glad to see your home now. Sun what up homie! I will be coming out with a methanol kit with a tune very soon. Looking into flip chips right now to have 2 tunes on one ecu. Ill keep ya guys posted. The methanol without a tune still keeps the iats very very cold. serge
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I've looked into a trunk mounted reservoir extensively - and as long as we leave the heat exchanger in place it will actually help to melt the ice even quicker.
The hoses running from the back to the front will either need to be heavily insulated ($$$ and weight!) or will let heat in from the exhaust and underbelly of the vehicle. The pump will create heat, and unless it goes straight into the intercooler from the pump the heat exchanger will actually "pre-heat" the coolant.
For this to work and be effective the hoses need to keep as much heat out of the coolant as possible, and there really needs to be a temperature sensitive bypass valve next to the heat exchanger. If the water approaching the valve is colder than the coolant/water in the heat exchanger it stay shut. When the coolant from the ice box has become heat soaked the valve(s) would introduce the heat exchanger into the system, along with it's capacity in nice cool coolant.
I've used trunk mounted ice boxes on a few supercharged and turbo mustang setups, and needed to change out the coolant after every pass down the drag strip with reservoirs about 2-3 times the size of the one we're looking at in this thread.
I think it WILL help with ETs, and love the design to allow Dry ice, but am skeptic at best until we see some numbers. IAT before and after would be great.
The hoses running from the back to the front will either need to be heavily insulated ($$$ and weight!) or will let heat in from the exhaust and underbelly of the vehicle. The pump will create heat, and unless it goes straight into the intercooler from the pump the heat exchanger will actually "pre-heat" the coolant.
For this to work and be effective the hoses need to keep as much heat out of the coolant as possible, and there really needs to be a temperature sensitive bypass valve next to the heat exchanger. If the water approaching the valve is colder than the coolant/water in the heat exchanger it stay shut. When the coolant from the ice box has become heat soaked the valve(s) would introduce the heat exchanger into the system, along with it's capacity in nice cool coolant.
I've used trunk mounted ice boxes on a few supercharged and turbo mustang setups, and needed to change out the coolant after every pass down the drag strip with reservoirs about 2-3 times the size of the one we're looking at in this thread.
I think it WILL help with ETs, and love the design to allow Dry ice, but am skeptic at best until we see some numbers. IAT before and after would be great.
well said....I'm the type of shopper who is driven by results and reviews!
