TopGun32

not sure if somebody already tried..

but the headlight washers are very close to the HE and re routing the hoses and nozzle should be fairly easy.

The nozzles would have to mounted in front of the HE and bolted on tied to the grill mesh.

best of all.. we have an activation button next to the steering wheel...

I would think the water spray would help to recover faster after a long pull.. or maybe spray before to avoid the spike.

even if the water is warm.. it will still help to cool down the aluminum.

any thoughts?

X2Board

My '05 STI had an intercooler sprayer, that worked just as you described. It did help when the intercooler was heat soaked. A similar system should have some benefit on the 211.

reeper6

actually not a bad idea at all, a few of my buddies and I tried this around 20 years ago (yikes lol) on our Buicks (GN's) worked ok for cool downs in between runs on the highway. At the track though would leave dangerous water in front of rear tires (spinouts).We would fill our washer tanks with ice water haha! Man, the strange stuff we would try out, lol.

ryan b

This sounds promising. I wonder if the water would evaporate on contact or if it would leak all over the place and cause issues at the track.

TopGun32

I just checked the washer nozzles.. 2 pointing 45 degrees apart.. "V" shape

probably just 1 nozzle should work or doing both would be even better.

as mentioned above.. its an old trick and STI's are cars that come to mind when thinking of a intercooler spray. Those have air to air intercooler.. I believe.

this mod will be key on a 90F + day.. and cruising on the freeway.

Spray the HE, wait a few seconds to lift off...

or push the car hard and soke a few times to recover quicker.

I hope others can take a look and see how we can make it work.

shardul

iTrader: (1)

why dont we see if this is actually going to work before we start modding the water sprays.
drive a certain route monitor IATs, then stop splash water on the h/e and drive that same route again to see if IATs drop.
if they do then it is worth doing this

shardul

iTrader: (1)

probably some of the water will leak on the track

mikeevo

My 04 EVO VIII had this as manual or auto settings. does seem to help but you will go thru some water. simple small spray is not enough it will have to squirt for a good 15 seconds or so , or your twin nozzle idea , its is proven for fast cool downs. we use the etoh/water mixture better cooling effect, straight etoh would be the best but it will not last long unless you seal the container. windshield cleaner is what MITSU suggseted. seems like a quick change over.

pearlpower

Now that is some serious out of the box thinking right there! Great idea.

acb

Sounds like a great idea. Perhaps if you junked the OEM nozzles and put on more of a mister it would work better and reduce leakage?

chiromikey

someone (maybe frank) tried spraying the h/e but found the results weren't worth the effort. iirc, it was about 2yrs ago and pics are probably still around here somewhere.

Ali_E55

i though about it before, but it will need alot of water ><

i ran 4 times hard, then stopped and dropped 1.5L cold water on the H/E and it was evaporating @@. it helped when the quantity of water was 1.5L as after 15 seconeds, my fan stopped spinning, which means it was cooled enough, as even without racing as soon as i stop the fan turns on on high speed and low speed but never goes off.

but u know, our weather is not like yours.

Luke_M

Has anybody noticed lower IAT's when it's raining out? It's not scientific but that would tell you something I suppose.

Max.H

Good idea to use with meth water mix. Only thing that bothers me is leaving a puddle of water before doing a run. Someone should run the killer chiller setup. That thing's gotta work.

TheVazha

I've always thought about running the AC hose from the cabin directly into the air intake. You can easily rig it with some rubber hosing and some $.99 clamps. I wonder if the cold air would help get some boost? You can turn it on in the car just like you would your regular AC but you'd have the ice cold air blasiting into the engine instead of the cabin.

TopGun32

my personal reasons to use this set up would be the summer months.

June thorough September.

Its dry heat around here.. and 100F and sitting in traffic will kill your IAT's.

Spraying it for about 15 seconds should provide some heat relief in case you have that situation when you need power. Even if the water is warm. As soon as it touches the aluminum, and air passes by it should help.

Anything under 90F ambient.. it would NOT be as ideal.

I have pretty much all the cooling mods and I'm not worried about the S/C shutting down, i'm just trying to find a simple, cheap relief to the HE under hot weather.

If you ever reached down to touch the HE and its super hot.. then you know what I mean.