Kincaid Performance Killer Chiller

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Last edited by pearlpower; Dec 30, 2011 at 01:30 AM.
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I looked everywhere for a 3 way diverter valve that was small and looked somewhat strong. The only one was this one - a diverter valve made for marine use: http://www.thmarine.com/products/Aer...Diverter-Valve. I came across a lot of diverter valves, but they were heavy, big or not actually able to give me 3 diverter flow choices (where when you divert flow to one side it also blocks flow to the other side). I ended up finding a marine-use diverter valve. Its plastic, so light and small. Since its made for marine use, I am hoping it also means it is somewhat strong enough for daily use. I did have to cut off that extended plastic end that sticks out (its meant to hold a hard wire so you can use a push/pull wire to open/close/divert the flow). In this way, the "summer" flow from the pump goes into the KC, then to the IC and then back to the tank (no water flow to/from the HE). For "winter" flow, you divert the flow from the pump to the HE, you will need another T valve with a open/close valve attached to it, so it can flow back into the KC. I have a sketch showing how I plumbed everything but am not able to upload right now.
Here is a picture of the diverter valves and everything. I know it looks a little "frankensteinish" but it works. Usually, all of this is hidden away by the pump/behind the bumper. But, I wanted a setup that allowed me to open the hood and with the push of valve make the change / divert the flow from the pump to the KC (bypassing the HE for summer) or the pump to the HE and then to the KC (incorporating the HE for winter). Also, this pic shows the KN filters from the CAI as offset, but I will be making the adjustments to make sure both filters are at the same level.
I also attached a pic of how it looks with the hood closed. After all of this, Joe was correct. The KC was more efficient with the HE out of the loop/diverted for summer time. Today ambiant was 84 and the KC had the IATs 27 to 33 degrees below ambiant (51-57 IATs) in normal city driving and 22 to 27 below ambiant (57 to 62 IATs) at highway speeds around 75 to 85 mph. I was not able to do any decent WOT runs to see where the IATS were after WOT or back to back WOT runs. I am hoping to have time and a clear road to do so by end of this week.
Last edited by jcjmw; May 15, 2012 at 10:20 AM.
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