Trunk Tank Installation
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Trunk Tank Installation
I just received my Ice Tank and ordered all the hoses and connections, not quite sure on the best route for the 3/4 inch hoses to get from the trunk and past exhaust/axle/fuel tank. Can anyone post some pictures of the best route.
I tried searching but had no luck.
I tried searching but had no luck.
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put some header wrap on the hoses when they run by the passenger side exhaust.
run them over the axels and sub frame and under the plastic sheilds into the front wheel well .
I have had mine like this for about a year now without any issues.
BTW do you have a pump mounted in the tank?
run them over the axels and sub frame and under the plastic sheilds into the front wheel well .
I have had mine like this for about a year now without any issues.
BTW do you have a pump mounted in the tank?
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I will have an additional pump installed in the trunk, when you say over the axle and subframe do you mean between the bodywork and the subframe? Is there enough room?
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there is some room, once the car is on the lift you will be able to figure out how to run the hose in that area.
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It was made in the UK by a company called ProAlloy, it does have a Y shaped spray bar for the return which is 3/4 inch. The "spray" is 1/4 inch holes all along the bar, it can still flow more than the 2 pumps we tested it with and we have a 3rd one just in case.
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Had the tank fitted but not without issues, not sure if the wagon has a different layout to the sedan but there was no way we could get the pipes over the subframe, after a lot of head scratching the solution was to go through the rear of the well towards the tailgate and split the out and return down either side of the car. Pipes run over the rear and front arches behind the plastic.
We ended up just fitting 2 pumps and the flow seems fine through the spray bar, have not used ice yet only water with coolant and with 80 deg ambient have been running 95 to 107 deg on consecutive WOT pulls
We ended up just fitting 2 pumps and the flow seems fine through the spray bar, have not used ice yet only water with coolant and with 80 deg ambient have been running 95 to 107 deg on consecutive WOT pulls
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Just to clarify, you are spraying water on the front heat exchanger? Whatever you are doing, if you are seeing a max IAT of 107*F with ambients in 80s, that is awesome.
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I am sure the IAT's will increase once the car has sustained WOT, the 107 was after 2 x back to back 0-80mph at full WOT. I was also a little surprised.
I will be at an event soon that has a 2 mile straight with 1.7 mile before the braking point so will log and see how it performs.
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Thanks for the clarification. Those are some amazing results and a great data point for a large tank and split cooling. Do you happen to have IAT data before you installed the tank?
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Before recent work car was measured as having 0.3 bar cat back exhaust back pressure and 0.1 bar intake vacuum measurement taken after TB and was running up to 160 IAT at the end of a 1/4.
I have 3 logs all 2 x 0-80 mph full WOT
1st before complete decat 3 inch exhaust and Needswings CAI
158 IAT 75 ambient
2nd after decat and CAI before trunk tank
140 IAT 77 ambient
3rd Trunk tank no ice
117 IAT 80 ambient
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Sorry mistake on the figures was 117 not 107 IAT!
Before recent work car was measured as having 0.3 bar cat back exhaust back pressure and 0.1 bar intake vacuum measurement taken after TB and was running up to 160 IAT at the end of a 1/4.
I have 3 logs all 2 x 0-80 mph full WOT
1st before complete decat 3 inch exhaust and Needswings CAI
158 IAT 75 ambient
2nd after decat and CAI before trunk tank
140 IAT 77 ambient
3rd Trunk tank no ice
117 IAT 80 ambient
Before recent work car was measured as having 0.3 bar cat back exhaust back pressure and 0.1 bar intake vacuum measurement taken after TB and was running up to 160 IAT at the end of a 1/4.
I have 3 logs all 2 x 0-80 mph full WOT
1st before complete decat 3 inch exhaust and Needswings CAI
158 IAT 75 ambient
2nd after decat and CAI before trunk tank
140 IAT 77 ambient
3rd Trunk tank no ice
117 IAT 80 ambient
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The pump feed is pretty low down and also has a collector similar to in a fuel tank but yes I can see what you are saying.
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