V-Mount Intercooler?

[Ebush]

Anyone on here running a V-Mount setup? Im just curious to hear first hand experience about how it improved or hurt the performance and efficiency of your spool time and coolant temps.

No matter what I will need to mount my radiator at an angle in my S2000 and figure a V-mount setup may be the way to go. My interooler is 32x12x4 and dual back door style. My radiator is 31x16x3 and I have a Flex-a-lite dual fan/shroud combo.

The below pics arent my car, but its a similar setup to how I think I would want to run mine.







I also like how you cant tell the car has a turbo when it is parked since there is no intercooler hanging out the front bumper.

[Ebush]

Cant do any mock up on my car right now but I know the measurments of the area I can do the v-mount setup. The below pics show how it would all be angled, using the maximum space I have available. Would this be ok? I know I see some setups where the intercooler is completely horizontal (mine would almost be). Does air still find its way up through the intercooler or does it all just get sucked through the radiator due to the fans? Im new the the V mount deal, and just dont want to put something together that is ineffective.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Ive done research, but its hard to trust these other forums...

[digitalsolo]

I have no idea how v-mounts work (well, I get the theory) but I'm interested.   Most that I've seen seem to use hoods vented in low pressure areas to pull air through the intercooler.

[Ebush]

I have no idea how v-mounts work (well, I get the theory) but I'm interested.   Most that I've seen seem to use hoods vented in low pressure areas to pull air through the intercooler.

Yeah, I get them in theory too, its just I never really see them. I dont think people avoid them because they are bad, they avoid them because its so much easier to just do a front mount.

I do have a vented hood now for the S2K, so Im sure that would help. I would have enough room to throw a small 10" fan ontop the intercooler, but I wouldnt be able to shroud it.

[mefarri]

I'm pretty sure a proper v mount setup is more efficient than a standard front mount setup.  From everything I've read on it that's pretty much the take on it.  Now, the problem is most people don't do it correctly and then say it sucks.  Like not having a vented hood like Blake said.  That's pretty much a must.  Keep it all ducted and it'll work well.

[V8-rx7]

I have built a couple of v mounts, you have to duct it and it helps a lot to have a vented hood to vent all the hot air coming off it. That being said the last one I did was on an FD still rotary powered with a stock hood and no ducting yet. But temps stay below 190 f and AIT stay pretty cool.

[Ebush]

Thanks guys, thats exactly what I wanted to hear. First hand experience from someone smart enough to swap an RX7.

Im looking forward to getting this combo mounted, just waiting on my fans and shroud to show up. Ordered them 3 weeks ago and they say they will be here in two weeks.

[spacevomit]

Agreed, V-mount is a good optimization (or seems like one, I haven't used it before).

[zbrown]

I think they suck. Just me though

[spacevomit]

Why don't you like them Zac? My thinking is that a proper setup would gain more in cooling for the radiator, than it would lose for the intercooler. But (maybe) it's more dependent on ducting (to see an improvement overall). Would be interesting to see back-to-back tests, both fully ducted. But I haven't messed with one (maybe it's more of a lateral move).

Is it because you prefer having the intercooler and radiator facing right into the high-pressure air?

[gc3]

Is it because you prefer having the intercooler and radiator facing right into the high-pressure air?

I can see how a vmount can work well, but I prefer a more standard setup for this reason.

[zbrown]

I think it is totally uneeded and not as efficient as an entire system

The v mount gives you an un obstructed path of air the radiator.  But if you build an adequate cooling system it is completely mute

To make the vmount work properly you need to have a vented hood to create the low pressure after the core end of story

Plus you are trying to force air at different direction than it is naturally flowing to pass through the cores

I say stack the cores, build an adequate cooling system, and do a good job with ducting air into the cores aswell as creating alow pressure engine bay to promote the air flow through the cores and exhaust it from the car

Look at OEM, they do just that

Look at the equipment i am around.... 3 or 4 cores stacked on top of one another, engine cooling always last. 

They just make sure the engine cooling core is adequate in a layout as such

I can tell you mine is stacked and my cooling capacity is phenominal




   

[Ebush]

I'll definitely be doing some good ducting.