Just a thought but for those who have intercoolers mounted in front of the rad
What about diverting the headlamp washer piping to spray onto the intercooler?
most of us have disconnected the damn things anyway and it would be a very cheap job to add a spray bar.
not sure what the effects of using screenwash on it would be (other than keeping it nice and clean ) but i suppose any alcohol added can only help the evaporation and aid heat transfer.

 

Nice idea!
Maybe I need to do some temp logging and see what range of temps I get on the IC fluid!
I'm about to remove mine anyway when the new bumper goes on!
What would you spray it with? Just water? Or a mix?
How would you control it? manual button press or timer?
I need to have a look at the wiring diagram my HID washers only work when the HID's are on!

 

Depends really on what you are trying to achieve. I'd suspect a front mount IC doesn't suffer too much heat soak on the move.

Corrosion might be an issue, and you need to be careful about atomising the water as this is where the water does it's work taking the heat out of the air.

I had this as standard on the Evo front mount - even in Auto it never gets activated as the temps here never really justify it.

Water alone is ok but you should really use demineralised. You can control it from a signal from the throttle, or on intake temp.

Is the washer pump designed to operate for long periods?

I'd suggest Aquamist is a good way to go if you feel it's needed.

 

Use halfords screen wash as it has methanol.
And spray it INSIDE the intercooler, water injection.

It'll cool the rad, and cool the charge, and increase the octane of the charge due to the methanol.

 

just by spraying a fine mist on the outer surface aids cooling as the water draws the heat from the aluminium intercooler as it evaporates
my washers work all the time as i found out just after waxing the car .

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_108702/article.html

and one for you guys running water to air intercoolers

http://autospeed.com/cms/A_110772/article.html
would this mean you can remove the pump and radiator?

 

My plan was to get a non AC Comptech S/C and use an Aquamist ERL system with Methanol mist, maybe even with the bigger pulley.

Suspect it would have worked just fine.

 

Now that Fusion intercooler is a great idea.
Never realised it was more about the thermal mass than the evaporative cooling! (at least on a road car)
If I can lay my hands on a used Comptech intercooler I might try the parrafin wax idea!

 

its worth a try, it cuts down on moving parts and probably a small weight saving