my Camaro is apart, and I'm considering changing things up a little. it has a kenne bell 3.6 and according to my IAT sensor, it's HOT.

my current setup:
10 gallon overflow tank > rule 500 bilge pump > frozen boost type 101 exchanger > kenne bell intercooler > back to reserve tank.

I'm considering running the coolant from the reserve tank to the intercooler, then to the heat exchanger before returning to the overflow. if i ever decided to run ice in this setup, the coldest warter would hit the intercooler first instead of getting heated up by the exchanger. would this method make things run hotter when not running ice in the system?

 

I thought that it was supposed to be run to start with.

 

I never ran ice in my old setup, and had the best temps running from the HX straight to the blower. Temps when running from the reservoir to the blower were approx 5-8 deg hotter in mine

ill be honest. Kenne Bells intercooler sucks, they run really hot.

 

i agree, but it's what i have. I can't wrap my mind around why it would change variables based on going through the intercooler first, vs going throught the blower first. in both configurations, the heat exchanger is used before the water is pumped to the blower...

 

10gal tank so I presume it is in the trunk? 10gal is a lot of latent heat if the water is already hot; i.e. black car sitting in the sun all day. Same if the water is already cool, it will stay cool a while if the heat exchanger is getting it close to ambient before dumping back into it. If the water in the res is close to ambient and the heat exchanger is getting it close to ambient, the flow direction will make no notable difference on heat absorption in the intercooler.
I do have mine flowing from the res to the ic specifically for the instance of using ice at the track. There is negligible difference in the water temp from he-out to res-out/ic-in according to the sensors installed in the system during normal street operation. My res is a 1gal aluminum located in the engine bay.

 

the cell is in the back seat tied into the roll cage. I typically only run 3-5 gallons in the reserve, but have the option to fill it on up. I dont see a point to keeping 10 gallons in it + whatever the lines, exchanger and intercooler hold.

I've pretty much decided that i plan to run from res to intercooler when it goes back together. if i ever put ice in it, it would make the best use of the cold water, and sending water back to the res after hitting the exchanger will make the ice last longer than running the hot water back to the res from the intercooler.