1.) A supercharger intercooler can someone outline how it looks and works. Im specifically interested in the heat exchanger that mounts under the charger itself.

2.) With the intercooler that far down stream from the maf how is it that you are reading a reduction in intake temp, is there an aftermarket temp guage that is placed after the intercooler for more accurate reading?

3.) Are there any water jacketed super chargers out there that could be used with the existing main engines coolant loop?

 

1.) A supercharger intercooler can someone outline how it looks and works. Im specifically interested in the heat exchanger that mounts under the charger itself.
1) The intercooler core that is mounted under the Radix is the same style you would see in the Lightning or Cobra made by Ford. The air runs through the intercooler that is cooled by a stand alone water cooling system, as the air travels though the intercooler the heat is removed from it.

2.) With the intercooler that far down stream from the maf how is it that you are reading a reduction in intake temp, is there an aftermarket temp guage that is placed after the intercooler for more accurate reading?
2) We have the customer install an IAT sensor in the manifold after the intercooler. This is done by cutting the wires from the MAF and relocating them to the new GM IAT sensor in the manifold.

3.) Are there any water jacketed super chargers out there that could be used with the existing main engines coolant loop?
3) I would not think so.....The engine coolant is running about 190*-210* at all times....the stand alone system we provide is about 20-30 over ambient.

 

Actually, the Radix has about the best engineered intercooler for regular use out of all the systems. Sure...there's lots of better ways to get the iat's lower, but there's also a lot more trial and error, and work to achieve results that are only marginally better.

 

so the inter cooler is water to air I was thinking along the lines of water to water like a heat exchanger those are more efficent but would require more plumbing.

I used to work on a radar system when I was in the navy that used enormous water to water heat exchangers to extract heat from waveguide and high voltage power supplies where talking about 4-5 megawatts of power. We had 2 cooling skids each with two exchangers, the exchangers where about 10'X4' each. you could track satellites with the radar, if birds landed on the deck while radiating they got fried.

Is there some where I can get a picture of one of the intercoolers

 

so on the non intercooled version of the magna
if you decided to upgrade later would you adding the "radiator thats in front , the water tank and pump

I guess what Im asking is
does the non intercooled version still have the intercooler inside the blower?

 

No it does not....and it will be cheaper to step up to the intercooled version first

 

I hear ya
thanks for the clarification