Intercooler Spray...

[Faawks]

Ok, so I've been going through my R33 gtst these last few days and I've fixed up all the washer motors.
One of which was for an intercooler spray kit that was already installed on the car.

would water on the intercooler really do much?
I'm skeptical myself, currently in 2 minds whether to rip it all off or not...

Cheers

[KiwiRS4T]

An intercooler spray kit will certainly increase the efficiency of the intercooler (see WRX STI for example). The question is how good was the kit installed on your car and does it work properly?

[Faawks]

Oh right, the evo has it too doesn't it?

The kit looks like it's been on the car since day 1 so it's pretty old, doesn't really cover the intercooler much.

I might go buy some cheap mist nozzles from bunnings and see how they go.

[Mick_o]

Yeah the evo does have it but ive read alot of tests and believe it does sweet F A. I could see how it may work on a top mounted cooler like a wrx but not on a front mount

[iruvyouskyrine]

Spraying mist on your radiator works well though, but shouldn't be required if your cooling system is up to scratch.

I can only imagine it having any noticeable advantage on a very hot day.

[Adz2332]

hahah yep i had one on my evo 7. never used it. was a wank thing more then anything else lol

[Tonba]

Was one of the first things I pulled off my Evo.

[Plattsy]

still got it alex?!

ill take it for my micra lol

[MagicMikeZ32]

Had a ghetto IC spray setup on my old zed. I had an LED that flashed when coolant temp went over 95. If nothing else, when boosting hard up mountains and the LED came on, I would hit the spray and almost instantly the light would go off.

[Adz2332]

Was one of the first things I pulled off my Evo.

lol i turned the sprayers around.... when people were looking at my car at the front could spray them

[Faawks]

Haha, I've always wanted to have forward facing sprayers that spray brake fluid all over the picks that cut me off when driving through the cbd...

Well I'll leave my kit on there for now, I've got it disconnected as it runs through the water pretty quickly and there's no on/off switch yet besides the boost switch.

Might be useful over at Calder Park for the Friday night street drags Haha

[Cassbo]

AFAIK, the main idea for water intercooler sprays is to prevent or prolong the time it takes for your intercooler to reach heat saturation, in turn making your car run at or close to peak power for longer.

Here is an article explaining it in depth (it's even tested on a R32 GT-R) http://www.autospeed.com/cms/article.html?&A=0527

On the other hand, if one wanted to drop their intake temps below what your intercooler could do by itself, I'd be looking at something like this... http://www.designengineering.com/category/catalog/cryo2-system-components/cryo2-intercooler-sprayer-kit

[GTSBoy]

I put the Autospeed spray controller and a home built spray setup onto the SMIC on my R32....um.....many many years ago. It did good things for that little intercooler. When I upgraded to a much bigger FMIC, I couldn't ever really tell the difference between having the sprayer functional and not having it. So I stripped it out of teh car.

Whether they are useful enough depends on the ratio of hot air being made to cooler size and your vehicle usage model.