Rhysta wrote:How much will the results vary by running a more usable sized radiator?
Because Marin's one is just bloody huge.. I may not be grasping the concept of this cooler.. does it just work so well because of the massive radiator up front?
These Laminova cores remove huge amounts of heat very quickly, you can see this on the graph when Marin's pre intercooler temp hits 105C and the post air temp is actually going down at the most extreme time on the dyno.
Shifting so much heat requires a large heat exchanger to get rid of that as fast as you can add heat to the water.
My opinion of the first test with one fan is, each run showed pretty much the same result temps decreasing. This at first was a little perplexing. But after some though I came to the logical conclusion that each run on the dyno ran the intake temps up to around 105C, at this point test ends and the large dyno blower fan cuts off at a time when the intercoolers heat exchanger actually needs the most cooling as it is sill trying to dissipate all the heat, one fan in this situation although cooling the water did not do it quickly enough to dissipate the heat between each run. 2 fans double this ability. The dyno is not really world driving, infact the stop start nature is more akin to tackling a hard obstacle off road time and time again, but no body ever does that do they
and the harshest of test it could come up against. It passed test with flying colour in my opinion.
Were looking into been able to test Marin's on the road at least post intercooler just for more data.
So as to your question of a smaller heat exchanger, yes you could but you'r removing its ability to recover quicker and at some point you can go too small, then you will suffer with heat soak as it not large enough.
Better quality heat exchangers are an option, smaller but better cooling but again all these things cost more. Like life everything is a trade off.
My 2c the bigger and better quality you can fit the better.
