DSMIC

Next up on the list of projects is to increase the reliability and effectivness of the Corrado's turbo. I hope to cool the intake charge considerably, there by reducing overall operating temperatures, decreasing the need to use fuel to cool the combustion chamber, increasing power output and increasing fuel economy.

I've devised a plan to mount dual side mount intercoolers (DSMIC) in the front fender wells in the location of the stock G60 units. Rather than using the actual G60 core, I'm turning to Konstruct Performance in Santa Fe to put together a custom set up. I sketched this in class today - it provides a general schematic of how the flow will traverse from the compressor to the intake manifold.


The two SMICs are piped in seires. Air from the turbo's compressor will be cooled sequentially as it passes through each air to air heat exchanger. Piping will remain relativle small in diameter to minimize the pressure drop (2" - 2.25"). The DSMICs will be sized to cool a maximum of 15lbs of boost, i.e. the core sizes will be large enough to reject the heat induced by a pressure increase of 15 psi.

I'm calling this stage 1.5. It'll be an upgrade from the initial stage 1 but isnt quite stage 2, as I have no intention at this time to increase the boost. So for now it's 4.8lbs of boost all day long.