'55 Chevy 3800 Cummins

[nblehm]

Exhaust looks good. Are you just painting with hi temp paint? I’m curious about having the stock manifold on my flat fender ceramic coated.

Is that air cooler air to water?

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by nblehm

Exhaust looks good. Are you just painting with hi temp paint? Im curious about having the stock manifold on my flat fender ceramic coated.

Is that air cooler air to water?

it's just high-temp paint to seal the welds. i've had them rust bad enough quick enough before, and this stuff seams to really help the whole system last way longer. the TJ's entire system is still mostly black after over 10 years.
wrapping it also doesn't seam to hurt, this will get wrapped the whole way back to keep heat out of the cab.

Air to water, yup. it'll get water plumbed to one of the 2 radiators in the back. lots of skeptical ppl on the air-to-water deal

[MBood82]

Originally Posted by 6DoF

Air to water, yup. it'll get water plumbed to one of the 2 radiators in the back. lots of skeptical ppl on the air-to-water deal

What's to be skeptical about? As long as it's sized sufficiently for the air volume and temperatures the concept itself is well proven, lots of cars run air to water these days.

I do see potential heat soak concerns with the mounting location, but even that can be offset if it becomes an issue. I'm assuming a traditional front mount intercooler was space constrained?

The truck is coming along nicely, I'm excited to see it starting to come together. Hopefully it's time for some body panels soon!

[6DoF]

Originally Posted by MBood82

What's to be skeptical about? As long as it's sized sufficiently for the air volume and temperatures the concept itself is well proven, lots of cars run air to water these days.

I do see potential heat soak concerns with the mounting location, but even that can be offset if it becomes an issue. I'm assuming a traditional front mount intercooler was space constrained?

The truck is coming along nicely, I'm excited to see it starting to come together. Hopefully it's time for some body panels soon!

there's soooo many ppl skeptical about the water to air! from ppl running engine coolant thru the cooler to poor water cooling that lets it heat soak, etc. i guess we'll see hopefully soon enough. i specifically sized the radiator to be slightly bigger than the core of the charge cooler, in theory the system should be able to ditch more heat than it can take in. plus at some point it'll also have an aluminum reservoir in the bed that would shed even more heat.