ok my cobra heat exchanger came in today and I have the bwoody brackets so now i have everything for my SC install quick request though. Does anyone using the bwoody brackets have a pic of their car with the front bumper off i just wanna see how everything mounts up and how the brackets go mainly. thanks
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the bwoody brackets fit around the h/e and then you just bolt them to the bottom of the metal impact bar up front. its really straightforward, you don't even need to take your front bumper off. you can do everything from underneath. you can use this thread
here for help with routing the lines and where to put the pump
Is a heat exchanger another word for aftercooler?
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
Eric Schellpeper wrote:Is a heat exchanger another word for aftercooler?
No...the heat exchanger is actaully before the SC so it's not an aftercooler.
It cools the air temp prior to going into the engine.
The flow is this way...HE >>> pump >>>manifold >>> resevoir >>>HE (or any other starting point I guess...I started where the air is cooled)
The coolant in the system (the HE system, not the car's cooling system as they are different) runs the route I wrote above. As the coolant makes it's way through the system it cools the air.
As it (coolant) enters the HE it gets cool from the air being pushed in from moving, and then the pump moves the coolant to the manifold where it moves over the cores to cool the air flow as it enters the engine. It returns from the manifold hot and then back to the resevoir before heading down to the HE to be cooled again.
Hope that helps.
Eh...old man with a Corvette now...it was bound to happen sooner rather than later right?
Ya that is a very good expanation!! Thank you so much! But what I don't get is you said "the heat exchanger is actaully before the SC so it's not an aftercooler"....since the HE goes to the intake manifold (assuming intake, but not sure) wouldn't it be after the SC??? Im confused
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
im sure once i get to installing it. it will make more sense i was just looking at the brackets and trying to think how it would mount and it was throwing me off mainly because the foam tape is on the outside of the L brackets and i figured it would be on the inside to reduce vibration.
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Eric Schellpeper wrote:Ya that is a very good expanation!! Thank you so much! But what I don't get is you said "the heat exchanger is actaully before the SC so it's not an aftercooler"....since the HE goes to the intake manifold (assuming intake, but not sure) wouldn't it be after the SC??? Im confused
Anyone know??? Im assuming now that by manifold you mean the supercharger housing???
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
Guess you are right....I don't think you'd call it an aftercooler though.
The HE goes to the manifold which is after the SC like you said.
Eh...old man with a Corvette now...it was bound to happen sooner rather than later right?
To clarify a little...the heat exchanger is part of the air/water intercooler that is built into the supercharger. The charged air gets cooled down by the water flowing through the intercooler core inside the supercharger manifold, and that water gets cooled down by the heat exchanger (exactly the same way as the radiator) which sits in the bumper exposed to the oncoming air, just like a front mount air/air intercooler.
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450WHP Turbo Ecotec swap in the works...
Cool cool and how hard is the H/E installation??
2005 LS Auto (Blue)
-M62 Kit with 3.1"
-ZZP S3 H/E setup
-Pacesetter armor coated header
-Magnaflow 22" resonator (p/n 10436)
-Vibrant CatBack
-TTR Upper and Lower motor mounts
Eric Schellpeper wrote:Cool cool and how hard is the H/E installation??
Fairly straight forward once you figure out a way to mount the HE. I welded some "L" brackets to the top of mine and then drilled holes in the bumper support to mount it. BWoody brackets work too from what I've read.
Find and tap a power source for the pump, mount everything, custom cut the plumbing and route everything...BAM! Done!
There are several, actually a many, many posts on the HE install..search a bit and you shoud find all the info you need.
Hit me up with a PM if something specific comes to mind.
Eh...old man with a Corvette now...it was bound to happen sooner rather than later right?
