Home Made IC Spray System

[cupra_matt]

I was having a play on the weekend and have come up with a cheap simple system, although its not finished. What you lot think,

When the pump is connected to the battery it gives a very good even powerful spray across the whole intercooler. Iam currently waiting for a illuminated push button and trying to figure out where to put it.

It is a Ibiza MK3 headlight washer pump, with 6mm piping and ibiza washer jets.

I will do a guide when its finished if any one is interested.

 

[cordobabrendy]

matt does it spray fully across when stationary or when on the move? silly question maybe but ive noticed that water gets affected bigtime when doing 30 mph plus, my windscreen jets are almost too high whenim in traffic but as soon as im moving the jets are bent back down to the bottom of the window fine. Theres a job for you, drive along and get a mate to hang out the back of another car taking pics!

 

[ibiza-cupra]

thats exactly what i did on me escy makes a nice spray pattern

 

[cu51pra]

im intrested have you got part no and cost just what im looking for

 

[BHP Addict]

sounds good mate, my intercooler is huge and fully open so may take a little more to make sure the spray is right.

Let me know when it's finished

 

[Scotty_b]

Parts look top notch. Id be intrested in a guide

 

[Kupra R]

so do you have washer jets anymore, or did you use a seperate pump?

 

[Molehill_Mike]

Sounds good, looks good, cheap and cheeful, my sort of mod!

Mike

 

[flashbsd]

dont need to do this, got aquamist , i did a trial of a spray, and it made circa 3oC difference, but that was marginal. e.g. from say 44oc to 41 after a good soaking.

 

[karl.w]

what intake temps are you getting using aquamist flash

wonder what liquid nitrogen sprayed over the intercooler would do as i have lots in work

might be a bit OTT and freeze the whole front of the car

 

[Fl@pper]

so do you have washer jets anymore, or did you use a seperate pump?

seperate pump by the looks of it - iirc the mount/provision is still there standard just no hole and grommet ?

PS- Renault pink screen wash is high alcohol content and is loved by turbo owners using aquamist

bet a new craze starts for iceboxes at service station - top up ya washer bottle sir

 

[Kupra R]

ok cool, yeh i thought a seperate pump would be used. Makes more sense!!!

 

[cupra_matt]

It is a separate pump. Headlight washer pump for a 6K ibiza about 30 quid. It has a 6mm outlet and flows alot more then a standard windscreen washer pump.

The way the nozzles are sprayingnow it sprays directly onto the intercooler covering the vast majority of maybe leaving 1 inch in the middle untouched, this is when its stationary, But home made, its never gonna be perfect. will test intake temps when its all working.

Just need to figure out somewherefor the push button to go thats easy to reach when giving her some stick.

 

[Craig!]

Same as how I've done mine, fitted an OEM pump into the spare place on the washer bottle.

 

[flashbsd]

what intake temps are you getting using aquimist flash

wonder what liquid nitrogen sprayed over the intercooler would do as i have lots in work

might be a bit OTT and freeze the whole front of the car

i was going to post the log but nobody would believe me so im not gonna bother, i saw a max of 43 with the laguna IC standard, im now seeing between 16-27 with aquamist, when off boost it doesnt even go near the 35's. Very happy, its like a cold morning all the time! The day was a 17oC ambient. so it pretty much equals the outside temp when on 23psi boost!

 

[Jonzy]

We seem to be talking about 2 different things here, water injection and an intercooler spray.

Not the same thing.

 

[Forbez]

Thats awesome mate, i've been thinking about doing something similar, using a bar across the top and bottom of the IC.

But if you could do a guide that would be awesome.


If you got the part numbers, i'll update the parts thread too!

Cheers Tom

 

[David_smith_909]

would be very interested in the home made spray writeup matt

 

[Forbez]

Im not sure but as an option you could also use a I/C spray bar, and cover more surface of the I/C, and as it'll be directly infront of the IC, it shouldnt be affected by wind force.

like this:

But there are other versions available from garden centres i believe, which probably wouldn't be as good.


Also found this while looking for a spraybar, and seems to be quite full of info:
http://autospeed.drive.com.au/cms/A_0527/article.html?popularArticle

 

[Craig!]

Flash, take it your running the Aquamist 1S system? Did you fit it yourself?