victory_red_SS goes RWD
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The "Supercooler" was designed and built specifically for this project. We have had to deal with clearance issues as well as the mounting brakets as it isn't lite. Of course in this case the benifits far out weigh the drawbacks.
Once the car is done and we have the opportunity to track test it, it will be available for other's to buy. Sadly, that won't likely happen this track season.
Once the car is done and we have the opportunity to track test it, it will be available for other's to buy. Sadly, that won't likely happen this track season.
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How cool do the top fins need to be? Are the cooling fins going to cool better than running liquid cooling over it? This is the way I've done it before. Any fan over the cooling fins?
By cooling fins I mean the heat sink on the other side.
By cooling fins I mean the heat sink on the other side.
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that is so funny. i was thinking how cool it would be one day to see a TEC used for cooling liquid for cars. I built a tec to super cool a can of beer in seconds and i figured it could be used for other things lol. glad to see it being put to good use. usually those things need a good rail with decent power. i know my one tec for my cpu needs its own beast power supply. how much is that thing drawing atm?
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that is so funny. i was thinking how cool it would be one day to see a TEC used for cooling liquid for cars. I built a tec to super cool a can of beer in seconds and i figured it could be used for other things lol. glad to see it being put to good use. usually those things need a good rail with decent power. i know my one tec for my cpu needs its own beast power supply. how much is that thing drawing atm?
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I don't know the name, I never really thought to ask. I do know that the output will be about a third more than stock.
I will check into which one we are going with. Then again, it could end up being something JBP wants to keep under wraps for now, just like the water pump that we are using.
I will check into which one we are going with. Then again, it could end up being something JBP wants to keep under wraps for now, just like the water pump that we are using.
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that is so funny. i was thinking how cool it would be one day to see a TEC used for cooling liquid for cars. I built a tec to super cool a can of beer in seconds and i figured it could be used for other things lol. glad to see it being put to good use. usually those things need a good rail with decent power. i know my one tec for my cpu needs its own beast power supply. how much is that thing drawing atm?
I checked and we are actually going to use the stock alternator housing but only after seriously beefing up the internal components.
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impulseballer, I made a thread about doing something exactly like Victory is doing a year and a half ago. And victory, what the hell are they doing to pull 48 amps?!
I actually did the math when I did the thread and ~100 watts worth of TEC would be more than enough. Throw on another 20 watts tops for the fan and larger pump, and your looking at 120w. Thats 10a from the battery or 8.5a from the alternator.
Stinger makes 150a alternators that fit the SS/SC. You could always consider getting one of those. They can even custom make a bigger one.
I actually did the math when I did the thread and ~100 watts worth of TEC would be more than enough. Throw on another 20 watts tops for the fan and larger pump, and your looking at 120w. Thats 10a from the battery or 8.5a from the alternator.
Stinger makes 150a alternators that fit the SS/SC. You could always consider getting one of those. They can even custom make a bigger one.
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impulseballer, I made a thread about doing something exactly like Victory is doing a year and a half ago. And victory, what the hell are they doing to pull 48 amps?!
I actually did the math when I did the thread and ~100 watts worth of TEC would be more than enough. Throw on another 20 watts tops for the fan and larger pump, and your looking at 120w. Thats 10a from the battery or 8.5a from the alternator.
Stinger makes 150a alternators that fit the SS/SC. You could always consider getting one of those. They can even custom make a bigger one.
I actually did the math when I did the thread and ~100 watts worth of TEC would be more than enough. Throw on another 20 watts tops for the fan and larger pump, and your looking at 120w. Thats 10a from the battery or 8.5a from the alternator.
Stinger makes 150a alternators that fit the SS/SC. You could always consider getting one of those. They can even custom make a bigger one.
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If your peaking at 800 watts of draw, that is 67 amps from the battery or 55.5 from the alternator at peak. Ouch. My designed peaked at 10 amps from the battery, with a normal draw of 3~4 amps. However I do see where your coming from with the turbos. I didn't need to get ride of nearly as much heat.
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If your peaking at 800 watts of draw, that is 67 amps from the battery or 55.5 from the alternator at peak. Ouch. My designed peaked at 10 amps from the battery, with a normal draw of 3~4 amps. However I do see where your coming from with the turbos. I didn't need to get ride of nearly as much heat.
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And hopefully it works even better than it works.
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Okay people we have a web site that will have periodic pics as the conversion progresses.
The company, Distinct Images - Custom Auto Builders, is the one working through Keith Losier's company, TheAutoDreamGroup.
The website also has other projects that they have done or are working on. Check them out, as well as one certain Cobalt, which looks a tad bit naked right now.
http://www.di-customcars.com/04_3_cu...balt%20RWD.php
Latest News
Okay people we have a web site that will have periodic pics as the conversion progresses.
The company, Distinct Images - Custom Auto Builders, is the one working through Keith Losier's company, TheAutoDreamGroup.
The website also has other projects that they have done or are working on. Check them out, as well as one certain Cobalt, which looks a tad bit naked right now.
http://www.di-customcars.com/04_3_cu...balt%20RWD.php
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I keep saying I don't care, I want both.
The choice is to lean as far each way as possible, accepting that I sacrifice something along the way.
The handling should work out to be as close to that of a stock SS/SC. This means giving up sometime on the dragstrip.
At the same time I will be doing somethings that are meant to give me better reliability on the drag strip, 4link suspension instead of complete independant suspension. This means giving up handling that is superior to a stock SS/SC.
I am also going to use a Auburn posi diff instead of a straight locking diff, again sacrificing some track speed for street drive-ability.
While I am planning on racing the car, I am not going for any records or championships, on either a drag strip or a road track. I simply want a strong, reliable car that will allow me to have lots of fun when I am on either the drag strip or mountain highways (I don't plan on racing on road courses)
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The one thing I have heard far too often during this project is "you can't have both, it's either handling or straight-line performance."
I keep saying I don't care, I want both.
The choice is to lean as far each way as possible, accepting that I sacrifice something along the way.
The handling should work out to be as close to that of a stock SS/SC. This means giving up sometime on the dragstrip.
At the same time I will be doing somethings that are meant to give me better reliability on the drag strip, 4link suspension instead of complete independant suspension. This means giving up handling that is superior to a stock SS/SC.
I am also going to use a Auburn posi diff instead of a straight locking diff, again sacrificing some track speed for street drive-ability.
While I am planning on racing the car, I am not going for any records or championships, on either a drag strip or a road track. I simply want a strong, reliable car that will allow me to have lots of fun when I am on either the drag strip or mountain highways (I don't plan on racing on road courses)
I keep saying I don't care, I want both.
The choice is to lean as far each way as possible, accepting that I sacrifice something along the way.
The handling should work out to be as close to that of a stock SS/SC. This means giving up sometime on the dragstrip.
At the same time I will be doing somethings that are meant to give me better reliability on the drag strip, 4link suspension instead of complete independant suspension. This means giving up handling that is superior to a stock SS/SC.
I am also going to use a Auburn posi diff instead of a straight locking diff, again sacrificing some track speed for street drive-ability.
While I am planning on racing the car, I am not going for any records or championships, on either a drag strip or a road track. I simply want a strong, reliable car that will allow me to have lots of fun when I am on either the drag strip or mountain highways (I don't plan on racing on road courses)
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Racing wheels
These are my first choice for my racing wheels. These are for the track only rubber, and the odd sunny day with the drag radials. These are from Boyd Coddington.
What do you all think???
http://www.billetwheel.com/cgi/wheel...ion&img=4&tn=1
What do you all think???
http://www.billetwheel.com/cgi/wheel...ion&img=4&tn=1
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These are my first choice for my racing wheels. These are for the track only rubber, and the odd sunny day with the drag radials. These are from Boyd Coddington.
What do you all think???
http://www.billetwheel.com/cgi/wheel...ion&img=4&tn=1
What do you all think???
http://www.billetwheel.com/cgi/wheel...ion&img=4&tn=1
Very sweet indeed!
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im going to vote no... they do look nice but for all the custom stuff done to the balt and the price of boyd coddington (unless they went down when i was looking at them a few years back) i wouldnt get a rim that looks so similar to the mustang style one because they are everywhere
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im going to vote no also. look like every other mustang wheels out there. what about these??http://www.billetwheel.com/cgi/wheel...ies&img=2&tn=1