whipplecincocero

Anyone running a costum ice tank for a whipple. Interested in adding one for track usage. What tank and pumps are you running?

Ecks

The only one specifically designed for us that i'm aware of is the BWoody tank. I almost bought it when it was on sale during the Holidays. Extra capacity is always great but i'm not sure i'm 100% sold on it for the price.
You can always make your own custom setup. I believe @rojizostang built his own for his Roush truck. I'm sure he can elaborate on this setup.

I really want to test out a killer chiller. Double the price but basically never have to worry about bringing ice, draining tanks, filling up, etc. Run cold iat's year round. Especially here in TX that is priceless.

whipplecincocero

I was about to pull the trigger to for the bwoody, but im not convinced and its kind of pricey for what it is. Killer chiller sound like a good option but Im not 100% sure on messing with the ac. Im in south texas to.

Ecks

It's been on my list for a while. I have a old quote from them at like $100 over the mustang kit or something like that.
Supposed to be a 4-5 hour install with hand tools.

Let me know when/if you pull the trigger. May decide to just do it already and we can have an install day.
I'm seeing 130* IAT's in this nice 60* weather. The 100* summer is going to be brutal.

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Damn...I was doing some long 2-7k 3rd gear logs yesterday and saw a max of 99* IAT

TX-Ripper

Killer chiller is a better investment.

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Compared to the tiny ice tanks that are showing up underhood on the trucks...I completely agree. Those little tanks might be good for one 1/8 mile pass.

rojizostang

I have the rhodes race car 5 gallon tank in the bed of my truck. I drain about 3/4 of the water out and fill the rest with ice before making a pass. Volume wise I would say it's about 3.5 gallons of ice, or maybe almost 4 gallons. I leave the pumps off in the staging lanes and don't turn them on until right before I do a burn out. I also have the heat exchangers bypassed when I'm doing this, other wise they would condense a lot of water and drop it all over the track. Basically it circulates ice water from the tank to the under manifold intercooler and back. One 1/4 mile pass will melt all of the ice, (the water will still be very cold however) There are a lot of variables, however doing this the ait's might reach 110 degrees on the return road, and normally around a 100 degrees more or less during the pass. I forgot to turn the pumps on once and ait's reached over 200 degrees, so it's very effective. Passes without ice and using the heat exchangers and fans seem to net around 145 degrees more or less, but again there are a lot of variables, mostly weather related.

Yes, it's a pain hauling ice to the track. I usually haul 2 or 3 ice chests (maybe around 125 quarts total with 3 ice chests). The ice is free for me however. It's more of a pain swapping tires and wheels and removing the passenger seat and center seat than hauling ice is however. If I'm going to the track I do all I can to net the best et's possible, so that's what I do.

A killer chiller would be awesome, but i'm not willing to spend money for that when i can accomplish the same goal just using ice and a little elbow grease.

malloy

I ran a killer chiller on my lightning and it does stress the a/c system pretty hard. I'm in south Florida and during the summer my in car a/c temps would suffer..

I just installed a methanol kit and I'm very impressed.. I was able to knock 14 degrees off my temps with a small hit of methanol . . its its something else to consider..

whipplecincocero

Ive been told that meth is very harsh on the supercharger and will eat the rotors. Ive even contemplating adding a small shot of nitrous. Thats how i run my vortech s197 mustang but it has a forged short block.