[Redline Motorsports]

Well since we got rained out again for another track rental day....we pulled the ZL out of the trailer this morning and started fabrication of our larger capacity heat exchanger tank.

Unlike aftermarket supercharger systems, the ZL only utilizes the coolant that is in the front mounted heat exchanger, cooler brick (located inside the supercharger) and whatever is in the coolant lines.

Our new tank will increase the coolant reserve by about 1 gallon (but we will verify when its completed). After track testing last week, several hours on the dyno and street use, we have collected a fair amount of data to work from. As it has been discussed quite often, higher Intake Air Temps can reduce power output quite a bit. Thus far on stock boost levels the factory system seems to hold its own fairly well. However as we push the TVS1900 a bit harder, heat becomes a bigger issue.

We are installing thermocouples in the entry and exit of the system to verify that the additional reserve is a benefit at the higher power levels. Temperatures will be checked under a variety of conditions and will again back up any claim with clinical data and results. Our intake that we posted dyno results a couple weeks ago raised some eyebrows at first glance but three back to back runs at the drag strip coincided with the results.

Here are a few shots of the fabrication thus far...









Howard