[clark17357]

Dragon,

Thanks for the write up. Because you put so much time into it, perhaps you have some information on the intercooler and heat exchanger beyond what is written.

While the intercooler design is touted as something that "raises the bar in both packaging and efficiency," I do not see that design as being able to improve on the more traditional design which has the heat exchanger located away from the motor and the heat produced by the motor.

Maybe I am missing something (and I hope I am as the overall "look" of the unit is very appealing) but this design would not do anything to diminish heat soak and would seem to work in the opposite direction, given its location.

What I have seen of late is a heat exchanger with twin puller fans. You can see it on the Revan Racing web site (revanracing.com). Ignore the fact that it is not engineered for GM products yet but you can see that their approach should apply to any applicaiton, assuming there is room for it.

These big motors throw off a lot of heat and the problem with the 5.4 Ford motors that are supercharged (the motor addressed by Revan Racing) is heat soak. The GT500, as powerful as it is, cannot make its advertised power for a long period; not without something like what the Revan Racing set up does. Is your sense that heat soak is the common enemy with any supercharged motor and, yet, you rarely see it discussed?

Thanks, again, for the write up. The Z/28 is a car that needs to be built. Those of us who ran muscle cars in the 60's remember when the original version hit the streets. Sure would like to see it back, particularly with a power set up like this.

Jim