Interesting/Cool Modifications

[Sage Ages]

Why is there a Intercooler O.o?

Its not an intercooler. I forgot what it is, but it cools something. Brakes?

 

[OwensRacing]

Why is there a Intercooler O.o?

Its not an intercooler. I forgot what it is, but it cools something. Brakes?

My experience building some fairly hot aka fast eletric R/C's using high voltage and brushless power leads me to say that it would be a cooler for the speed control and possibly batteries.

These two items would get really hot when I geared up for speed runs. Speed controller aka ESC would always get hot when racing. The amp draw through them makes heat. Bodies I ran for racing always cut and ducted to divert air directly onto the ESC.

So it only makes sense this radiator is used to cool the ESC. However there could be a full on cooling system like you would see in a PC. Where the fluid is plumbed and extracts heat from both batteries and ESC.

 

[BDoggPrelude]

Why is there a Intercooler O.o?

Its not an intercooler. I forgot what it is, but it cools something. Brakes?

Probably an AC condenser.

 

[Griffith500]

Probably an AC condenser.

It's probably a bit large for air conditioning, but it could easily be a refrigerant condenser for an evaporative cooling system on the battery packs and inverter. Or even just a conventional water radiator for the same, as others have said.

EDIT: The i-MiEV has air-cooled batteries, so it probably is the air-con. Good call.
EDIT: But it supplements that battery cooling at high load with the car's cabin air conditioning refrigerant loop!

 

[lGNAl]

Why is there a Intercooler O.o?

Could be the transmission cooler ? ... I have an aftermarket transmission cooler installed on my truck. I know this is an electric car with a different type of transmission, but it's the my best guess.

Edit: Just found this illustration online. Hope it helps. It only shows the power flowchart.

Another one:

 

[eran0004]

Could be the transmission cooler ?

It's obvious: The body kit made the car so hot so they fitted a cooler to make it cooler.

 

[OwensRacing]

Probably an AC condenser.

After this reply, im gonna retract my thoughts about it being a cooler for the ESC or batteries and have to agree thst its an AC condenser.


The esc and batteries should not get hot enough to require addtional cooling. That is truly asking for trouble in a commuter car. My thoughts were that of a max effort set up. So indeed it has to be an AC condenser.

 

[RACECAR]

So, I said this a while ago:

I'm gonna get another one and Make a 302R out of it.

Very late, but here it is:

Also:

I'm seriously hoping one of the bodykits on the Aventador includes the splitter from GT5 (as well as the wing). It'll really complete this look:

Thanks to the new Customizable rear Wings AND the splitter from GT5 carrying over, It indeed has completed the look:

Yay

 

[Andyc709292]

Not sure if pics have been posted of these three...

The Trans Am Looks good...

The SRT without a wing

And the XKR makes a decent GT racer, with mods

 

[ForceMotion]

So, I said this a while ago:



Very late, but here it is:

Also:



Thanks to the new Customizable rear Wings AND the splitter from GT5 carrying over, It indeed has completed the look:

Yay

Looks really cool Aventador GT3 👍

 

[con360]

It seems that the Suzuki GSX-R, apart from looking ugly, has the lowest spoiler option I have seen so far!

Edit: Just noticed the weird rotating white discs outside of the car, I can only assume they are bugged brake disks

 

[ProjectWHaT]

apart from looking ugly,

and pixelated

 

[Vic Reign93]

It seems that the Suzuki GSX-R, apart from looking ugly, has the lowest spoiler option I have seen so far!

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That actually would look quite menacing with the right shade of paint on it. 👍

Think of it as a GSX-RS.

 

[SkilledRacer]

It seems that the Suzuki GSX-R, apart from looking ugly, has the lowest spoiler option I have seen so far!

Looks like I might now have a reason to put a wing on that

 

[eran0004]

Looks like I might now have a reason to put a wing on that

Is that a Single Ladies reference?

If you liked it then you should have put a wing on it

 

[con360]

Also, the Copen's wing seems to be huge compared to the size of the car, it very nearly reaches the top of the roof:

 

[ProjectWHaT]

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

All we need now is a Midget with a big new wing.

 

[RACECAR]

Wishing we could do this to the Pagani Huayra.......

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Well...

So as it turns out:

Sans the roof intake, you kind of can (Emphasis on "Kind of").

 

[FT-1]

Note that if you make the wing too low on the Huayra (Both 2011 & 2013 models), it will prevent you from installing it due to a clash with the bodywork. This must affect some other cars too.

 

[Sage Ages]

Probably an AC condenser.

Power steering cooler?

 

[montez34]

Power steering cooler?

 

[GMHV8]

The Hyundai Genesis goes pretty hard fully tuned. Makes around 822hp.

I wasn't sure about that car at first but its actually pretty good once modified.

 

[Sage Ages]

Apparently it's thing.

 

[Griffith500]

Apparently it's thing.

Yeah, but this is an electric vehicle, so for convenience it has electric assist, and could easily be directly air-cooled. You have to cool the power steering fluid because it is constantly being pumped, but a dedicated cooler (that's more than just a loop of pipe) must only be needed in very heavy duty situations, especially that size!

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Then why don't ALL vehicles have a power steering cooler/radiator...... ?

 

[unit-one]

It sure can be the engine cooler. I think Tesla Model S has a radiator to cool the engine.

 

[Aloha62_2]

Then why don't ALL vehicles have a power steering cooler/radiator...... ?

Not all vehicles work the fluid heavily enough for heat to be an issues, but even then road cars often have quite long pipes that occasionally back up on themselves artificially lengthening them to increase the surface area. Seeing cooling blocks or heat exchangers on them isn't unknown. I have seen a couple where part of the cars radiator is segregated so a small portion of it is used to cool the power steering fluid much in the same way that auto boxes can be cooled.

 

[R5]

It sure can be the engine cooler. I think Tesla Model S has a radiator to cool the engine.

Sort of... It's more the fuel, more specifically the battery. I mean the motors get warm, sure, but uncooled batteries can be lethal.

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Do the new wing widths work on the Zonda, can someone try and make a Zonda R with the standard zonda?