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Old 05-27-2014, 12:32 AM   #145
Blkmgk
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Originally Posted by Uncle Scotty View Post

peltier coolers and a thermostat on the tank would be far easier, simpler, less complicated and work better

the reason things like this arent done are that they are way too complex and failure prone,,,which is why air/liquid intercoolers arent used much on production vehicles
The Peltier to cool any sizable quantity of water would be huge, expensive, and draw a ton of power. You do not seem to understand the amount of heat that must be shed nor the operation of Peltier coolers. You would have to cool a giant heatsink on the hot side of that Peltier! These things aren't efficient either, to drop say 10 degrees on one side of a Peltier you would have an increase on the other of more than 10 and probably closer to 20. Hard enough to cool a CPU with these things, doing it with as much heat as a turbo produces would be nutz. Peltier move heat and are good for tight areas but not an engine intercooler...
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