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Author:  GT4WRC [ Thu Jan 12, 2006 10:41 am ]
Post subject:  Bling WAI
Finsihed lagging the Water to Air Intercooler for the GT4. Left it soaking in an acid bath for a few days to strip it back to bare metal and clean out the insides. 'Lid' was then cleaned up (removed a few bleamishes etc) before it was given a coat of etch primer. A couple of layers of gloss black closely followed the graphics before the paint fully dried (I designed the graphics myself and simply sent the design to a vinyl cutter. I'm also swapping from a twin to single entry turbo soon). A couple of layers of clear coat were then added to seal in the graphics. Once that had been give a day to dry, I then lagged the lower half with a roll of Thermo-Sheild Tape TM. Job done :)

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Gary
Author:  Kris [ Thu Jan 12, 2006 7:44 pm ]
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Gary - looks as good as the rest of the work you are doing! :D

Interesting idea lacquering over the graphics.
Author:  stevenb [ Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:09 pm ]
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How many layers of tape did you use Gary?
I don't really want to clean it out as you did....merely cover it in heatsheild tape.
Did you buy the tape from a specialist car shop or from a Hardware store?

Cheers for the help.

Steve
Author:  GT4WRC [ Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:31 pm ]
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Steve.
One layer of heatshield tape was used. Stating the ovious (sorry), but ensure that the WAI is completely free of dirt, grease etc before applying - otherwise it'll come off :oops: A cleaning agent like meths would be ideal. Also a good time to clean the insides out while it's off the car.
The Thermoshield Tape can be purchased from Demon Tweeks. I bought mine locally though.
HTH
Gary
Author:  two_OH_five [ Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:46 pm ]
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Nice work Gary

Is that cutout in the bottom bulged out or sunk in. I don't recall my (non Group A) cooler having such a thing....
Author:  GT4WRC [ Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:59 pm ]
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two_OH_five wrote:
Is that cutout in the bottom bulged out or sunk in.


The latter.
Gary
Author:  TrackToyFour [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:28 am ]
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two_OH_five wrote:
Is that cutout in the bottom bulged out or sunk in. I don't recall my (non Group A) cooler having such a thing....


Mine is the same as Gary's. Have we discovered another WRC/Group A difference to the later ST205's?
Author:  GT4WRC [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:54 am ]
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According to my friendly and very knowledgeable Toyota parts guru..

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Ok.... there appears to be the Group A one and the normal ST205 one. 2 different part numbers.
Jap and export ones share the same part numbers for respective versions


I've asked if he can investigate further to see what the differences are.
Gary
Author:  krude [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 2:59 pm ]
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Is the cut out so the WRC item can have more stock heat shield applied??
I know mine has a hefty wad of it sitting under the cooler & Ian assured me it came stock with the car.
Just a thought… :? :?
Author:  TrackToyFour [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:12 pm ]
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Daz, are you referring to the heat deflector? This is only a narrow strip of aluminized heat resistant material fitted at the front of the top mount to stop excess heat from the extractors cooking the tank.
Author:  datajon [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:56 pm ]
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Be interesting to see the difference of intake temperatures from the two variants.

Maybe worth while to rig up pre cooler, and post cooler sensors, as well as ambient heat sensor underside the wai, maybe another sensor inside the heat tape..

Least it would should how well the efficacy of the WAI is, or is not...compared to other set-ups.
Author:  Sirius [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:13 pm ]
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TrackToyFour wrote:
two_OH_five wrote:
Is that cutout in the bottom bulged out or sunk in. I don't recall my (non Group A) cooler having such a thing....


Mine is the same as Gary's. Have we discovered another WRC/Group A difference to the later ST205's?


I don't think so - here is a picture of mine from when I lagged it, its the same as Gary's.

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Author:  mook [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 6:07 pm ]
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Looking tip top Gary, looks like a nice job :)

I shall have to get some pics of mine up - had it sorted by Mark Cooper (the guy who works for Red Bull Racing) and he stripped it back to bare metal, polished it up, applied two layer lagging to the base and sides (top layer gold) then made up a carbon fibre plate for the top onto which one of my no monkey business logos was added before it got laquered. Looks amazing, and should do the job just dandy too :D

I think he plans to do these aesthetic / functional upgrades on an exchange basis :)
Author:  krude [ Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:11 pm ]
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This is only a narrow strip of aluminized heat resistant material


Thats the one... thought it covered teh whole thing?? :oops: :oops:
Besides, it looks half an inch thick anyway :lol: :lol:

Forget me & my ramblings, I know as much about GT4’s then most people know about DOS & RARP attacks :lol: :wink: :roll: :roll:
Author:  stevenb [ Sun Feb 05, 2006 12:37 pm ]
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Guys.
I was searching on the Fensport website and found this:

Alluminised cloth - excellent heat barrier 1m x 1m


£28.42 +vat

Any good?
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