Is liquid cooled 2.8 kenne bell worth it????

[MADRUSSIAN]

Going to send out my 2.8 kb to get rebuild. Seems like drive bearing ceased and messed up my drive pretty bad. Would like to get the whole unit looked over and rebuild, while it going to be at kb facility, I was thinking maybe adding liquid cooled feature??? Does it really worth it? I'm going to be running killer chiller so not sure how that going to work with lc kb.

 

[Makinghole]

Going to send out my 2.8 kb to get rebuild. Seems like drive bearing ceased and messed up my drive pretty bad. Would like to get the whole unit looked over and rebuild, while it going to be at kb facility, I was thinking maybe adding liquid cooled feature??? Does it really worth it? I'm going to be running killer chiller so not sure how that going to work with lc kb.

I would chat with Kenne Bell and ask about upgrading to the 3.6LC. See if they will give you a core charge or work a deal for the old supercharger.

 

[Van@RevanRacing]

Going to send out my 2.8 kb to get rebuild. Seems like drive bearing ceased and messed up my drive pretty bad. Would like to get the whole unit looked over and rebuild, while it going to be at kb facility, I was thinking maybe adding liquid cooled feature??? Does it really worth it? I'm going to be running killer chiller so not sure how that going to work with lc kb.

Yes it is worth it. Keeps the oil temperature down and reduces the overall temperature between the front gear case and rear rotor case to a maximum of 200 degrees under high boost. Without LC it can get upwards of 300-400 degrees.

On a side note I would not run a Killer Chiller with the LC system as the Killer Chiller will lower the operating fluid of the fluid in the heat exchanger/intercooler system very low and you do not want 40-50 degree water circulating through the LC system for extended periods of time. Its one thing for it to be that temperature at start up but constantly can cause issues.

Van

 

[MADRUSSIAN]

I would chat with Kenne Bell and ask about upgrading to the 3.6LC. See if they will give you a core charge or work a deal for the old supercharger.

I don't think I need more than 2.8 right now, car works well with it, don't want to do new tune

 

[MADRUSSIAN]

Yes it is worth it. Keeps the oil temperature down and reduces the overall temperature between the front gear case and rear rotor case to a maximum of 200 degrees under high boost. Without LC it can get upwards of 300-400 degrees.

On a side note I would not run a Killer Chiller with the LC system as the Killer Chiller will lower the operating fluid of the fluid in the heat exchanger/intercooler system very low and you do not want 40-50 degree water circulating through the LC system for extended periods of time. Its one thing for it to be that temperature at start up but constantly can cause issues.

Van

What if I run engine coolant through it instead???

 

[jenkins_1120]

What if I run engine coolant through it instead???

That's how I have mine when I installed my ice tank. Did a write up on it if you want to check it out

 

[GT Premi]

What if I run engine coolant through it instead???

Should work pretty well, especially if you have a 170* thermostat.

 

[Blackmax]

There was a kit available to connect up to engine coolant but not sure if it was a Kenne Bell or Van Racing piece. I bought a small B&M radiator and bolted it in behind my heat exchanger then used stock pump and resevoir tank.

 

[MADRUSSIAN]

I was thinking about dumping heat exchanger and have just an oversized tank pumping water through killer chiller. Having a small radiator for lc is a good idea, just don't want to have a tank for it.

 

[Blackmax]

Here's how its bolted up

 

[GT500RedStripe]

I was thinking about dumping heat exchanger and have just an oversized tank pumping water through killer chiller. Having a small radiator for lc is a good idea, just don't want to have a tank for it.

This is what I've been planing on doing over the winter. It works great.

 

[kw_rc]

I don't think I need more than 2.8 right now, car works well with it, don't want to do new tune

FYI - swapping a 2.8 to 3.6 will not require a new tune.