Killer Chiller Installed
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I think it can be done in 3 or 4 hours but I was the R&D truck and it took 6 weeks because of the A/C line fitting at the condesor, Joe at Kinciad Performance (home of the Killer Chiller) had to order the factor line (it was back ordered)and modify it. This is a plug and play kit ecept for the mounting of the Chiller unit.
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I think it can be done in 3 or 4 hours but I was the R&D truck and it took 6 weeks because of the A/C line fitting at the condesor, Joe at Kinciad Performance (home of the Killer Chiller) had to order the factor line (it was back ordered)and modify it. This is a plug and play kit ecept for the mounting of the Chiller unit.
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So is there going to be a pre-fabbed kit for our trucks coming out sometime in the near future? How much do you think it'll cost?
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Not sure, Joe at Kincaid Performance said that most of the kit is in place for the setup like my truck (Radix) the only glitch is the A/C lines at the orifice tube and the Condenser apparently GM uses something a little different, he is looking for a source for the fittings which would save a lot of time and money over ordering the factory line and modifying it.
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Just some more observations.
Well I have optimized the refrigerant servicing to give me a consistent 49 - 50deg intercooler coolant temp on 60 to 94 deg days, BTW this is the stock Magnason MP112 Radix intercooler, tank, and pump setup.
I also fully believe that the Radix IAT sensor location causes an in-accurate reporting to the ECM, because even with the intercooler coolant temp of 49 deg in a no boost situation the IAT sensor is still reporting a temp equal to or just bellow the outside air temp so the IAT sensor is only seeing a 25 to 30 deg drop in the Intake Air Temp even though I have dropped the intercooler temp by more than 50 deg on a hot 95 to 100 deg day.
something else I have noticed is that the tune needs a little change, here's why, my MAF and VE LTFT would always show around -1 to -2 and still does with the A/C KC off but when its on the LTFT average out at +2 to +3 so this is confirming that the much cooler (denser) air is in fact there and it needs some more fueling, so I made a change of 1.5% more fuel in the MAF table and this seems to be close, need to do a few more days of data logging.
The best part of this Killer Chiller system is there is no more heat soak and the truck drives like its a winter day all the time, I just love the drivability of this thing for a DD with this system and as far as I can tell there is little if any change in the Cabin Air-conditioning vent temps it still puts out 53 deg air.
All together I think this Killer Chiller mod is well worth it.
Now I just need to tweak the tune and get some Dyno #'s.
To bad there isn't an IAT mod to relocate the Radix sensor to a better place to get more actual temps, I heard that the TVS has a better location for there IAT sensor.
Well I have optimized the refrigerant servicing to give me a consistent 49 - 50deg intercooler coolant temp on 60 to 94 deg days, BTW this is the stock Magnason MP112 Radix intercooler, tank, and pump setup.
I also fully believe that the Radix IAT sensor location causes an in-accurate reporting to the ECM, because even with the intercooler coolant temp of 49 deg in a no boost situation the IAT sensor is still reporting a temp equal to or just bellow the outside air temp so the IAT sensor is only seeing a 25 to 30 deg drop in the Intake Air Temp even though I have dropped the intercooler temp by more than 50 deg on a hot 95 to 100 deg day.
something else I have noticed is that the tune needs a little change, here's why, my MAF and VE LTFT would always show around -1 to -2 and still does with the A/C KC off but when its on the LTFT average out at +2 to +3 so this is confirming that the much cooler (denser) air is in fact there and it needs some more fueling, so I made a change of 1.5% more fuel in the MAF table and this seems to be close, need to do a few more days of data logging.
The best part of this Killer Chiller system is there is no more heat soak and the truck drives like its a winter day all the time, I just love the drivability of this thing for a DD with this system and as far as I can tell there is little if any change in the Cabin Air-conditioning vent temps it still puts out 53 deg air.
All together I think this Killer Chiller mod is well worth it.
Now I just need to tweak the tune and get some Dyno #'s.
To bad there isn't an IAT mod to relocate the Radix sensor to a better place to get more actual temps, I heard that the TVS has a better location for there IAT sensor.
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So there is now an available kit for GM vehicles? Or at least he has something setup for our A/C systems? I've been interested in this for quite some time and just glad more and more people are giving it a try. Looks to be very promising in an A2W setup.
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I spoke with these guys about 2yrs ago. At that time they hadn't installed it on any Chevs and only Ford trucks (Lightening)...I think it was Moregrip who put me in touch. They seemed like great guys and were willing to work with me to build the kit to fit at a good price to get all the Chev guys on board.
Glad someone else found the time! Keep us posted. R/
Glad someone else found the time! Keep us posted. R/