I was reading about attempts to cool the electronics of the vp with cooling fins, heatsinks, and the what-not while reading from this water-cooled pc and I'm wondering if there is any reason you guys haven't tried mounting water blocks to the areas like what I've got on my CPU and video card. You'd just need lines, a small pump and a appropiately sized waterblock,vga, or chipset block and a method of mounting it.

Just a crazy thought for ya

 

I've solved my VP44 problem:



Seriously though, I think watercooling the pump or cooling fuel in the return line would be an excellent idea.

brandon.

 

Yup, that is the most effective fix for the VP44!!

 

Instead of a pump system, what about plumbing it into the engine cooling system?

 

If you took coolant after the radiator, it might work out but where do you plumb the outgoing coolant after the VP?

 

Why not just simply install a fuel cooler setup pre vp, being its the diesel fuels job to cool the vp, it would then cool better being the temperature would be lower further disapating heat into the fuel, not causing a hot tank of fuel when running a long trip.

 

That would work great for the mechanical side but not the electronic side which seems to be the cause for a lot of failures these days.

 

Fuel is what cools the pump, heat from the electronics will absorb into the body of the pump the disspate into the fuel. Thus running cooler fuel will cool the pump, without the added need for a major water involved cooling system.If you have taken a cover off a vp you will see that there is an air gap between the top cover and the elctronics..... which are also encased in a water proof epoxy coating, so I have doubts putting anything other than upgraded electronic package like blue chip puts out would work for heat and cool cycles.

 

Well, you could easily remove the gap between the cover and electronics board. I'm all for keeping it cool whether it be an aluminum heat sink or water cooler placed on top or an electric fan or cooler fuel or something. Anything to help this sucker last as long as possible.

 

strap a peltier in between the water block and what you want to cool. This will drop it to about 40 F... just silicone anything you dont want wet...

Man, I haven't cooled a CPU like that in ages... Maybe its time to consider it again... I wonder if I can hit a stable 4.5 GHz on a P4

 

This is the route I'm looking at going. Going to mount one maybe two in the return line to the tank. Kicking around the idea of one each way but have to look more into that.

Got a couple of these babies on order...........
http://www.secureperformanceorder.co...ProductID=5190

 

I like that idea. Have you decided where you'll mount it?

 

Why not use a Thermoelectric cooler (Peltier) device to cool the pump.
Either mount it to the pump or use it to chill the incoming fuel. (Just be careful you don't gell your fuel though)
http://www.tetech.com/

I am working on a Peltier chill water system for my liquid cooled computer I am on right now. My 3.8 Ghz crusies at 89*F
Jim

 

I saw 25 gph flow but not how much cooling to expect. Somebody reported 140 F with a infered temp device on their VP. I can hold my hand on my VP on a hot day but it isn't comfortable.

 

no need for thermoelectrics imo. A simple heat sink with (?) a fan should do the job. I'm thinking that the waterblock would be a simple mod for anyone who can figure out how to plumb it in.

How is the blue chip vp's electronics cooled? I'm guessing just a heatsink w/ or w/o fan.