How does intercooler function?
04-20-04, 10:18 AM
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How does intercooler function?
Does anybody have a source where i can get a diagram or thurough explanation of how an intercooler functions? I coudlnt find anything in the FSM. 
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Josh
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Josh
04-20-04, 04:51 PM
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Cool air flows over the fins of the intercooler which in turn wick away the heat from the compressed air flowing inside the intercooler. If you understand how a radiator works, it is the same principle except you replace coolant with air.
04-21-04, 12:31 AM
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Here is an experiment you can do... I actually did this today.
I had a bottle of soda sitting in the vert as I drove.
As I drove, the sun heated the soda to the point where it was actually hot.
So, I held the bottle over the windshield as I drove for a couple miles. It cooled the soda fast. The air going over the bottle was warm, but still cooler than the soda.
The heat of the soda was transferred to the passing airstream and therefor cooled.
I had a bottle of soda sitting in the vert as I drove.
As I drove, the sun heated the soda to the point where it was actually hot.
So, I held the bottle over the windshield as I drove for a couple miles. It cooled the soda fast. The air going over the bottle was warm, but still cooler than the soda.
The heat of the soda was transferred to the passing airstream and therefor cooled.
04-21-04, 01:28 AM
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Read this article. It explains exactly how intercoolers work. Everyone should read it, because many who think they know how they work actually don't. 
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04-22-04, 01:37 PM
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Good read... I didn't know this. So, my question is...
Why do you need to buy their predictive software/hardware?
Why can't you just put a temp sensor on the body of the heat sink and when it gets hotter than X, spray it?
Why do you need to buy their predictive software/hardware?
Why can't you just put a temp sensor on the body of the heat sink and when it gets hotter than X, spray it?
04-22-04, 04:50 PM
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That would work, but not quite as well. You'd be using more water than you needed to because you'd be spraying at times when it wasn't needed.
Did you read the rest of the articles? It's good reading. I'll definitely by one of the controllers if/when I fit an IC spray.
Did you read the rest of the articles? It's good reading. I'll definitely by one of the controllers if/when I fit an IC spray.
04-22-04, 07:53 PM
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No, I'll check the rest of the articles later. As for buying... After learning what I have I would think it would be fairly simple to rig something.
I only have so much cash to devote to the car and I've hit that limit for this year.
I only have so much cash to devote to the car and I've hit that limit for this year.
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Obvious throughout nature
Originally posted by NZConvertible
Read this article. It explains exactly how intercoolers work. Everyone should read it, because many who think they know how they work actually don't.
Read this article. It explains exactly how intercoolers work. Everyone should read it, because many who think they know how they work actually don't.
