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Old 08-22-2007, 02:27 AM
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Tube and fin... bar and plate ?

is there to much intercooler ? or just unessary ??

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Old 08-22-2007, 02:36 AM
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i belive bar and plate flow at a higher rate do to the air passage being bigger tube and fin Bar and plate
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Old 08-22-2007, 02:44 AM
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LSD offers two types of cores in our intercoolers, Tube and Fin and Bar and Plate. While tube and fin intercoolers are light and good at exchanging heat, they don't have as much thermal mass. Bar and plate construction has a higher fin density and a greater mass so it acts like a heat sink and soaks up heat more efficiently at lower air speeds, releasing it to the air stream once air speed increases. They weigh more but are better at exchanging heat. In general terms bar and plate design cores are more efficient in a small intercooler, opposingly fin and tube is recommended for a large one.

That's the article i was refering to. found on LSD's site

doesn't say which is gonna be better in the end, only what's better for smaller or bigger space... which is kinda what my question is, but i'm wondering about personal opnion, what's better for higher-ish boost,

mostly high RPM'S ...blah blah blah
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im not sure but i have a bar and plate my freind with sr20 240sx swapped his tub & fin for a bar and plate and gained 4000 rpm on his spool time from 3200 full boost to 2800 he doesnt complain
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