Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

In this regard you are definitely right, few bucks to lay on top but with all piping fiting (unless he's welding), could offset the price.

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

---- that. You couldnt give me a ------- newer audi. The old five cylinders kicked ass...but the new ---- absolutely sucks. Dont even get me started on the 1.8T...

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

i had seen somewhere somebody had taken two dsm sidemounts and cut the end tanks off of one side of each and had it welded together to make one big one. wasn't a bad idea if you ask me, even if you don't knwo how to weld aluminum i'm pretty sure a shop would charge too much.

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

JD did this on his HF, but he used 3 1g dsm sidemounts, of course, this was back in the day when frontmounts were still like $1000 and nobody knew what a honda could do...

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

thanks for the replies...lol..way more then i expected...

i was gunna see if i could run them like the audi up top...but now you guys got me thinkin about putting them inline..

hmmmm

maybe i should just use one..lol

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

he's right...the thicker a core is, the more surface area it has.

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

core thickness and length of intercooler aside, if you hook them up inline/series your flow will be restricted because of the connection you have to make...use one..or hack them and get the cores welded.

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

think about it, if you have a 1" thick intercooler thats 24"x24", thats 576"^2 getting 70* air ran through it

now if you have a 4" thick core with the same area thats 12"x12" (12*12=144*4=576) so now your getting 144"^2 getting 70* air, taking away from a your hot intake air, then 144"^2 getting 120* air pushed through it, then 144"^2 getting 160* air pushed though it then 144"^2 getting 200* air pushed though it. now i made up those numbers, but it should be close, thats an average of 137.5*

whats more efficent, 576"^2 getting cooled by 70* air, or by 137.5* air..... you just reduced you intercoolers efficentcy by 49%.... big difference huh

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

now i could be wrong, but it seems like you pulled that out of your ass. either way, i wasnt saying to have an immensly thick ic that was not very large in frontal area, just that if you take a given ic size and make it thicker, youre increasing its cooling surface area

Re: running a series of intercoolers?
 

Im going to completely disregard your statement for not speaking english and probably making a mistake...

You weld them cores together yet?