running a series of intercoolers?
03-15-2007, 02:58 PM
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Re: running a series of intercoolers?
Originally Posted by E-b0la
Yeah but if anyone making a turbo kit was worried about intercooler efficiency then they most likley arn't doing a ghetto sidemount setup, and they would probably buy a front mount. Parallel would work, don't get me wrong, it just seems like alot of routing and mounting ---- for results that aren't really worth it when you could just get a cheap ebay front mount, or just use one sidemount.
03-15-2007, 03:29 PM
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Re: running a series of intercoolers?
Originally Posted by SDRAWKCAB
I wouldl still rock it!
03-15-2007, 03:55 PM
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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.
03-15-2007, 04:07 PM
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Re: running a series of intercoolers?
Originally Posted by jeffsciv23
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.
03-15-2007, 07:08 PM
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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
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
03-15-2007, 08:03 PM
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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.
03-15-2007, 08:33 PM
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Re: running a series of intercoolers?
Originally Posted by ghettoturbo
he's right...the thicker a core is, the more surface area it has.
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
03-15-2007, 08:49 PM
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Re: running a series of intercoolers?
now i could be wrong, but it seems like you pulled that out of your ***. 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
