Frederic's radiator cooled intercooler.

Gary Derian gderian at oh.verio.com
Tue Apr 20 19:49:14 GMT 1999


There is nothing wrong with an interheater during part throttle.  It would
likely improve economy by improving atomization of the fuel.  You could call
it a regenerator and it would sound high tech.  While you're at it, heat the
fuel to 150 deg F or so.

Gary Derian <gderian at oh.verio.com>

big snip
> Oh, and finally.  Assume you're cruising a long stretch of freeway where
> you're not hardly ever in boost.  The intake temp will likely be much
cooler
> than the 100 - 110 degree radiator outlet temp so your intercooler becomes
> an interheater.  Do you just plan on living with this or do you use some
> kind of solenoid valve or something to block flow to the IC unless you're
> under boost?
>
> thanks
>
> --Dan





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