Thermodynamics anybody???

[Bruce Plecan]

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To: diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu <diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 1999 5:21 AM
Subject: Thermodynamics anybody???

Spearco in I think Studio City, CA used to have a bunch of info., about
intercoolers in their catalog.  Tony Dequick on the Buick GN Ttype list
manufacturers some, might try to trace him down.
Bruce


>
>My books are long gone, along with my brain,(pass the cone shaped hat) and
I'm curious
>if anybody here has done much work with intercooler design. I've got a 3
liter engine
>that I'm considering  building an intercooler system fer, and if anybody's
got any
>numbers about intercooler requirements I'd like to take a look. The way I
see it,
>I could use a heater core or a/c evaporator for the hot side, and some sort
of radiator
>on the cool side. I'm looking fer heat load caused by say 30psi intake
pressure at 7k
>rpm, and corrolating that to optimal collector and diffuser sizes.
>  I've got a Audi radiator with a elec fan on it that would work for a
diffuser, but seems
>like overkill and is heavy, empty. They alos use an auxiliary radiator
that's about 50%
>bigger in area than a heater core(and a lot thinner) that would be ideal if
it's enough
>to do it.
>
>  So allright guys, here's your chance to show off... prove me dumb...
>
>