Thermodynamics anybody???

[Van Setten, Tim (AZ75)]

	We've been playing around with intercoolers and I stole mine out of
a Saab, but my engine is smaller than yours.  We got some good equaitions
from Spearco.  Check them out, but they want way too much money.  I perfer
to build my own...Tim.  http://www.spearcointercoolers.com/


> 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...
> 
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