Thermodynamics anybody???

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I just want to mention some experience I have had with water to air
intertcoolers......DO NOT use a radiator, the air blasting across the fins
makes them "walk" and break off in a short time and then go through your
engine.......You should use a sandwiched wafer style and you can make one
yourself(if you can weld or have a shop make one)...anyway my 2 cents
-Carl Summers



In a message dated 1/28/99 2:15:07 AM Pacific Standard Time,
talltom at effectnet.com writes:

<< Subj:	 Thermodynamics anybody???
 Date:	1/28/99 2:15:07 AM Pacific Standard Time
 From:	talltom at effectnet.com (espace)
 Sender:	owner-diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 Reply-to:	diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu
 To:	diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu
 
 
 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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