Intake manifold construction, intercoolers

[Gary Schaumberg]

Arnie the mathematician responds with:

I did very well in geometry while in H.S.  The term tangent comes to
mind.    A tangent waay out in the back 40.  (I also grew up on a farm). 

Bernd Felsche wrote:
> 
> Gary Schaumberg tapped away at the keyboard with:
> > Arnie responded with:
> 
> > Greg Hermann wrote:
> > > >That must be the reason why Corvettes outsold Golf GTIs by a factor
> > > >of 1000:1 in Europe. Ohhh... hang on... the other way around.
> > > >
> > > Uh Huh. Let's see you present how much it would cost in import duties,
> > > registration fees, and insurance, Vette v. GTI in Europe.
> 
> Greg: It costs as much to insure a GTI in Germany as it costs to
> buy a 'vette in the US. Well, it seems like it anyway! :-)
> 
> > Guys I'm confused.  Please help me out.  What does the topic you are
> > discussing have to do with manifold construction or intercoolers?
> 
> IIRC, here's the gist:
> 
> Start: Question about manifold with integral intercooler for a V6 twin-turbo.
> --> Suggestion to throttle the runners individually for throttle response
>  --> Suggestion that it's overly complex and too complex to implement
>   --> Description of simple construction and reference examples
>  --> Suggestion that air-liquid intercooler was too esoteric
>   --> Reference examples of high-performance cars using such in production
>    --> Suggestion that such cars are irrelevant and "exotic"
>     --> Reference to base technologies having been in use for over 25 years
>      --> Suggestion that EFI was only brought about by EPA requirements
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