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| eroll | Posted @ 22 Dec 2007, 8:16pm |
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Posts: 11 | how does an intercooler work?
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| MICHAEL | Posted @ 22 Dec 2007, 8:51pm |
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Posts: 241 | compresses more area hence cooler bro
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| Posted @ 22 Dec 2007, 9:28pm |
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Posts: | compresses more area wat the??for the purpose of this we will just talk about air to air intercoolers. intercooler works much in the same way as a radiator does. as the air flows through the intercooler it is actually absorbed. as michael was trying to say the more surface area the hot air comes into contact with the more chance the intercooler has to draw heat out of it... so then if the heat is just transfering heat from the intake charge into itself it is important to make sure the intercooler itself gets lots of airflow so it can keep absorbing and discipating the heat
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| eroll | Posted @ 22 Dec 2007, 9:43pm |
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Posts: 11 | if the standard intake pipe compresses x amount of air at 7psi above 101 kpa
how much air is compressed in a large cooler at 7 psi or does the size/volume of air mean nothing when cooling the air
i thought compressed air was colder like a compressor on a air conditioner can you explain better im confused
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| eric richardson | Posted @ 23 Dec 2007, 12:26pm |
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Posts: 36 | are u serious man???for anyone else reading that isn't how it works!!! the intake pipe doesn't compress anything. the turbo compresses the air and the intercooler cools it... often there is a small presure drop through an interooler and therefore the turbo has to work harder to maintain the same pressure...
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| MICHAEL | Posted @ 24 Dec 2007, 8:24pm |
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Posts: 241 | diesel uses compressed air to ignite so air gets hot and burns and a glow plug to start it so compressed air will become hotter?
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| Posted @ 26 Dec 2007, 11:10am |
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Posts: | all combustion engines do homey. that's not the point the point is all combustion engines have conditions that they work happily in...not too hot not too cold... adding all the extra heat isn't going to help even if it loves the extra pressure.... right? so thats why we use intercoolers we can run much higher pressure yet keep the intake charges down.
Now metal is excellent at transfering heat... it loves it... if you don't believe me go grab yourself 2 ice cubes drop one on a piece of wood and one on a piece of metal... both in the shade at the same temperature. the mtal will melt the ice quicker .. not cos it is hotter but because it has a better heat transfere and that works with cold things too... it actually absorbs the coldness from the ice turning the ice to water and leaving the metal cold.... in an intercooler it works the opposite... the heated air comes into contact with the intercooler the metal aluminum which has good heat transfer absorbs the heat and leaves the air cooler and the metal hotter... simple heat transere nothing more.... placing the intercooler at the front of the car means the air flowing through the front of it transferes the heat from the metal (intercooler) to the air (atmosphere not your intake again) that is what you call an air to air intercoolers kiddies....
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| eric richardson | Posted @ 27 Dec 2007, 5:24pm |
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Posts: 36 | sorry i have to correct something i said apart from terrible typing and spelling not all combustion engines use compression to ignite... but all combustion engines do have some form of compression
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