does anyone ever do an air to air intercooler on these cars? i know it really doesnt seem effective because the s/c heats it up but i was just wondering if anyones done this before
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does anyone ever do an air to air intercooler on these cars? i know it really doesnt seem effective because the s/c heats it up but i was just wondering if anyones done this before
I think it would be very difficult to flow enough air through that tiny heat exchanger underneath the SC. I've never heard of anyone doing it but who knows...some people are crazy like that.
I know people say water to air is way better, im not saying thats false. But I do think it would be cool if someone tried an air to air just to see what gains really can be had.
Nah, it would cool the air after the blower. Search for a picture of a Ford Thunderbird Supercoupe engine bay. In the case of that car the charge is pushed out through the top of the blower, to the front of the car and then back to the engine. To me it makes no sense to do this unless water to air isn't feasible. It's like saying, "why not put a smaller supercharger on the engine just to see what the gains would be". In this case we already know the air to air would be less efficient while introducing other issues such as MAF placement and a delay in throttle response. Both are addressable but again, why bother? You know?
I would bet the A2A unit is better than any W2A unit available.
Water cores simply don't contact the intake airstream for a long enough time duration to cool to ambient. Not too mention the loss of effiency converting heat from air, to water, and back to air at the FMIC. Luls.
Its first law thermodynamic energy balance to compare the two systems. Water can hold 4.18J/g*K roughly though.
However, there would be lag using A2A because of the volume needed to be pressurized.
Using a compressed system for cooling W2A is another story too.
And its scary looking too.
so this is a little off topic but could i just make my own A2W IC buy the core from zzp but some heat exchanger and a pump put it all together you know what i mean?
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