That other dude was right (sorry for not remembering your name) about an
IC not adding benefit to a NA engine (yay for acronyms!). Because an IC
uses ambient air to cool the intake charge, it can't give any gain: the
incoming air is already at ambient temp.
To look at one of these IC systems and all the related plumbing that
goes along with a typical turbo installation, you'd say "wow - look at
all the restriction with the long pipes, many sharp corners, and that
radiator thing down there." The reason you get away with all this is
that the compressor is capable of maintaining X pounds of boost AT THE
INTAKE MANIFOLD no matter what convolutions the compressed air has to
take before it gets to an intake valve.
I hope this was clear, guys and gals
Cale
98cc318sporty (no intercooler)
Jon Steiger wrote:
>
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999 TEDSDAKOTA@aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 11/8/99 11:15:31 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> > vencomatic@ameritech.net writes:
> >
> > > called an intercooler. This device
> > > cools the intake charge down considerably to regain the density that was
> > > lost due to the compression and subsequent heating that the super or
> > > turbo charger added.
> >
> > I'd like info on this,,,
>
> I don't know a whole lot about them, but they are fairly common
> on turbocharged vehicles. A little less common on supercharged
> engines, but not unheard of. As I understand it, its basically a
> "radiator" but for your incoming air charge instead of engine
> coolant. There are air to air intercoolers as well as air to
> water. Basically, your incoming air runs through a "radiator"
> which is hanging out in the airstream somewhere (underneath the
> radiator is a common place in many cars), and it cools off your
> incoming air charge much the same as a radiator cools down your
> engine coolant. (Although an intercooler will flow a lot better
> than a plain ol' radiator, I would think.) :-)
>
> Speaking of intercoolers, I don't recall ever hearing about a
> naturally aspirated engine using one. Is this because the restriction
> would be too much for a NA engine to pull the air through? Does
> it need a blower or a turbo to cram air through it?
>
> -Jon-
>
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