 FM-W2A-IC, Has this ever been tried? |
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 Sep 22, 2006 - 1:05 AM
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I was just sitting in engineering lecture zoning out today and got to thinking about this. Would there be any point? Any advantage to be gained by doing a front mount water to air intercooler? Is it even possible?
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Sep 22, 2006 - 3:38 AM
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I don't know if it is possible but even theoretically analysing such solution doesn't indicate any advantages, actually other way around. Comparing to top-mount W2A you would have longer piping in the engine bay, so air is exposed to high temperatures on longer route to the engine. Front-mount would be recommended if you need higher capacity IC and place to fit it.
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Sep 22, 2006 - 8:02 AM
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QUOTE(ZacMan1987 @ Sep 22, 2006 - 2:05 AM) [snapback]482520[/snapback] I was just sitting in engineering lecture zoning out today and got to thinking about this. Would there be any point? Any advantage to be gained by doing a front mount water to air intercooler? Is it even possible? Anyone? thats how it works already. you have a front mount heat exchanger that cools the coolant. then an electric pump cycles the cold coolant to the top mount. -------------------- 15PSI - 30MPG - Megasquirt Tuned
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Sep 22, 2006 - 8:57 AM
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yupp, one of the main benifits of WAIC is it minimizes piping and lag
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