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Originally posted by Syed Shah

That is considerably larger than a 4-row! (good to 1500hp+)!!!

 

Hope it ain't going on a Supra, the owner will be in for some surprises!

 

Depends what supra is running Syed , it will be COMPLETLY different i can asure you !!!!

 

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Originally posted by Syed Shah

Nice, what are the dimensions?

 

JB, IC size will make very little difference on a big-turbo car. :)

 

you still have to push enough air in to it to get the pressure up surely? Its like blowing up a crisp packet compared to a bin bag, 1.5bar of pressure in a crisp packed is a mere breeze in a bin bag? Or is my understanding of that wrong?

 

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Aren`t deep cores very ineffecient as the air warms up as it reaches the back of the intercooler which is made even worse when infront of a radiator as that warm air is then blown onto the radiator reducing the radiators effeciency as well.

 

Would it not be better to have a much slimer intercooler with a larger surface area, if this was placed infront of the radiator the air temp would be even across the whole rad and would also be cooler too.

 

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I personally would expect it to be no better than a 3row on a BPU Supra.

 

However I'm guessing the owner is going for a VERY BIG hp figure.

 

Internal tube diameter and length of tube is what affects the IC's internal pressure the most. This core is no longer than a Type-R.

 

I hope the owner puts in a pressure and temp gauge before and after the IC. This would be much more valuble than speculation.

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That would be my intercooler,I like the crisp/bin bag analogy:D except consider that the bin bag is connected via a pipe to the vacuum cleaner,kinda puts it in perspective,as syed said its volume of air is not too significant

the loss of cooling air to the rad,would be compensated to a degree by the removal of the air con,but till its fitted,and testing carried out is still an unknown.

when its fitted ill carry out pre/post intercooler temps and post them on here,Wez -you are right the aftmost core will not be as effective as the more frontal ones ,but they will cool( you should see some of the heat exchangers fitted to large aircraft)plus i intend to fit an i/c waterspray which will help.

As the supercharger will be assisting turbo spool I dont see lag being too problematic. As to big big bhp numbers well see,but it wont be for the lack of the coolest/dense air I can get:p

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Originally posted by Chris Wilson

I'd like to see a pic from the front, but at first glance it looks as if the designer needs to go back to school and re read about air flow and end tank design. It looks very inefficient.

 

Its got the same design end tanks as the 12.1 second stock based TT i took to woodbridge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! guess they work ok then ;)

 

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Originally posted by Chris Wilson

I'd like to see a pic from the front, but at first glance it looks as if the designer needs to go back to school and re read about air flow and end tank design. It looks very inefficient.

 

Guess he must have worked with Blitz then !!!! Oh i forgot chris your not a fan of the FMIC are you ????:eek:

 

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If the end tanks are the same in front profile as the Blitz one illustrated they aren't too bad, given pipe run constraints short of hacking the car itself about. The earlier pic seemed to make the end tanks look less "deep", as in pipe inlet to core distance. A good design allows the air to flow through all the tubes pretty evenly, if the inlet fires at the core tubes straight on, and from a short distance, then those tubes opposite the inlet stub get far more air flow than those further up (or down) the core, IYSWIM?

 

Properly ducted FMIC's are fine, but haven't come across one yet for the MKIV. My old Skyline GTR was fitted with an HKS FMIC, but it took days of fettling for me to duct the damned thing, but intake charge air temps said it was worth the grief.. ;)

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Originally posted by Chris Wilson

If the end tanks are the same in front profile as the Blitz one illustrated they aren't too bad, given pipe run constraints short of hacking the car itself about. The earlier pic seemed to make the end tanks look less "deep", as in pipe inlet to core distance. A good design allows the air to flow through all the tubes pretty evenly, if the inlet fires at the core tubes straight on, and from a short distance, then those tubes opposite the inlet stub get far more air flow than those further up (or down) the core, IYSWIM?

 

Properly ducted FMIC's are fine, but haven't come across one yet for the MKIV. My old Skyline GTR was fitted with an HKS FMIC, but it took days of fettling for me to duct the damned thing, but intake charge air temps said it was worth the grief.. ;)

 

So what about the top part of the blitz one i pictured you cant get any less room ?????

 

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