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hey guys

mate of mine said i can have his old intercooling - for if/when i turbo my NA - it's a hybrid copy usual one seen on here - he upgraded to some crazy trust kit :)

he reckons i could put it on the car now, run one pipe to throttle body and on the other end have it finish in the engine bay with a POD on it - i reckon this wouldn't work as air flow may be cooler but surely the motor wont be able to suck enough air through that distance?

thoughts?

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You wouldnt need one as all the cooler does on a turbo car is cool down the hot air from the turbo to intake. I cant imagine the air being drawn in not forced would be anywhere near the temps of a turbo car. But I guess the one way to be sure is to try it out and let everyone know!

Good luck with it!

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not just for looks just because if i don't grab it now he's selling to another guy - and i don't see the point of having it collect dust in the shed :P

but i guess with my new bomex front a FMIC would look nice in that big bare space :)

surely it would drop the temp a bit though...

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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Funny shit, please tell me your not seriously thinking of putting an intercooler on a NA skyline!

If yes, and you know a little bit about cars - please register one vote here for rice thread of the month.

If yes, and you don't know much about cars - trust me, don't buy it and definatly don't put it on your car. If you really have to buy it, just put it under your bed and wait till you bolt a hairdryer to your engine.

Try not to thing I'm having a go - just get some more experience with cars.

BTW: yes, your could get your NA car to run with an intercooler but I would put money on a loss in performance - intercoolers are big restrictions - the last thing you need on a NA engine, it would be purely rice value.

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Intercoolers are not as big a restriction as everyone seems to think. Stick something like a hairdrier at one end, (which will burn out with airflow restriction), and you find that it'll happily run, without dying. Have I don't this yes. Why, to dry out a cooler that we dipped.

A N/A engine, will in no way, become "laggy". Commonly associated with turbo cars.... It's not going to be nothing, then, BAM! Power.

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The air going into it is the same temp as the air hitting the cooler......

Actually not, the intake air is under the hood (if you're using a pod filter) so it's going to be warmer than the air hitting the cooler, but in all honesty there is no point putting a cooler on an NA car, just make a cold air box and put an feed into it coming from somewhere cool like the air dams in the front bar. My mate has done this and it's gained a KW or 2.

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Intercoolers are not as big a restriction as everyone seems to think. Stick something like a hairdrier at one end, (which will burn out with airflow restriction), and you find that it'll happily run, without dying. Have I don't this yes. Why, to dry out a cooler that we dipped.  

A N/A engine, will in no way, become "laggy". Commonly associated with turbo cars.... It's not going to be nothing, then, BAM! Power.

They are a bloody big restriction when you are pumping a whole lot of air through them:

2.5l engine at 4000rpm = 10000l air min = 166L/sec, Unless you have a hairdryer (talking real hairdryer, not a turbo) that flows 166L/sec then your not going to even be able to imagine what sort of restriction an intercooler can be.

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Actually not, the intake air is under the hood (if you're using a pod filter) so it's going to be warmer than the air hitting the cooler, but in all honesty there is no point putting a cooler on an NA car, just make a cold air box and put an feed into it coming from somewhere cool like the air dams in the front bar. My mate has done this and it's gained a KW or 2.

your mate actually did this? :confused: or are you lying?

i think timbar32 is on the money here...

the way i understand it is that when the turbo compresses the air, it also generates a rediculous amout of heat. an intercooler is placed in line with the turbo outlet and the intake manifold. hot (and compressed) air from the turbo outlet runs through the intercooler, which is made of metal (good conductor of heat). it conducts the heat so that the metal fins are approx the same temp as the air. ambient air then flows over the metal fins at which point heat follows the change in temp gradient and attempts to reach an equilibrium. essentially the ram air 'draws' the heat out of the metal fins and thus the air inside. on an intercooled turbo car, at best an intercooler will reduce the intake temps to ambient

now, an NA setup has no such heat-generating device in its intake path (ie turbo). so assuming there's the factory airbox and not a rediculus pod, essentially the intake temp of the air being drawn is IS ALREADY AMBIENT TEMPERATURE. thus an intercooler won't reduce the temperature of the intake air because there's no heat difference. all it will do is pose a restriction (which may be insignificant if its a low-powered car)

BUT... for wank factor... an intercooler in conjunction with an electronic BOV set-up and some fake plumbing will make for some entertaining rice.

and if you can convince your mates (and us) that its had a turbo conversion then you should be a politician!

cheers,

Warren.

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if you want setup the core in place and leave the piping off this way your core wont be gathering dust in the shed

as for putting a huffer on your hauler ... y not sell it and buy one already turbo'd much much more simple

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