[s-cars] Re: [S-Car]Ain't no small intercooler here

[Jimmy Pribble]

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FWIW, I think the air flow guys favor a
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Mikee,

Re: your drawing above, here is what the MC guys think about that (or at
least they used to):
http://www.oochietoe.demon.nl/motor/pic/racer3.jpg

Secondly, what is the current thinking on two intercoolers in series?  For
the track car, I'm using the RS2 intercooler in the usual place under the
bumper.  Then the air flows up and back across the front of the car before
going into the intake.  Since I am using a stock CQ (non-piped) crossover, I
am having to make a pipe that runs back across the front of the car, like in
this photo:
http://www.irry.com/mange/p1010147.jpg

Hmmm, I thought.  I spy a potentially wasted opportunity.  So, we are
planning on using a 5000t intercooler with custom end tanks to be used where
that crossover pipe is.  Anybody see anything wrong with that idea?  Yeah,
yeah, I know about the Scientific Method.  I'll build it, take measurements,
and then we will know, but I was just wondering if I am overlooking anything
fundamentally bad about the idea.

BTW, I'm digging the recent rash of tech talk on the list.  Thanks,

Jimmy P.