[s-cars] 'The World's Biggest Intercooler Comparison - Part One' at autospeed.com

[mlp qwest]

Nope.  The closest was a mystery core from the "Unknown Turbo Diesel Light
Truck" which took 17th out of 25 places for air flow, @ 193.7 cfm at 28" H20
(which I'm guessing is @ 1.0115 psi); weighed in at 5.8 kg (2nd heaviest,
for thermal mass); and took 2nd in overall core dimension size, i.e.
34.5x39.0x5cm = 6,728 c^3.

Per the AutoSpeed article  "Not much is known about this one apart from that
it came off a Mazda turbo diesel light truck.  It is, however, fairly
typical of ..intercoolers found on similar light trucks.  Ruggedly
constructed...thermal mass AND core volume of this unit is bettered only by
the big aftermarket front mount.  There is certainly ample cooling
potential.  Unfortunately it flows poorly making it unsuitable for big
horsepower.  Use it in applications up to about 150kW and enjoy the benefits
of tremendous cooling performance."

Since the author apparently did not know which truck of motor the factory
engineers set the IC up for, one can only guess at how Knowling, the
article's author, comes up with the "... use in applications up to 150kW
(201 hp)"  My guess is the author, Knowling must be working off some cfm/bhp
ratio.

Mike "currently not running as cool as some, but wondering if we're flowing
better" P.

~-----Original Message-----
~From: s-car On Behalf Of Theodore Chen

~
~--- mlp qwest <mlped at qwest.net> wrote:
~> Hum Calvin, ... would you believe size isn't everything?
~>
~> Conclusions?
~>
~> -  There are, in Australia at least, a heck of a lot of
~different IC cores
~> from a wide variety of vehicles;
~
~so did they test the IC from a ford powerstroke diesel?  those ICs have
~been mentioned as performance upgrades for other turbo cars, and they're
~a lot easier to get.
~
~-teddy
~