[urq] Intercooler Fan?

brozmotorz brozmotorz at free.fr
Sat Oct 28 09:26:50 EDT 2006


afaik, fan on an intercooler is like pee on a napalm fire.
when you look at heatsoak temperatures beetween dyno and road driving, even
with big dyno fan, there is no way a small spal brings anything.
what works is to build a scoop around the IC, water injection (very good) or
spraying on the IC.

pierre


> OK, so what are people's thoughts on putting an intercooler fan on a UrQ?
> Given the "stellar" location with "optimal" airflow of the stock unit,
> would a fan do much good?  If so, I am thinking I would have to use a
> pusher fan, due to the lack of room on the back side.  I have a Dialynx IC
> and was thinking a 6" SPAL pusher might do the trick.  I am just worried
> than fan itself might block to much natural air flow.  Any thoughts or
> BTDTs?
>
> Eric Harten



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