Re: S4 Chargecooler

[Mike Zamikhovsky <MikeZ755@sprintmail.com>]

Linus Toy wrote:
> 
> From: Malcolm White <M.White@sni.co.uk>
> 
> >I have approached a UK company who will manufacture a
> >custom watercooled chargecooler for the S4/S6. It will sit in
> >the place of the existing IC
> 
> why watercool the intercooler??  what advantages over air-to-air?  didn't
> Porsche dumped the water-air intercooler (934) for air-air (935) due to
> heat-soak problems.  granted, that was eons ago in automobile turbo history
> (as in near the beginning).
> --ldt
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> * linus toy                       email:  linust@mindspring.com      *
> * mercer island, wa                                                  *
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Lotus and Toyota have used chargecooler with great results. Space saving 
is the reason. Some say that it is possible to have more efficency from 
smaller system that takes less space. It is however  more complex with 
many more parts to fail.

Mike Z