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Re: S4 Intercooler temperature
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- Subject: Re: S4 Intercooler temperature
- From: Dave Eaton <dave.eaton@minedu.govt.nz>
- Date: Fri, 20 Mar 1998 15:35:17 +1200
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malcolm,
this is one of the things most obvious about the rs2 intercooler. it has a
very large, sculpted scoop *behind* it (and ahead of the sump) to exhaust the
hot air...
dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q
>
>Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1998 16:00:32 -0000
>From: Malcolm White <M.White@sni.co.uk>
>Subject: S4 Intercooler temperature
>
>The new chargecooler and water injection should be ready for fitting
>next week. In the meantime, I've hooked up a dual sensor thermometer to
>the turbo and IC outlets to do some 'before' figures. I've run the car
>pretty hard to try and cook the intake charge but I've been pretty
>unsuccessful! It seems to have stabilised quite a lot lower than before
>and doesn't seem to go into a heat frenzy any more (although the ambient
>temp has been a shade lower recently). Why the change? Well, it could
>be due to a tip that Ivor at TAP gave me. He suggested (and I'm sure he
>wouldn't mind me copying it here) to cut a 8" x 6" hole in the plastic
>inner wing behind the IC and fitting a grille over it. Not only does
>the air have somewhere to escape, but the rotating wheel acts as an
>extractor fan. It really does seem to help.
>