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Oct 4, 2005 | 07:31 AM

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opinions on this Air to Air

Would this be a good option for a 600hp street car? What would its limits be?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INTER...temZ8003609297

Oct 4, 2005 | 07:54 AM

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Would this be a good option for a 600hp street car? What would its limits be?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INTER...temZ8003609297

I think it would be a little to big.

Oct 4, 2005 | 08:24 AM

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Would this be a good option for a 600hp street car? What would its limits be?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/INTER...temZ8003609297

Well it says : "support 1492 CFM's 663HP-1002HP at max efficiency 1.5psi pressure drop"

If you can fit it in there.................
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Oct 4, 2005 | 08:51 AM

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looks like a good cross flow IC
so ya if you can fit it in there

Oct 4, 2005 | 09:16 AM

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Now that is a nicely designed intercooler. Most IC's I see posted on this site are horrible by design. Horizontal flow with opposed tanks facing each other stinks for efficiency. With the opposite sided tanks and vertical core, you are forcing the air to use the entire core. IF you can ****** it up for a good price then I suggest you do so.

Jose

Oct 4, 2005 | 10:15 AM

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Horizontal flow with opposed tanks facing each other stinks for efficiency. With the opposite sided tanks and vertical core, you are forcing the air to use the entire core.

Jose

Alright Jose, you are dead wrong there. Side-to-side (horizontal) cores offer better efficiency because the cooling area is much longer. The fall back is that they produce more pressure drop. Top-to-bottom cores flow more, but do not cool the air as well. I am running a top-to-bottom spearco on my car right now, but will be switching to a side-to-side garrett this winter.

With that noted, not all intercoolers have good end tank designs. The ones that are box end tanks with the coming in at a direct 90* are a poor design. One of the best examples of a nice side-to-side FMIC is the Apexi skyline core.

Oct 4, 2005 | 10:59 AM

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Note I said horizontal core with opposed (inlet/outlet)facing each other. Now if you take a horizontal flow and swap tanks on opposite sides of the core it will become very efficient by design. Feel free to contact ARE, they do intercooler testing with different endtank configurations.

Jose