Can someone please explain intercoolers to me.
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I would like to understand the beneifits and reasons for having an intercooler if somone could be so kind to explain.
Is it purely to feed the coldest air into the turbo?
Thanks in advance.
Is it purely to feed the coldest air into the turbo?
Thanks in advance.
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yes basically. as a gas is compressed, its volume decreses and density increses.... buuut temperature increases too. As the gas gets hot its molecules whizz about faster and the concentration, if you like, of molecules per unit volume decreses, reduceing the overall efficency of the turbo's boost charge (so its like the turbo wants to compress the gas to a higher density, but the heat generated wants to expand it and reduce density!). we want as many oxygen molecules as possible so we can burn lots of fuel and therefore get lots of power. by cooling the compressed, very hot air from the turbo or supercharger by running it through an intercooler, we increase its density (and therefore the concentration of oxygen molecules among others). Same principal applies to cold air at low altitude being better for max power then hot air or high altitudes.
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yes basically. as a gas is compressed, its volume decreses and density increses.... buuut temperature increases too. As the gas gets hot its molecules whizz about faster and the concentration, if you like, of molecules per unit volume decreses, reduceing the overall efficency of the turbo's boost charge (so its like the turbo wants to compress the gas to a higher density, but the heat generated wants to expand it and reduce density!). we want as many oxygen molecules as possible so we can burn lots of fuel and therefore get lots of power. by cooling the compressed, very hot air from the turbo or supercharger by running it through an intercooler, we increase its density (and therefore the concentration of oxygen molecules among others). Same principal applies to cold air at low altitude being better for max power then hot air or high altitudes.
So once the compressed air from the turbo goes through the intercooler, by the time it gets to the engine and mixes with the fuel it is full of oxygen which makes a for better combustion?
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