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Offline papperbear

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Intercooler
« on: 23 July 2004, 12:05 »
« Last Edit: 23 July 2004, 12:06 by papperbear »

Offline Len

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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #1 on: 23 July 2004, 12:15 »
Used in Turbo cars to cool the air thats been heated by the turbo. Cooler air is denser and therefore gives a bigger bang.

I think ???
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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #2 on: 23 July 2004, 12:42 »
len's right, same with supercharger, the colder the air you can get in, the more 'bang' you get.

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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #3 on: 23 July 2004, 13:40 »
papperbear pull out the grill piece in your bumper that exposes the thread for the towing eye, and you'll see you already have one  ;D

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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #4 on: 23 July 2004, 15:39 »
Well give myself a banana - got sumthin right for a change.Heh heh heh....

Move over '6   ;) ;D
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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #5 on: 23 July 2004, 17:05 »
Gav I can see you going down teh ice cube route next  ;)

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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #6 on: 23 July 2004, 17:11 »
Gav I can see you going down teh ice cube route next  ;)

funny you should say that, I've got my eye on some rather nice water injector cooler thingys at pitstop........ice sounds good though! how do you do it with ice?

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Re:Intercooler
« Reply #7 on: 23 July 2004, 17:51 »
I don't think I could fit another intercooler onto mine. the one I have now is almost as wide as the car  ;D
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