typical intercooler,will it work?

[SC HYBRID]

will a typical intercooler work at all in cooling the air before it enters the sc?
i know air is crammed thru it with a turbo,but will it cool the air at all since its in front of the car getting cooled ?

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94 civic EX coupe/b18c1
JRSC @ 10 psi
12.7 @ 109

[G3-TEG]

cooling the air before it enters the SC will be a useless move. The problem isn't the temperature of the air PRIOR to entering the charger, its the problem with the fact that the JRSC runs sooo hot that it itself heats up the air after charger, plus the fact that when you compress air, it heats up as well. therefore you need to cool the air after the charger, not before.

HTH

[Peyomp]

I still think that you are wasting your efforts in attempting to cool the intake air before it is compressed, but I have an idea.

If you want to make a short term use (read -- drag race) intercooling system that works before the air is compressed, then you are gonna have to get your coolant VERY cold. Colder than the freezing point of water.

Look into acetone cooled by dry ice. Acetone's freezing point is below that of dry ice (CO2), so if you replace your water with Acetone, and your ice with dry ice, and get rid of all leaks, then you could have a bad ass system with what you've already made. Just double triple test for leaks... acetone in your engine: OUCH.

[B20C5 Turbo]

I so have to agree with all... Turbo intercoolers are invariably placed *after* the compressor. The idea is to bring charge air back to ambient temps after the compressor has heated it up.

If you intend to cool the air before the compressor, it has to be *much* colder than the ambient temp. Look to refrigerants or just good old Nitrous to do that.

Anything else will be more like a cold air intake system, easily accessible for much less $.

If you are #ell-bent on the idea of an intercooled SC, e-mail me, I have an idea that you can work on. It is of no use to us turbo guys, but....

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Phantom Motorsport
SLC, Utah