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Toymods Social Secretary
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Mon, 01 November 2004 04:47
 
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which one was the best compromise of flow size and thermal efficiency?
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Mon, 01 November 2004 05:07
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From memory it was the aftermarket one. They praised from memory the 13B and 20B turbo ones, and surprisingly the JZA70 one didn't do too bad at all.
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Mon, 01 November 2004 05:46
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I don't see how these 3 figures (flow, weight/mass and volume) can seperate a good intercooler from a crap one.
I could make an intercooler from a concrete drainpipe and have the highest figure for all 3 figures but obviously this intercooler wouldn't be much good.
It would be nicer and more useful if they had instead tabulated all the IC measurements so people could work out what would fit in space XYZ.
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Mon, 01 November 2004 08:37
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yeah.. well it something other than going - OHH that looks shiny!
thermal conductivity, entropy (i think thats the term - 1st year uni), or some measure of cooling per unit air flow would have been good... but you cant complain really. It is free info.
Yeah the JZA80 rated pretty well in their books.
Bascially they have shown the bastards way of measuring thermal conductivity - being mass vs volume.
The theory goes (AKAIK) the greater mass per unit volume = greater cooling ability,
by the assumption that greater mass means more surface area.
But that doesnt take into consideration other factors such as material, internal design etc etc which have large effects on thermal conductivity other than just mass vs volume.
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Tue, 02 November 2004 23:14
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unless im going blind ( which is very possible ), they dont have any measurements for the nissan GTR, as from my readings, is one of the best factory intercoolers money can buy. . . .
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Re: Comparison of different factory intercoolers - Autospeed article
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Wed, 03 November 2004 01:17
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| THE WITZL wrote on Mon, 01 November 2004 19:37 |
thermal conductivity, entropy (i think thats the term - 1st year uni), or some measure of cooling per unit air flow would have been good... but you cant complain really. It is free info.
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enthalpy perhaps (instead of entropy)?
Cheers
Wilbo
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