Intercooler HP Capability Approximation
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Intercooler HP Capability Approximation
Can someone help me guess the maximum HP this intercooler can handle w/ a T25? I don't have any measurements, so approximations are all I'm expecting. My power goals are no more than 200hp. Thanks.
Using foot in picture as reference size
Using foot in picture as reference size
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Um, hopefully not a lot with those tabs blocking the radiator.
Also, a friend of mine took three stock DSM intercoolers and welded them together to make a decent front mount. :-)
Anyway, it looks comparable to a stock mazdaspeed, maybe a BIT bigger. I think that I've heard with them they are great for hitting the gas and getting one hit, but they heat soak in like three hard gear pulls.
Also, a friend of mine took three stock DSM intercoolers and welded them together to make a decent front mount. :-)
Anyway, it looks comparable to a stock mazdaspeed, maybe a BIT bigger. I think that I've heard with them they are great for hitting the gas and getting one hit, but they heat soak in like three hard gear pulls.
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This was FM's testing. They showed in back to back runs how the intake temps were way up and the HP was way down with the OEM intake and IC. Sure, they can heat soak. At low speed, or with bad routing, of course it will.
Think about this: The alum is at ambiant temperature. You put in hot air, the air inside only knows the temp of the metal it's touching, not what's on the other side. So the air cools by heating the metal.
TOTALLY SEPERATE PROBLEM: The hot metal tries to shed temp to the nearby air. That air could be hot, not flowing, not having enough surfrace area, etc etc. And if the end tanks are most of the surface area the gasses see, then the heat will go into those, and they will stay hot since they don't get cooled by the passing air.
It can happen. Will it be an issue for you? Maybe, maybe not. Track days will be more of an issue than a single dyno pull. Pay attention to ducting and you should be fine. A well designed IC won't heat soak, it will cool at the same rate you dump heat into it. But for one gear, I bet you could tape over both sides of the IC and get the same numbers, maybe in second.
When I had a liscence plate in front of my IC for a week, I got knock all the time, in the second or third gear I pulled through, or in top gear on long pulls.
Think about this: The alum is at ambiant temperature. You put in hot air, the air inside only knows the temp of the metal it's touching, not what's on the other side. So the air cools by heating the metal.
TOTALLY SEPERATE PROBLEM: The hot metal tries to shed temp to the nearby air. That air could be hot, not flowing, not having enough surfrace area, etc etc. And if the end tanks are most of the surface area the gasses see, then the heat will go into those, and they will stay hot since they don't get cooled by the passing air.
It can happen. Will it be an issue for you? Maybe, maybe not. Track days will be more of an issue than a single dyno pull. Pay attention to ducting and you should be fine. A well designed IC won't heat soak, it will cool at the same rate you dump heat into it. But for one gear, I bet you could tape over both sides of the IC and get the same numbers, maybe in second.
When I had a liscence plate in front of my IC for a week, I got knock all the time, in the second or third gear I pulled through, or in top gear on long pulls.
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