11-28-2002, 04:58 AM
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Cobra Make, Engine: Contemporary CCX3117 427FE
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Originally posted by Bathrone
Oh, the water to air intercooler, it is over 14 times more efficient than an air to air intercooler.
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Hmmm, where'd that calculation come from? If you're talking a totally heated air/air intercooler as measured in a traffic jam compared to an air/water at the start line of a dragstrip with an ice-chilled water reserve, then I can see an improvement.
In the real world (and certainly on a racing circuit), it's hard to beat an air/air setup. No water leaks, no front heat exchanger, no electric water pump to fail, no "finite" cooling medium (water) that will reach a point on a track where it cannot maintain temperatures. I believe they call it steady state? Air, on the other hand, just keeps on bashing away at the front of an intercooler - dragging away the heat all race long.
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