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I'd have done it by now myself but I can't justify it on a 4x4 offroad rig. If i had a street 2wd lowered B2 with a 4.0L then I surely would. but a 2.3T would be better suited for 18+ psi of fun.

BTW you know we got a B2 section now!
 


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:sad:I want one.:drool:
Nice to see another Colorado member. We will have to hit the trail when I get my lift and axles on.
 

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I'd have done it by now myself but I can't justify it on a 4x4 offroad rig. If i had a street 2wd lowered B2 with a 4.0L then I surely would. but a 2.3T would be better suited for 18+ psi of fun.

BTW you know we got a B2 section now!
well i have my 2wd lifted for some desert prerunning.. and im pretty sure that turboing it will make it alot more the fun..
 

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any updates?
 

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It's past November now. Updates!
 

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Well I have some bad bad news....
I was crawling around in a empty house lot last weekend and rolled my truck!...
Mechanically it is perfect. I busted out all the windows except the front windshield and driver side window. With a bunch of body damage. The roof held up a lot better than i thought.

So my Christmas break is going to consist of chopping my top and replacing doors/fenders...... instead of finishing the turbo :(
 

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An intercooler is used to stop detonation. It nets you no power. A 5-psi system with an intercooler will produce the same power as a 5-psi system without an intercooler. Now, if you wanted to dial up to 10-psi and experienced detonation, you'd install an intercooler. The intercooler would keep the air being forced into the cylinder cool, and therefore decrease the likelyhood of early detonation.

Cooling the air between the turbo and the engine still yields the same amount of air.

From Superchargersonline: "Essentially, run an intercooler when only when running peak boost (i.e. any more boost would cause detonation) for the octane of fuel you use."
This is just simply wrong.

5-psi of boost at 300* is far less air than 5-psi at 100*.

Less air= Less fuel= Less power.

So even at 5-psi, an intercooler will make more power on any given engine.

And regardless of how restrictive the IC is, if your WG is referenced at the intake, and your getting the boost levels your after at the intake, it doesnt matter how restrictive the IC is, what you need to be concerned about is IC efficiency, and how much it can lower your intake temp.
 

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depending on the setup you IATs woulnt be that high on only 5 psi. This is why a intercooler isnt truly necesary. The other issue is a intercooler will slow response depending on how restrictive the intercooler is (theres many different designs. cooler air does=denser air. It all depends on how badly the compressor is heating the air charge. Another method of intercooling can be running E85 which has abotu a 105 octane and has intercooling abilities.
 

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How am I missing the point? Your obviously missing the point and have no idea how turbocharging works.

I just explained it as bare bones as can be.

5psi non-intercooled air, is less air, than 5psi intercooled air.

Less Air= Less Power.

Now, how much less is the real question, but I gaurantee it will be less.
 

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5psi non-intercooled air, is less air, than 5psi intercooled air.
Umm.. since when does the intercooler add air to the system? Does a radiator add coolant to the system? Capacity, but not pressure.

Rob
 

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It dosent add air the air is denser. Coolar air =denser air. The collder the Air charge more power can be built from the same amount of pressure. it often depends on the compressor/turbocharger design on how much the compressing will heat the air charge. On cold days my 4.0 comsumin 5 psi is just fine but on 90+ degree days it does get heat soaked and performance falls off a little. If the IAts are too high it can also cause detonation and elevated EGTs. There are also other meotods of intercooling like meth injecton and E85 can be used as a intercooling agent. The fuel has high octance and is cold to the touch.
 
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Umm.. since when does the intercooler add air to the system? Does a radiator add coolant to the system? Capacity, but not pressure.

Rob

When you cool air, it makes the air more dense. How do you make air more dense (i.e. Volume stays the same, but mass increases) without adding more air? You are packing more air molecules into the same amount of space.

Water is a liquid and cant be compressed, like a gas, therefore your radiator analogy is wrong. Plus liquids arent as sensitive to temp changes as gases are.
 
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It dosent add air the air is denser. Coolar air =denser air. The collder the Air charge more power can be built from the same amount of pressure. it often depends on the compressor/turbocharger design on how much the compressing will heat the air charge. On cold days my 4.0 comsumin 5 psi is just fine but on 90+ degree days it does get heat soaked and performance falls off a little. If the IAts are too high it can also cause detonation and elevated EGTs. There are also other meotods of intercooling like meth injecton and E85 can be used as a intercooling agent. The fuel has high octance and is cold to the touch.
Yes but even E85 and other fuels with low evaporation temps can benefit from intercooling even further.

And yes you are right it does have a lot to do with compressor efficiency, but it also has a lot with how well your compressor is matched with the pumping characteristics of the engine as well.
 
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From wikapedia

An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is an air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchange device used on turbocharged and supercharged (forced induction) internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing intake air charge density through isochoric cooling. A decrease in air intake temperature provides a denser intake charge to the engine and allows more air and fuel to be combusted per engine cycle, increasing the output of the engine.
 

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