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<blockquote data-quote="mrogerc" data-source="post: 2198434" data-attributes="member: 23256"><p>Technically, it is absolutely possible to have intercooler efficiency over 100%. One merely needs to have a charge air coolant that is substantially cooler than ambient air temperature. Racing boats do this by using lake or ocean water as the heat exhange coolant for the intercooler.</p><p></p><p>I don't know the efficiency of my intercooler, nor the efficiency of my blower, I think my post was clear on that..... </p><p></p><p>And also to be clear--the intercooler on my car is the standard part. The radiator that exchanges heat from the coolant running though the intercooler to atmosphere is the part that is oversized. However, I wonder whether the fluid flow ewith the standard kit pump is sufficient to take advantage of that extra radiator surface area.</p><p></p><p>I think I was also clear that the temp probe is after the intercooler--so the net air temp increase after engine compartment, filter, MAF, throttle body, intake, blower, and intercooler is about 30-32 degrees. I was wondering if the Procharger setup was perhaps less. I will take a look at your posts, I assume you included ambient temps as well.</p><p></p><p>I really am not interested in axe grinding here. I find the technology of forced air induction to be pretty interesting, and in looking closely at the picture of the ProCharger setup, I am just curious about what different engineering compromises drove that design as opposed to the roots design of the Trilogy. Obviously it is possible to have very different, and equally good, approaches to the same problem. That this problem is solved mutiple ways on the same car makes it more interesting.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mrogerc, post: 2198434, member: 23256"] Technically, it is absolutely possible to have intercooler efficiency over 100%. One merely needs to have a charge air coolant that is substantially cooler than ambient air temperature. Racing boats do this by using lake or ocean water as the heat exhange coolant for the intercooler. I don't know the efficiency of my intercooler, nor the efficiency of my blower, I think my post was clear on that..... And also to be clear--the intercooler on my car is the standard part. The radiator that exchanges heat from the coolant running though the intercooler to atmosphere is the part that is oversized. However, I wonder whether the fluid flow ewith the standard kit pump is sufficient to take advantage of that extra radiator surface area. I think I was also clear that the temp probe is after the intercooler--so the net air temp increase after engine compartment, filter, MAF, throttle body, intake, blower, and intercooler is about 30-32 degrees. I was wondering if the Procharger setup was perhaps less. I will take a look at your posts, I assume you included ambient temps as well. I really am not interested in axe grinding here. I find the technology of forced air induction to be pretty interesting, and in looking closely at the picture of the ProCharger setup, I am just curious about what different engineering compromises drove that design as opposed to the roots design of the Trilogy. Obviously it is possible to have very different, and equally good, approaches to the same problem. That this problem is solved mutiple ways on the same car makes it more interesting. [/QUOTE]
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