suck thru intercooler??

[79rolla]

one of my mates told me that you can rin intercooles as suck thru
is this just a myth or sumthing or can it actuly be done? if so how would it work???
any ideas welcome

[DexGT]

Yea , you can run intercoolers suck though , Why you would though is a different story . Intercoolers are to remove the heat gained by the air being compressed in the turbo , air before the turbo will be ambient temp already unless your sucking it from by the motor (not good ).
This explains why they are called INTERcoolers , and not PREcoolers .

[fivebob]

Well technically no, intercoolers are supposed to be between multi-stage charging systems, what most people call an intercooler is actually an aftercooler

Anyway the idea of a cooler before the turbo just sucks, literally. Even if you could cool the ambient air to say 0°C, the turbo would still heat it up to 100°C+, which would be too hot for engine reliability.

Cooling systems work best when there is a large difference between the cooling medium and the substance been cooled. So the most logical place to put them is where it is hottest, in this case after the turbo.

[79rolla]

yea i thort suming like that thnx for clerin it up

[evil_si]

if u want a intercooler turbo your car!

dont just be a wannabe and have an intercooler in the front for looks

[Zak]

I though he was meaning carby -> turbo -> cooler -> engine ?

Not cooler -> carby -> turbo -> engine

As most (all?) suck through systems leave out the cooler, as I would assume the fuel would start to condense into a liquid again, and wouldn't run properly. Because you need the heat with carbys to keep the fuel atomised.

Any way... thats how I saw the question

[Caveman]

I though he was meaning carby -> turbo -> cooler -> engine ?

Not cooler -> carby -> turbo -> engine

As most (all?) suck through systems leave out the cooler, as I would assume the fuel would start to condense into a liquid again, and wouldn't run properly. Because you need the heat with carbys to keep the fuel atomised.

Any way... thats how I saw the question

Yea thats how I saw it, no good as fuel condenses in the intercooler, also with suckthrough carb the turbo mixes and compresses the fuel really nicely so one miss fire and you'll blow the intercooler joins off

[79rolla]

lol na my mat sed u coud run
intercooler -> turbo -> carby -> engin
well i think thas what he sed and im thinking wtf

[Lloyd]

Firstly, that would have no point at all with intercooler before turbo
Secondly, thats not a suck-through setup

[79rolla]

i was meaning suck thru the intercooler not the carby sorry for any confustion