Intercooler Q: How come a lot of IC kits use larger piping on the cold side?
09-23-2004, 10:18 AM
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Intercooler Q: How come a lot of IC kits use larger piping on the cold side?
I would think that if you wanted to maintain the momentum and velocity of the air coming out of the IC, you'd want to downsize the piping after the IC. If anything, you'd want larger piping before the IC to account for the increased pressure/velocity and decreased density of the hot air coming from the turbo. Since a lot of kits for other cars utilize a larger IC to throttle body pipe, there must be something wrong with my reasoning. Does anyone have any input?
09-23-2004, 10:25 AM
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Ventured guess: air entering the IC core would reduce air velocity. by forcing the air into a >
smaller pipe, charge pressure would be increased and pressure drop from say a larger core would be decreased. just an educated guess if anyone has anything they know for sure please throw it out there.
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