Background: Prompted by a question if I have any results of measuring intercooler external airflow, meaning the ambient air that passes through the core and then onto the radiator, some ideas for measuring this property were considered. The question arose based on the thought that airflow through the exterior fins may affect the radiator performance […]
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Background: ARM Motorsports sells an open intake for the Mk7. The company provided a sample product to perform a flow bench test with. Test Process: The ARM intake will be tested using a flow bench to measure the airflow through the intake at a test depression of 28″ of H2O. The intake tube is attached
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Background: Routinely I’ve come across discussions about intercoolers that refer to the “volume” of the intercooler. A comment will be made along the lines of “with a greater power level a larger volume core is needed” or “X intercooler has a larger volume than Y intercooler”, implying that X is better due to the larger
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