Originally Posted by
Wageslave
I doubt any boy racer has ever fitted an intercooler. Aftercoolers maybe, but not intercoolers.
The System we are talking about is not about getting gazillion horsepower, it is about huge fuel economy improvements, something boy racers also know zip about!
Huh? Dilettante boy racers may fit turbochargers or superchargers in pursuit of speed and power. Serious boy racers will also fit an intercooler between the blower and the cylinders to reduce the charge temperature, increase charge density and provide even greater power. Pretty well every turbodiesel car and truck on the road has an intercooler to increase the maximuym power capacity and improve efficiency.
I believe the device you are referring to is actually a heat-exchanger, which is used to transfer waste heat energy from the exhaust back into the intake air to improve overall thermal efficiency. The fact that matlots can't grasp the difference is a shortcoming in the matlot intellect rather than the boy-racer one.
PDR