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PhilCarrie · 19th February 2007, 10:55

An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is a device used on turbocharged and supercharged internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing the amount of charge in the engine and lowering charge air temperature thereby increasing power and reliability. It is also known as a charge air cooler, especially on larger engines that may easily self-destruct with high intake-air temperatures. The inter in the name refers to its location compared to the compressors; the coolers were typically installed between multiple stages of supercharging in aircraft engines. Modern automobile designs are technically aftercoolers because they appear most often at the very end of the chain, but this term is no longer used. Also the thicker and large the Intercooler, the more Turbo Lag it produces.

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PhilCarrie Locking Wheelnut Join Date: 15th January 2007 Location: Lancashire Posts: 118 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts iTrader: (0)	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercooler An intercooler, or charge air cooler, is a device used on turbocharged and supercharged internal combustion engines to improve their volumetric efficiency by increasing the amount of charge in the engine and lowering charge air temperature thereby increasing power and reliability. It is also known as a charge air cooler, especially on larger engines that may easily self-destruct with high intake-air temperatures. The inter in the name refers to its location compared to the compressors; the coolers were typically installed between multiple stages of supercharging in aircraft engines. Modern automobile designs are technically aftercoolers because they appear most often at the very end of the chain, but this term is no longer used. Also the thicker and large the Intercooler, the more Turbo Lag it produces.