[DeTomaso] Anyone have experience with the air flow in the rearwheel wells?

[Brian]

Ken,
   I don't believe it would work. Oil coolers are designed much different. 
The fins are far apart and the core is nothing more than the oil line with 
the fins arrayed to diffuse and spread out the air. Intercoolers are thick 
and need the air to be pushed or pulled through. The entire ambient air 
entry surface needs to have direct air flow. The internal portion of the 
core is designed to flow high volumes of air via forced induction with 
minimal pressure drop. Most intercoolers are identical on the inside as well 
as the outside. As for as adding fans to assist in that location, it may 
work. Grand nationals had fans on their intercoolers. They were puller 
setups. There down fall was that the intercooler was behind the radiator, so 
the air that entered the cooler had to pass through the radiator first. This 
caused the air to be heated up before entry into the intercooler. I told you 
before how I mounted a pair with the ambiant entry being face down with 
scoops that rammed the air into the cooler from the bottom of the car. This 
worked quite well, but only a suggestion.....
Brian
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Green" <kenn_green at yahoo.com>
To: <detomaso at realbig.com>
Sent: Monday, March 27, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: [DeTomaso] Anyone have experience with the air flow in the 
rearwheel wells?


> I'm struggling with how to deal with intercooling.  One idea is to hang 
> the turbos from the heads (very simple headers) and mount air to air 
> intercoolers against the rear wheel well splash pannels, maybe with fans 
> on the intercoolers.  I know oil coolers have been mounted that way, so I 
> assume this is possible, but I don't even know which way the air would 
> naturally flow, or if it changes with speed.  If anyone has looked at this 
> for any purpose, I would appreciate their comments.
>
>  Ken.
>
>
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