As everyone knows from our engine efficiency 101 class, the cooler the air, the higher the combustion.
Downside is, air will get actually, actually scorching whenever you compress and squeeze it, such as you do in a turbocharger or supercharger system.
That’s why excessive efficiency engine builders look to intercooling to chill the consumption air.
However right here’s the factor, it’s not all the time simple to suit an intercooler setup in a cramped engine bay—and that’s very true in an engine swap situation.
That’s why we actually like the LSXHR Consumption Manifold Intercooler from FAST that we noticed throughout the 2024 SEMA Present.
Designed to work with high-ram LSXHR 103mm consumption manifolds, this useful little unit helps you to stuff an air-to-water intercooler atop the engine. Not solely does that release house across the motor, the air-to-water methodology means you don’t must fiddle with the complexity of enormous intercooler tubing.
Higher nonetheless, the environment friendly design considerably improves cooling of the consumption cost. In actual fact, the FAST people say the noticed as much as a 200 diploma lower in inlet air temperature.
Get an excellent take a look at the whole meeting (intercooler sandwiched between the manifold sections) dimensions on this illustration from FAST:
All in all, in case you’re utilizing pressured induction to construct large energy in your LS engine (as much as 1,800 hp in keeping with FAST), this intelligent intercooler design is an effective way to maximise its efficiency whereas nonetheless staying in a comparatively compact footprint.
Get extra specs, together with pricing particulars and availability, by clicking the half quantity beneath:
- FST-148000 – FAST LSXHR Consumption Manifold Intercooler
