Thread: 500 intercooler
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Old Feb 1, 2006 | 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by fiesta cossie
Originally Posted by Mike Rainbird
This is the new super wide, (140mm more than standard) and super deep (65mm instead of 50mm) with the patented (so I expect royalties : ) R&B scoop design Pro-alloy intercooler.

I will have some temp figures by end of Feb when car goes to Bruntingthorpe.


Mike,

is that 140mm wider than a rs500 core, or whole width?

wot does the scop actually do?
It is the core.

The scoop makes it difficult for the air to escape around the intercooler (as air will always take the path of least resistance), so forces it through the intercooler for better cooling.
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