[Herr-Kuhn]

The one thing I forgot to point out...these are bar and plate cores, which are much heavier than tube and fin cores. Tube and fin cores are typically used on EOM applications but they are much lighter because there is less metal in them compared to a bar and plate core.

The bar and plate cores are a more effective heat sink when the vehicle speeds are low...meaning the coolers remove a lot of heat initially with little to no airflow over them...then vehicle speed comes up and the air really starts moving along through the core. Additionally these are bump-turbulator cores...the charge air is run through the cores and is forced to tumble over the turbulators giving up its heat. It may seem counter intuitive, but the ideal intercooler effectively slows down the airflow through the core so the air has ample time to snuggle up to the aluminum and exchange its heat.

I'm very anxious to see how this system is going to perform. There are some new concepts on this build, like the twin intercoolers with one turbo. Some OEMs have also done this. The charge air on this car is carefully split out to either side with a 2:1 header collector running backwards. The plumbing is pretty trick, but also quite simple. Each side after the split has roughly the same amount of bend. This is to get a 50/50 split on mass airflow through each core.

When this is done, I will entertain selling the topside bits and charge coolers if people are interested in making up their own system.

Lizard...how many cars out there have a yellow and red engine paint theme?