Mr.G wrote:What about use the intercooler as classical air-air, but route into it also the engine coolant path too? Then it can be called air-water, but it's not exactly. Of course the heat sink must be bigger, but maybe smaller as two independent heat sinks. This is what I meant in the post before.
Love that idea, sounds logical but i wonder if it will work in practice?
How about not using the engine heat exchanger but the gearbox oil heat exchanger? would make piping the air alot simpler:
1 its closer to the plenum for the engine intake air piping.
2 there is only one gearbox heat excahnger where there are two engine heat exchanges. piping to one engine heat exchanger would cause an imbalance.
Dont air intercoolers and air/water intercoolers operate at different temp windows tho?
A wise man once told me you cant polish a turd...