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calgarycobra said:IIRC, intercooler cools the incoming air BEFORE the supercharger/turbo whereas aftercooler cools AFTER the supercharger/turbo. Both have influence in how dense your incoming air charge is, but I think the intercooler plays a role in keeping temps in your supercharger/turbo down (???).
Um...no...calgarycobra said:IIRC, intercooler cools the incoming air BEFORE the supercharger/turbo whereas aftercooler cools AFTER the supercharger/turbo. Both have influence in how dense your incoming air charge is, but I think the intercooler plays a role in keeping temps in your supercharger/turbo down (???).
Not even close...Why would you cool the air before the blower? The blower is just going to heat it back up...Both cool the air after the outlet of the blower...DoHcHoLlIdAy01 said:They do the exact same thing. The only difference is that an intercooler cools the air before it gets to the head unit of the blower, whereas the aftercooler cools the air after it comes out of the blower instead.
What he said.missouri_guy197 said:Not even close...Why would you cool the air before the blower? The blower is just going to heat it back up...Both cool the air after the outlet of the blower...
missouri_guy197 said:Um...no...
Like midlifecrisis said, there's really no difference between an intercooler or an aftercooler as far as what's on a car...There's only really one company that uses an aftercooler and that's Vortech...everything else the pretty much call an intercooler...
Seven year old thread...There is virtually no difference between an inter cooler and an after cooler, it is the location of the cooler in the system the changes its name. If you have 20 turbos in series, you can put an inter cooler in between each one. Then you will put an after cooler after the last turbo before the air goes into the engine. Inter coolers, between 2 stages of air compression. After coolers, after the last stage of compression.
View attachment 147938There is virtually no difference between an inter cooler and an after cooler, it is the location of the cooler in the system the changes its name. If you have 20 turbos in series, you can put an inter cooler in between each one. Then you will put an after cooler after the last turbo before the air goes into the engine. Inter coolers, between 2 stages of air compression. After coolers, after the last stage of compression.