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    Here is another implementation of the intercooler/intake manifold.

    This was part of the GTV-6 twin turbo the system we produced for Alfa
    Romeo North America in 1985.  It packaged two intercooler cores onto a
    central plenum which fed the 6 individual runners (hard to see here, but
    they are directly underneath the center portion of the casting).  It was
    a good packaging solution, we thought, as the cooling air was fed from a
    simple hood scoop above, and it kept the intake tract length to a
    minimum for response.  Of course, the compromises were that air could
    not be easily ducted away from the intercoolers, and the intake runner
    length was short  yet there was still sufficient  delta T across the
    system.

    When we looked into the patents that we might file,  we found plenty of
    'prior art' and elected to just get on with production.


    Best Regards
    E. Reeves Callaway, Founder


    OLD LYME CONNECTICUT / LEINGARTEN GERMANY / IRVINE CALIFORNIA
    860 434 9002
    www.callawaycars.com

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    Double Darn! I thought I invented that too :)
    Nicely done Reeves. Do you remember where you got those
    short inter cooler cores?

    With the rotary in an aircraft there is so much room under the
    the right side of the cowl off-setting the intercooler over there
    gave us plenty of room for the cooling air to escape downward. The
    turbo Mini and the Mazda 2nd gen RX7 Turbo II have the problem you
    mentioned above.

    Paul Lamar ...No rotor no motor.

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The custom cores were made by Alpha United,  which is no more.  But, I
believe Bob Greenwood at this address is a former Alpha United guy, and
if I understood him correctly,  they specialize in 'plate & fin' heat
exchangers.  Worth a call:

TEMP, Inc.
543 West 135th Street
Gardena, California, USA 90248

Telephone: (310) 523-9934
FAX: (310) 523-4921

Robert Greenwood, President  bob@tempinc.com <ailto:bob@tempinc.com">
Robert Santos, Project Manager

Regards
E. Reeves Callaway, Founder


OLD LYME CONNECTICUT / LEINGARTEN GERMANY / IRVINE CALIFORNIA
860 434 9002
www.callawaycars.com


Thanks Reeves.

I never got a pic with this Paul.

Hans



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