Read on Banks website that twins are bad????

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04-17-2006 | 05:14 PM

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edwinsmith

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Originally Posted by Begle1

You can always use water injection instead of an intercooler.

It's better that way.

How much cooling can you get? does it also add more power?

Edwin

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04-17-2006 | 05:21 PM

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Willy91

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Originally Posted by edwinsmith

How much cooling can you get? does it also add more power?

Edwin

250* or so. It adds close to 50HP. I think this is what M.Cummings did to keep his truck cool.

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04-18-2006 | 01:15 AM

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Ph4tty

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Originally Posted by PanteraGSTK

A charge air cooler (intercooler) should definitely be used to cool the air coming out of the second turbo."

Maybe that's why all the trucks come with aftercoolers now a days

Sounds like a sales pitch =(

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04-18-2006 | 07:22 PM

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Micaiahfied

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Originally Posted by edwinsmith

I think that if you cool the air after the first turbo it will give more final density because the final turbo can compress dense air more efficiently. Then cool the final air before it enters the manifold. More complex for sure but also more efficient.

but if you cool the air before the second turbo wouldn't it be a lot harder to spool?