Air-To-Water Intercoolers

PROCHARGER INTERCOOLERS

PROCHARGER INTERCOOLERS: HIGH PERFORMANCE THROUGH INNNOVATION

Everyone knows that ProCharger is committed to building industry leading superchargers systems for street cars/trucks, and that we are almost unrivaled in the racing market. But did you also know for the past 20 years ProCharger has also been leading the way in bringing you highly effective air-to-air intercoolers, with the largest choice of sizes/models to ensure both effectiveness and flow are maintained not only for stock motors, but modified motors as well?

It’s true, intercoolers play a huge roll in creating high HP while also maintaining engine reliability in a supercharger system. However, this important part is often never mentioned when comparing supercharger systems. In this blog we will cover the items that set the ProCharger intercoolers apart from the rest, to help illustrate what gives our supercharger systems the coolest air charge temperatures, and thus the largest, most reliable power gains available.

ProCharger was the original, introducing the aftermarket’s first intercooled supercharger system over 20 years ago, a major innovation and nearly 3 years ahead of its nearest competitor. And that innovation continues. For all of the vehicles listed below, ProCharger offers the largest, most effective intercoolers with the broadest range of intercooler options.

Design
For starters, ProCharger uses the highly effective (and durable) “Bar and Plate” design for street/strip intercooler cores-the core itself is not only engineered to be of the proper size for the application, but also the core “spacing” of the bars and plates to ensure proper airflow flow to fluid systems behind the intercooler (IE: Radiator/Condenser).

Custom Design Core

One of the often overlooked aspects of an intercooler is weight. We all know that if its lighter, its faster, so with that in mind ProCharger engineers design light weight stamped sheet metal aluminum end tanks for our intercoolers, instead of commonly used (heavy) cast aluminum air-to-air units – not to mention the weight of a pump, secondary heat exchanger, coolant reservoir and coolant of an air-to-water-to-air intercooler system. ProCharger intercoolers are also of the highest quality, always manufactured at the ProCharger plant in Kansas City.

Testing
When testing/designing intercoolers, ProCharger has a three-fold approach:
1) Intercooler designs begin as 3D computer models
2) Intercoolers are tested in an Aerodynamic test cell
3) Intercoolers are installed and tested in the real world, at the track and on dyno

ProCharger Testing

ProCharger not only tests to ensure the pressure drop across the core’s flow path is at its absolute lowest, but also checks for proper temperature reduction between inlet and outlet. When intercoolers are being tested for their effectiveness, we are looking for the coolest air charge possible, but we also want to make sure the supercharger isn’t working to hard to “push” air through the core itself. The computer models and test cell data can help us build a great performing core right out of the gate. The final piece of the puzzle is “real world” testing at the track to see how the intercooler works with the rest of the cars cooling system, as well as adequate aerodynamics.