Saab intercooler flow test

[oil pan 4]

I flow tested one of my saab intercoolers last night. I only made an adaptor to go on high volume side of the air machine.
More to come on this, next week.
I used 1 of my saab black stone intercooler from a 1990 turbo 2.0L saab car. IT flowed 55-60 lb/min @ just under 4psi with a temp of about 100'F last night [img]graemlins/omg.gif[/img] .
I pushed it to just over 5psi and didn't realy get any more flow out of it, the lb/min gauge didn't realy move but the psi gauge sure did.
I didn't want to blow my cheap *** adaptor apart and have my IC fall on the floor.
I also got a reading at 50-55 lb/min, took 3 psi to push that through(also with 100'F air).
The oil, dirt and **** didn't stick around for very long. It all got blown away, I never did clean the IC out.
I had to take the flow reading so high becasue the gauge on the high volume side of the air machine didn't start giving a good reading untill 45-50 lb/min.
To get CFM divide lb/min over .070318.
Ex. 50 lb's of 100'F air is equal to about 710cfm.
I'm making a nother adaptor to use the 5 or 8 to 15 lb/min high pressure side, it will be good to go next week. I'll do some thing a little more real world and put less then 500hp+ hp worth of air through that IC next time.
The next test @ 15lb/min will be about 215cfm.
Sucks I can't run it at like 30lb/min.

[malice10985]

Is it one of those little tiny intercoolers with both inlet and outlet on the same side? I think it is like 9"x 11" or something.

I have one of those to cool my massive T04 [img]graemlins/rofl.gif[/img]

I hate being dumb.

[oil pan 4]

11" X 9" that is about it. With the black top and bottom and the inlet and out let both that bend 90 degrees out of the top.
As long as you can put the air over it that little thing will cool your air.

[T-Punk]

I have two of them :D . i plan on running 6psi through each. Good to here they are pretty decent. i spent like 75 buck for the pair shipped to my door.