Part 5 is out - intercooler and conclusion
Fitting a larger IC seems to have brought performance down again, but has improved fuel economy.
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So if there was no power increase, was the fitting of the larger intercooler a waste of time? For two reasons, I don’t think so.
Firstly, the fuel economy is clearly improved. This change is not visible in all driving: it seems more pronounced at higher speeds where loads are greater. In Part 4 of this series I said that typical fuel economy had improved to about 5.3 litres/100km. That is still the case in most circumstances, but in freeway use at a sustained 110 km/h, 5.1 litres/100km is now common.
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