Hans and all,
>Interesting thought - to get more performance out of the 914. But since
>carburettor icing is a "no-problem" - due to the heated air from the
>compressor, may not cool air from an intercooler introduce this problem?
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The 914 carbs run pretty warm in the supercharger environment. If by
chance air temperature goes so low as to be in the icing range, remember
that it's not the air that ices up, but the carb butterfly, etc...
Also, there is no such thing as a 100% efficiency intercooler
installation, so air is still rather warm in the airbox.
You may ask, what if the carbs are so warm that vapor lock is likely ?
Now there's a good question...
Regards,
Gilles Thesee
Grenoble, France
http://contrails.free.fr
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