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[Deleted User]

Heres the theory and then my conclusion at the end...


A bar and plate IC will have a lower pressure drop than a tube fin. However, because the tubes have square leading and trailing edges, they tend to force cooling air around the core, rather than between the rows.

A tube fin of the same size and design will have a higher pressure drop because it has less volume inside the rows for charge air. However, since the leading and trailing edges of the tubes are rounded, they "channel" more air in between the rows.

Here's where tube fin comes out on top- make the core or the rows slightly larger than the bar and plate to make up the pressure drop difference and you'll have an IC that will flow as well as a bar/ plate, and will cool more efficiently because the rows are seeing more cooling air between them.


SOO in conclusion what im thinking is...because im on a budget build... i will just go with a smaller Bar Plate because im not going to be running huge numbers vs running the tube and fin and just buying a real big tube in fin that essentially is biggeer and better then the bar and plate...am i right or am i way off here

[QikEnuF]

Budget build you won't notice a difference.  I liked my JRC tube/fin though.

[hotrex]

ivr got s brand new 22x9 bar and plate cooler 2.5 in/out for sale 90 shipped

[lilpooh21186]

porn? bar & plate FTW

[patsmx5]

I'll add that a bar and plate has a lot more mass of aluminum, and is therefore a larger heat sink, which is mostly how the IC is used anyway. (because you don't drive for hours boosting, you boost for a  few seconds at a time) Then when you're cruising or getting ready to race again, the heat exchanger is cooling down. I like a bar and plate IC myself. If you're anal, you could make the leading edge round and trailing edge tapper to an edge, and cooling air would flow better than the tube and fine.  

[Towdogg]

porn? bar & plate FTW

+1

[Deleted User]

 

[Towdogg]

The Gabe looks like your sister! 

Keep it in the family...

[Deleted User]

my sister, come on chuck...when have you seen my sister anyway...should i keep the PRON cumin

[Towdogg]

Ya you should!  You know I am busting balls!  You gota sister?  Post pics or BAN!   

[Deleted User]

no if i post pics of he she'll ban me from life, shes good lookin but i cant do that MAYNE ill post a family photo so it aint just of her hahah... here it is....

[Towdogg]

 :yes:  Post them up 

[Deleted User]

NOPE haha sry chuck you get my pm though!

[lilpooh21186]

welcome To RHMT