Rumour/spy Shots Of Intercooled Gt Testing In Sweden

[spoolxr6]

I always wondered what the benefit of an intercooler is on a supercharger. Anyone care to enlighten? I'm aware how it works for the i6 turbo, but how does it work for the gt 335 if you fit an aftermarket one? Or, in this case, if Fpv put a stock one on the gt-ho?

Intercoolers on superchargers work exactly the same as they do on Turbos. The air from a supercharger is still compressed and heats up and thus needs a heat exchanger to lower the intake temps. The needand benifits of a larger intercooler will be obvious once the boost pressure is increased over standard.

[Wenier]

basically the hotter air cant have as much fuel with it as its not as dense. So you cool it making it dense allowing more fuel and more power effectively.

[discostig]

Awwwwwwwwwwww

Edit – 28/01/2011:

After posing the question to FPV, Rod Barrett, General Manager, Ford Performance vehicles, had this to say about the photographs:

“The vehicle shown undertaking testing in Sweden is an engineering mule vehicle used as part of the Miami engineering development program. During this program the vehicle was based in Europe, and other parts of the world. Specifically, it has been used to calibrate the vehicle’s electronic traction control, anti-lock-brakes and dynamic stability control systems.

This prototype vehicle has been fitted with heat exchangers designed to allow engineers to control engine intake air temperatures, independent of prevailing ambient conditions. In other words, the vehicle can be tested on very low friction surfaces currently present during the Swedish winter, while at the same time the engineers can simulate the engine performance as if the test was being conducted in 40 deg C temperatures in the Northern Territory.

This system has been installed for development purposes only, and is in no way related to the development of a model designated GT-H or GT HO. The FPV GS and GT have class-leading power and torque outputs from the Supercharged 5.0 litre V8 engine. To achieve this, the GS and GT do not require an engine intercooler system.”

[IBOO57]

Sweet, so when it snows in the NT your traction control will work

[bunna]

The phrase "I told you so" seems rather appropriate

[NitroXR6T]

vic plates in Sweden?

[Flukey]

Its a development mule from Ford Oz. Why would it not be registered in Vic?

[Pube]

A friend of myne works for Ford and went to Sweden with them. Managed to get some of his pics:

[andrich]

Awesome to see those pics.

What a job to have!!!

[CSP]

All these cars would be running the new PCM for the new engines and are obviously there to recal. ETC, ABS etc etc.