How to Use intercooler in a Sentence

intercooler

noun
  • Air from the lower tier is used to feed the air-to-air intercoolers.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 12 Aug. 2017
  • That hood scoop is functional and directs air to the tiny intercooler under the hood.
    — Devin Holody, Ars Technica, 26 Apr. 2018
  • The engine block has been strengthened, for example, and the turbocharger and its plumbing and its air-to-water intercooler all add pounds.
    — Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 16 Sep. 2022
  • Perhaps, some thought, the intercooler was leaky, allowing some oil to escape into the combustion chamber along with the air.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2020
  • The intercooler and cooling circuit for the supercharger have also been revised.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 26 July 2022
  • The kit includes the supercharger and necessary hardware as well as a dual-pass intercooler system.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Its aluminum case sits on both a manifold VF manufactures and an air-to-water intercooler.
    — Scott Oldham, Car and Driver, 21 Feb. 2020
  • The Trofeo engine gets a pair of unique twin-scroll turbos and a separate intercooler for more peak power and better responsiveness.
    — Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Seven skid plates and sand shields to keep sand from clogging the radiator, transmission cooler, and turbocharger intercoolers.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2017
  • Barnes’ truck spent a week at Banks’ garage, where a new cold air intake, a new exhaust system and a replacement intercooler was installed along with a turbocharger upgrade.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2021
  • Additional changes include dethrottling the intake, upgrading the dry sump oil system, and switching to an air-to-air intercooler.
    — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 28 Oct. 2020
  • Equipped with a transmission intercooler as standard equipment, the Palisade is rated to tow up to 5,000 pounds.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
  • The supercharger, along with an air-to-liquid intercooler, is inverted and tucked into the V8’s valley.
    — Jeff Yip, Houston Chronicle, 14 Apr. 2020
  • The healthy compression and the freer breathing improve the engine's output both on and off the boost, while the intercooler and the elevated boost pressure move peak output up another notch.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 2 Apr. 2023
  • With its direct piezo gasoline injectors, twin low-mass turbochargers and air-to-air intercooler, optimum performance and economy is achieved with no loss in engine response.
    — Matthew Phenix, WIRED, 30 Sep. 2007
  • Line lock helps the driver warm the rear drag radials, a special air-conditioning circuit chills the intercooler, and a trans brake makes for easy launches and helps the Demon perform the briefest of wheelies.
    — Car and Driver, 10 Oct. 2017
  • To solve that problem, the Type R now has a 48 percent larger grille opening that directs air into a larger radiator and a 10-row intercooler (up from nine).
    — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Intake air is cooled by a separate, two-stage low-temperature water circuit; the first cooler stage is composed of two parallel coolers in the left and right wheel arches, followed by another set of intercoolers downstream.
    — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 30 May 2019
  • During acceleration runs to 150 mph, the intercooler circuit cooked itself and eventually, the modern electronics would pull power.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 17 July 2023
  • Unlike a typical automotive turbocharging system, notably missing is an intercooler.
    — David Beard, Car and Driver, 14 Feb. 2020
  • To help maintain peak performance during extended high-speed driving, the GRMN is also fitted with an intercooler sprayer to keep intake temperatures under control.
    — Utkarsh Sood june 06, New Atlas, 6 June 2026
  • This was a necessity, as the twin-turbo V-6 requires a veritable club sandwich of heat exchangers, with an air-to-liquid intercooler and transmission and oil coolers joining the usual radiator and AC condenser.
    — Dan Edmunds, Car and Driver, 16 May 2022

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