red_wing_2121

Found out at work that you actually have an aftercooler. GM calls it an aftercooler, so that's what I will call it.

victory_red_SS

iTrader: (2)

Well when you look in the cars manual it calls it an intercooler. I guess GM doesn't really know what they put in there seeing as they wrote the manual, yet the tell the shops something else

HighPSI_LowCC_Speed

"Modern automobile designs are technically aftercoolers because they appear most often at the very end of the chain, but this name is no longer used."
-From wikipedia definition on "intercooler" see this LINK

BLKSS

They call it intercooler but its aftercooled just like everything else out there.. well almost.

Nuclear

after, inner it does the same thing

Chevypowered

Consider them the same, is it even a big deal?

NightmareRacing

it's the same thing don't sweat it

Nuclear

now were getting somewhere

Pully Police

Technically, you are completely correct. Water/alcohol injection is a form of INTERcooling.

Air-air and water-air elements are examples of AFTERcooling.

Any meathod of cooling boosted intake air is called "charge air cooling".

However, everyone misuses the terms to the point that it is practically industry standard to call an aftercooler - an intercooler.

-P

red_wing_2121

That is correct. I got the information off of GM's own service site "SI 2000", which basically shows every service procedure and information on every vehicle GM makes. And I saw the same thing on GM's SPO (Service and Parts Operations). I think that if it is called an "aftercooler" in those GM sources, then that is what it is. The only other thing that GM has called this in these sites is "charge air cooler", as stated by Pulley Police.

phxSS

my god, who gives a **** if someone calls it an aftercooler or intercooler! i can't believe someone made a whole thread about this. I'll the call the supercharger a ******* turbo if I want. What? Start a thread about that one, bitch!

mrbelvedere

iTrader: (3)

lmao phxs you go dude and pulley is correct

mrb

Toronto SS

Good thing you havent found the "what is a jbody.... and do we have it" thread.

leviticus88

hello captain obvious and welcome to the search button.

red_wing_2121

Take it easy, big guy! It is only a thread, and a topic to discuss about and create controversey. If there was no controversey on forums, they would be boring as hell. Lighten up and have fun on the forums and don't bad mouth other people just because you don't like the topic they chose or what they may have written in a post. I was merely posting some information I happened to come across during my work day, I do not mean to brag that I am right and others are wrong. You can argue points if you would like, but there is no need to put people down.

Your words of terror amuse only yourself.

Cobalt_Supercharged

Your wrong...it's called a blower. *sticks tongue out*

NightmareRacing

makes sense

yall need to have a few beers, it's friday

BullDog71ss

I think beer is the last thing some of these wound up dudes need. I believe a nice joint would do the trick in this case...maybe two.

This thread however, is fairly pointless.

CivicKiller98

i have some interesting docs in some of my old references, intercooler and aftercooler are two different things for two simmilar yet different applications. i am not speaking in terms solely of cars here.
my scanner only scans in pdf format but if someone wants to help post it can you please pm me.

thx