Air & boost

Intercooler

A heat exchanger that cools compressed intake air before it enters the engine.

A little deeper

Compression heats the charge. Air-to-air and air-to-liquid coolers remove heat differently; the charge-air circuit is not necessarily the engine-coolant circuit.

Also known as: charge air cooler · charge-air cooler · CAC · ინტერკულერი · интеркулер

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F10 2011

M5

560 PS
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