How Does An Intercooler Work?
As said above,it is by its working nature nearer to a car radiator.When the heated air contacts with intercooler it passes through intercooler’s vanes where the air is cooled down by the external air passing through the vanes.In simpler words an intercooler uses external cold air to lower the temperature of internal hot air.Simple physics seems to operate here where the hot internal air tends to loose its heat by trying to make the cold external air warm thus loosing its heat and becoming cold enough to boost the horsepower of your car.