I found this part carbon intercooler, on a north american subaru forum, the descriptions were blunt. I can not work out if the intercooler, has a carbon outlet, if so with the presures the wrc cars isnt that a a possible cause for boost leak?
any way enjoy
What do you think would be the issues with running high pressure? Composites are stronger than steel (so definitely stronger than aluminum), so the actual core would be the weak spot.
I would think that the composite/aluminum bond would be of concern… That being said, if they can use it for any resonable amount of time I’m sure it is worth it for a race vehichle.
yes the joint between the aluminum and the carbon?
I think it is only a shroud behind the all aluminium intercooler. Three connections, one is an inlet, one with the blue silicon tube outlet, and the third with the blow off vent goes to the inlet in front of the throttle body
Also the sides are just riveted.
This is just a shrouded duct for an aluminium intercooler. There is a carbon fibre tube attached that appears to be joined at either end with silicone hose.
where is the silacone hose connected to the cooler? and the bov is conected to the carbon pipe. there is carbon pipework on the intercooler.
In the forth pic i can see the silicone hose that is connecting the inlet to the carbon tube. Deep inside the duct. Not sure how the dump valve is connected to the intercooler tho, its attached to a carbon tube thats attached to the intercooler. Possable that not all the parts are shown in these pics
It looks like there is a weld bead right where ther carbon tube from the dump vavle meets the intercooler. Could it be that there is an aluminium neck under there that is bonded to the carbon? That looks like a TIAL Q dump valve as well, if so those are designed to clamp down on a V-band flange. So Im thinking that its a short carbon tube bonded to the intercooler on one end and a flange on the other?
In anycase, why is there such a trick race part on somebody’s bathroom vanity???
Because he might be single lol if I had no females in the house id be infuseing in the kitchen!
Same here, except I had male engineering roommates in my apartment. Experiments were constantly being run in kitchen/living room. Not so much when I was home for the summer and my mom was running the place.
That’s some hand blower! 
very good stuff
very nice, im quite interested in this… looks amazing.
and re: the no females thing - im a female and ive got composites all through my house…!! hahaha. 
composites slash car parts.
besides all my materials in the garage, moulds in the backyard and a roll of CF under my bed… i tryy to keep it outside but i have a nice big gas heater inside i like to use to help me cure things sometimes or at least kickstart the exothermic process for me if ive glassed in the eve when its cold… the only issues i ever have is when visitors say my house makes them ‘itchy’ lol… i dont feel a thing =^-^=
[7 years as a glasser will prolly do that to you =D ]
You are bloody crazy. But if you sleep on top of a roll of carbon, I guess you get used to it. I’ve been doing this for nearly 5 years in the biz, and there is not a day that goes by, even if I only WALK in the labs that day…that I don’t hate composites and the pain it brings! 
About the intercooler:
-carbon - aluminium joints can be made during laminating, or afterwards, for instance with a methacrylate glue (www.itwplexus.co.uk)
-the pressure in an intercooler are not considered high pressures. One of my clients makes pressuraised gas (liquid gas) tanks for cars. That is a lot more pressure than a simple intercooler.
That carbon fiber pipe in the picture is an overlay. I’ve seen that car before. You can’t weld a carbon fiber pipe to the intercooler :), as you can see in the picture where the blow off valve tube meets the intercooler…its welded. Its some carbon fiber that was wrapped around the pipes.