six mad
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 posted on 4/9/12 at 07:38 PM |
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Inter cooler Type and mounting position
Gents
Looking at the next stage in fitting a inter cooler and pipework in an MK Indy (zetec turbo)
and mounting the cooler ideally in front of the radiator.
I would like options of tried and tested inter cooler and what donor vehicles can be used boost pipe etc.
I,m trying to do the conversion with a reasonable budget so nothing too fancy but I want it to look right.
Any pics and advice appreciated
Thanks In Advance.
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pewe
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| posted on 4/9/12 at 08:39 PM |
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I've been thinking about fitting one of these to my s/c set-up VW PASSAT/SKODA SUPERB 1.8 TURBO/T.D INTERCOOLER NEW WITH
SENSOR HOLE-2 YR WRNTY | eBay
Couple of things - i/cooler should ideally be mounted in front of the water rad - tight up against it to min. disturbance of the air flow to the
water rad.
Mounting kit cheapest Universal Slimline Radiator Cooling Fan - FITTING KIT | eBay
Pipework needs to be pretty rigid as the pipes can suck in restricting flow. IIRC there's footage on youtube of it happening to ordinary
piping.
HTH - be interested to know how it goes.
Cheers, Pewe10 
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Russell
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| posted on 4/9/12 at 09:04 PM |
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If money's tight I can do you one of those Passat 1.8T air-air intercoolers with a couple of OEM pipes and a shroud attached for £22 delivered.
Second hand of course (12-ish years old) but fully working and carefully removed from the donor car.
I'm a bilingual illiterate. I can't read in two languages.
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RK
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| posted on 4/9/12 at 10:00 PM |
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Do a search. You will find that many are custom made jobbies, that I am certain cost quite a bit. It is difficult to fit an intercooler/Rad and piping
under the nosecone. Check DRC Indy 7's build. I'll do a link to his pics. Voila!
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/photos.php?user=DRC%20INDY%207&action=gal
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beaver34
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| posted on 4/9/12 at 10:01 PM |
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Mr2 is a good one o the nose cone, although I ended up having one made couldn't be bothered with all the hassle
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puma931
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| posted on 5/9/12 at 09:21 AM |
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Try contacting www.pumabuild.co.uk as they are replacing quite a few ST OE intercoolers with Radtec coolers, so they might have an old ST intercooler
for sale. They might also have a set of EO hoses as again quite a few upgrade the hoses.
They are a good ford specialist that created my 350bhp Mk Focus RS and they also tuned my Mk2 Focus St to around 300 bhp for me.
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coozer
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| posted on 5/9/12 at 09:27 AM |
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I had successfully mounted a RX7 V mount intercooler under the nose of my MNR. Unfortunately I didnt take any pics before I sold the car...
One of these...
Mazda RX7 Intercooler - 13b engine turbo - DRIFT Race - Uprated FC3S 1989-1991 | eBay
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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six mad
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| posted on 6/9/12 at 08:13 PM |
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Great thanks for the info guys, been looking again tonight, there's not much room to mount a
cooler and to make things worse the inlet manifold faces the scuttle!!
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