Intercooler Air Flow

[shaneth]

Well on the weekend i have moded mine as well. Thanks to Golfer for giving me a hand and taking photos.

It was pretty easy, Remove the guard liner.

make the vent.

cut a hole in the liner.

[shaneth]

put the vent in the liner

put the liner back in the wheel arch


Easy....................

[ope126]

Looking good shaneth...

I will be doing the same shortly too.

Tell me, can you take the intercooler out with the guard lining off?
Or do you need to take the front bar off?

I would like to give the Intercooler a good clean!

Any help would be appreciated...

Glenn

[shaneth]

mate didnt really look to see if you could take it out. sorry. here is a pic that might help though.

[beefa]

Whats the airflow like from the front of the vehicle to the front of the IC ?

From the photo's above it looks like it would be an easy install for a water spray kit, there are some smart units on the market if you are really wanting to improve the temp of the IC.

http://www.turbobits.co.uk/acatalog/elabtronics_intelligent_intercooler_water_spray.html

http://www.nengun.com/sard/cooling-spray

just two examples...

[gtimk5]

Hey Beefa, move to Tassie mate! Dont really need spray kits here at the moment with what they are saying is the coldest June on record!!!
I have been thinking of a spray kit for the summer though.
Cheers, Andrew

[DubSteve]

Great little write up there Shaneth, good to see some extra air flow out of the stock system

[DaveMack]

Well ... I dunno guys ...

Maybe we're going about this all the wrong way. What about ...

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=35

Dave

[beefa]

Ohhh thats nice...! so simple. I reckon we can prolly get that to fit the intercooler too.

I will grab one of those and some of the cross drilled brake lines while i am at it.

http://kalecoauto.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=1

[DaveMack]

Good thinking, Beefa. Certainly a "Go faster" mod if ever I saw one. (It's just the loud CRASH!!! at the end that puts me off a little.)

Dave

[Adam]

I am just wondering, has anyone thought of getting rid of the front grill of where the foggies are. and replace it with a mesh to allow more air into the intercooler?

Would that work?

[Kai]

I am just wondering, has anyone thought of getting rid of the front grill of where the foggies are. and replace it with a mesh to allow more air into the intercooler?

Would that work?

Jasn_78 has done that.

But he has put his foglight back in.

Its really not going to make that much of a difference. Im running without my foglight at the moment cause i smashed it and i cant feel any difference what so ever.