Thread: Turbo and Intercooler question

Couple of people here are running WTA intercoolers with decent results.

Unless yours is different, the radiators that I've seen with auto coolers in them only have small inlet/outlet and I don't think will flow enough to be useful. Also, the water temperature in your radiator will be much higher than ambient. You want to have the water going into your intercooler as cold as possible to get the maximum cooling, so its not going to work well from that perspective either.

Frozenboost in the US have pretty cheap WTA components, or if you want really good gear and are prepared to pay for it then check out Plazmaman.

Steve

You could give the heat exchanger / radiator a go and see.. But my guess would be too small. The heat exchanger for my WTA IC is 350*550*40 - so quite a bit larger.

yeah I'll give it a go and see what happens. still easier to put a heat exchanger in later than a front mount IC.

Which turbo do you have?

Water/air intercoolers are very difficult and expensive to get good results from. Air/Air will be worth it. Depending on the model year of your rangie there can be enough clearance between the radiator and front cross-member to fit intercooler pipes.

T28's are not a good match. Read this: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/isuzu-land...rediction.html

Originally Posted by Dougal

Which turbo do you have?

Water/air intercoolers are very difficult and expensive to get good results from. Air/Air will be worth it. Depending on the model year of your rangie there can be enough clearance between the radiator and front cross-member to fit intercooler pipes.

T28's are not a good match. Read this: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/isuzu-land...rediction.html

I have a factory isuzu one, but want to get something that gives me better low down. was looking at going the VNT way. but will get a turbo that will suit. i have my eye on your turbo suitability thread. i have an 84 4 door, what intercooler fits well?

Originally Posted by tangus89

I have a factory isuzu one, but want to get something that gives me better low down. was looking at going the VNT way. but will get a turbo that will suit. i have my eye on your turbo suitability thread. i have an 84 4 door, what intercooler fits well?

I have an 85 4 door. An ebay 600x300 looks like it'll fit okay behind the grill (I threw away the AC pusher fans, fitted electrics behind the radiator instead) once you modify the stays for the bonnet latch.
But getting piping to/from it will be an arse. That's why I still haven't done it.

There is about 3" height available under the radiator and above the front cross-member for pipes. But the 93 body which I'll be swapping to eventually doesn't have this gap. The radiator is bigger and sits all the way down.