Thread: intercooler in a rangie

Originally Posted by The Mutt

I was given a 300TDI intercooler, I was wondering how to fit it in our Rangie, at the moment it won't fit in front of the radiator, the High mount winch and the cross braces are in the way.

Thought one: Move the radiator and cowling back towards the motor on some new brackets.

Thought two: Put the intercooler behind the radiator inside the cowling (has the heat of the radiator to deal with then)

Thought three: Buy a water to air intercooler (but I already have an air to air intercooler)

Question One: If I relocate the radiator towards the rear getting it closer to the motor, is it better to run the intercooler pipes over, under or to the side of the radiator?

Question Two: Is the intercooler behind the radiator a possibility of liability?

Glenn

1st priority is to get good flow of ambient air through the intercooler. And I do mean ambient air, not air that has been heated after passing through the air con condenser, radiator or engine bay.

Because the 300Tdi intercooler has such a small frontal area, I fear it would not work in front of the radiator unless you used a pusher fan and shroud. The fan would have to run full time or at least switched on by boost pressure (Hobs switch). My reasoning is that the airflow from vehicle speed and the engine fan would have less resistance through the section of the radiator that doesn't have the intercooler in front of it. It works in the 300Tdi because it is located beside the radiator.

You could possibly mount the 300Tdi at another location where you could pull ambient air through openings in the bonnet. To give you something along this line to think about, see 1st pic (I think someone on this forum posted this). And if you want it to be really fast, use a NACA submerged inlet (2nd pic).

Originally Posted by Bush65

1st priority is to get good flow of ambient air through the intercooler. And I do mean ambient air, not air that has been heated after passing through the air con condenser, radiator or engine bay.

Because the 300Tdi intercooler has such a small frontal area, I fear it would not work in front of the radiator unless you used a pusher fan and shroud. The fan would have to run full time or at least switched on by boost pressure (Hobs switch). My reasoning is that the airflow from vehicle speed and the engine fan would have less resistance through the section of the radiator that doesn't have the intercooler in front of it. It works in the 300Tdi because it is located beside the radiator.

You could possibly mount the 300Tdi at another location where you could pull ambient air through openings in the bonnet. To give you something along this line to think about, see 1st pic (I think someone on this forum posted this). And if you want it to be really fast, use a NACA submerged inlet (2nd pic).

Does that mean if I buy a full width Intercooler and put that in front of the radiator and air con condenser I will get an efficient setup.

Something like this maybe?


Glenn

this is the type i was first looking at, but i thnk it will be around an inch to wide, plus you'd have to run the piping around the body mounts ans up under the battery trays then through the inner gaurd. But i presume this is what jc has done

Originally Posted by The Mutt

Does that mean if I buy a full width Intercooler and put that in front of the radiator and air con condenser I will get an efficient setup.

Something like this maybe?


Glenn

That is the same brand as mine, but I think mine is 450mm deep instead of 300mm.
Tony; I am running the A/C between the IC and the rad, it works well still, even in 40degrees.

JC

Glenn
For obvious reasons ours is top mounted. We run AC and A High mount on a custom bar and it spends most of its life off road in hard terrain. being top mount it does not suffer from mud, impact damage and lots of extra pipes etc. I do understand it may not perform as well but the old girl still kicks ass I can tell you.

The intercooler is around 450mm x 450mm x 75mm running 15psi.




Regards Justin

Originally Posted by The Mutt

Does that mean if I buy a full width Intercooler and put that in front of the radiator and air con condenser I will get an efficient setup.

Something like this maybe?


Glenn

Yes, then you are sure to get best air flow through the intercooler, condenser and radiator.

Originally Posted by DRanged

Glenn
For obvious reasons ours is top mounted. We run AC and A High mount on a custom bar and it spends most of its life off road in hard terrain. being top mount it does not suffer from mud, impact damage and lots of extra pipes etc. I do understand it may not perform as well but the old girl still kicks ass I can tell you.

Regards Justin

Thanks for that Justin, I'm more into a front mount, I fully understand how a top mount is protected, etc, Off-road is'nt our main concern, we're into towing a 2 ton boat around instead.

Glenn