1HD-T intercooling?

[pridhac]

Folks,

A friend of mine recently added a small intercooler to his factory turbo Navara, and achieved quite a spectacular gain in RWHP and torque (he had it dynoed before and after on the same dyno on the same day). He used a small sidemount intercooler that (I think) was from an R32(?) Skyline, which he bought for $20. Using a few rubber elbows, bought for $1ea from the wreckers, and two lengths of exhaust pipe from Windsor Exhaust ($10) he plumbed it in in an hour.

I have a 1HD-T, and plenty of room under the bonnet. Is it going to work to install a similar intercooler on this motor? Will I have to do extra stuff to make it work?

[mysterioussasvit]

i just bought an import sahara and was thinking the same thing today some body must know wealth of knowlage on vitaras just learning on the 80s also would 1 or 2 psi more from the turbo be asking two much. also puting 3 inch straight through exhaust is this to big or a good size just want to bring it up to 100s kws

[dow50r]

If your sahara is a pre 95, het a beaudesert 3 inch mandrel exhaust on it, then look for a larger turbo as the std one looses blades, larger are on hdft, then intercool it from www.airpowersystems.com.au check out some of their goods...

[NICK]

ring goldcoast 4wd wreckers on 07 5591 5988 they have a safari kit top suit the 1hdt 80

[scottmcguinness172]

they want like 2000$ for that i allready asked about it that has been there for ages thats why its still there

[dow50r]

Keep an eye on ebay, saw a safari turbo and intercooler kit go for 1600 a few months back, that would have bolt straight on....the std hdt turbo has problems with overspeed if you boost it up, so suggest a later turbo from a hdft or similar safari offering. With an intercooler, you loose boost through restriction, so you need to boost higher to retain thesame max psi at manifold.