top mount intercoolers

Post by **MUSS** » Thu Sep 28, 2006 9:42 pm

chasin any pics of your custom top mount intercooler set ups ..... i have a 3B turbo and im chasin some ideas..... any pics wood be great

SO POST UP YA PICS!

cheers
MUSS

Post by **dumbdunce** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 4:25 pm

mate don't wate your time with a top mount, especially in the tropics. unless you get the cooling airflow right, chances are it will become a heat sink for the motor to shed excess hotness into your intake air stream. suck it up and build a front mount, or go water to air.

Post by **slowhilux** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 5:23 pm

What brian said....amen to that

Post by **MUSS** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:18 pm

awwe bugger

Post by **MUSS** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 6:32 pm

not evefn if i put a thermo under the cooler and fit up a water sprayer system?

Post by **just cruizin'** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:22 pm

Go water to air all the way that way you can run a thermo on the intercooler radiator and have full cooling at all speeds, good for crawling

Post by **MUSS** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:35 pm

dumbdunce wrote:mate don't wate your time with a top mount, especially in the tropics. unless you get the cooling airflow right, chances are it will become a heat sink for the motor to shed excess hotness into your intake air stream. suck it up and build a front mount, or go water to air.

so would an early subaru liberty EJ20 water to air intercooler do the job ya recon? perfect size just gotta work it so that the plumbing all works

Post by **gotoy** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:39 pm

I have a top mount and it gets rather hot. The intercooler does not make much difference to the engine temp rising!!

Go front mount.

Post by **mikesmith** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:26 pm

i am going top mount to on my nissan.

i am not a fan of water to air, to many things to go wrong.

i have a big bonnet scoop and will put a thermo on the cooler also to get more air thru it. going to setup some sort of sprayer system to spray water onto it.

wanted front mount but will not fit, and i get the feeling a front mount on 4wd will get replaced pretty often.

Post by **bj 666** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:54 pm

Im setting up a turbo and top mount i/c on my 3.0l B BJ40 atm.

Im going top mount for now as i got the i/c cheap but really just untill i can save for a water to air setup. i/c will have large bonnet scoop and a thermo, not that it will cool it much, but just to help stop heat soak at very slow speeds.

I should hopefully be finished in a week or two and ill post up some pics.

Post by **XLGXL** » Wed Oct 18, 2006 6:11 pm

Ok I have found this and might be of interest to you Muss

Post by **midi73** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:53 pm

mikesmith wrote:i am going top mount to on my nissan.

i am not a fan of water to air, to many things to go wrong.

i have a big bonnet scoop and will put a thermo on the cooler also to get more air thru it. going to setup some sort of sprayer system to spray water onto it.

wanted front mount but will not fit, and i get the feeling a front mount on 4wd will get replaced pretty often.

You say your not a fan of water to air because there is to much to go wrong. Yet you are going to do a setup that has just as much that will go wrong.
Go figure.

Post by **ferrit** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 4:18 pm

ever tried to fit an intercooler Behind the grill of a LN106 hilux with AC?

Might as well try pushing excreta up a hill- bout the same result!

Post by **93lux** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:16 pm

Ferrit,

No I havn't but I want to here from someone who has as I am trying to do just that. Anyone done it? Let me know please.

Thanks

Post by **mule75** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:27 pm

not to familiar with hilux engine bays but you might be able to use a shorter fan. i had to use a 60series 2f fan to gain about 80mm to fit the cooler where the radiator was. the rad is now mounted off the back of the cooler.

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