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intercooler on 78/79 td
Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 8:39 pm
by known 2
hey guys considering buying a factory turbo troopie. and am probly going to intercool it strait away. i'd prefer to run a air-air intercooler, but is there any room up front to put it there or would i be forced to use a top mount.
Option B is to use water-air type. are these as efective as the other type and would it be worth running 2 to lower egt's further.
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 8:09 am
by hdj105
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:24 pm
by tuff 75
g day mate i just Looked at the cooma diesel front mount for my 79. Great set up bit dear but she comes with new front grill n looks sweet $2950 for the kit.....
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 7:19 pm
by known 2
hey tuff75' i'l do a search for what u said but could u post a link allso.
i read that thread above about intercoolers and seems like theres no right way to do it. on a 79/78 cos there is such lil room intfront of radiator seems like a larger top mount with a fan would be the way to go.
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2007 10:35 pm
by tuff 75
try ebay i seen em on there the other day
Posted: Thu Nov 15, 2007 9:22 am
by bj on roids
thanks dude, i was thinking why have a search function, when the same question is asked each week
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:33 pm
by lshobie
As I said in the other link - an intercooler really helps with a turbo, my egt's are running much lower now and I can run a higher boost. I did a whole pile of research on intercoolers and most of it went flying out the window when I called the guy at Bell intercoolers and all he said was to put as big an intercooler on my truck as possible - pretty technical eh.
Posted: Fri Nov 16, 2007 10:53 pm
by known 2
wicked it's what i thought . looks like i'll go top mount and try to keep some air flowing to my radiator.
Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2007 12:42 am
by lshobie
I dont think that top mount is as efficient as the front mount, but might be better for your hotter environment there. I heard somewhere that top mount is about 40 percent less effective - don't know if it's true though.