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PATROL 3ltrTD recore old intercooler or go water to air
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 12:07 pm
by rippin
Hi all I have a patrol 3ltr TD. Turbo intercooler has holes in it, so time for a new one. Have looked in to it a bit and have heard the standard intercoolers are crap. Their is a place called PWR at Yatla that make a after market core then you reuse the ends of your old intercooler and weld them on. Another option was a water to air intercooler. If you can put one one a 3ltr TD. Any one have any ideas or info ? Does either one give you better performance ?
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 2:43 pm
by Yom
If you do water to air you'll have to get one of the end tanks custom made to fit the nissan boost sensor.
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 3:24 pm
by tweak'e
Yom wrote:If you do water to air you'll have to get one of the end tanks custom made to fit the nissan boost sensor.
if i remember correctly the stock boost sensor has a connection for a hose on it (its inside the IC), so you should be able to fit a thin pipe to the IC and use a vac hose to connect it (and connect boost gauge to it to).
Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 4:23 pm
by Skegbudley
tweak'e wrote:Yom wrote:If you do water to air you'll have to get one of the end tanks custom made to fit the nissan boost sensor.
if i remember correctly the stock boost sensor has a connection for a hose on it (its inside the IC), so you should be able to fit a thin pipe to the IC and use a vac hose to connect it (and connect boost gauge to it to).
You do remember correctly.
I put mine back in an hour ago after bogging a few of the holes in the intercooler. (failed. Got heaps but missed heaps.)
There is a black pipe around 20mm long under the sensor. Run that from where you take the feed for the boost gauge & dawes valve from.