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GQ front mount intercooler
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 9:49 pm
by kane077
Gday, new to this... Just curious if anyone has fitted a front mount intercooler to a GQ TD42?
front mount
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:04 pm
by pom300
hey bud i have a front mount cooler on mine
but its a dts package deal its designed for the gq with the cooler pipes
pointing in the right direction and mounting brackets to fit ,ill take some pics next week and post them up for ya
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:08 pm
by kane077
yeah seen those ones. DTS want a fortune for them.
cooler
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:13 pm
by pom300
yeh mine was on it when i bought it but i got told it cost a couple of grand
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:20 pm
by kane077
Thats about it. Ive fitted them at work before. Dont like barrel coolers as they split and leak internally......hmmm water in intake. NOT GOOD!
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:41 pm
by big bundy
600X300X76 fit pretty neat! mines just a cheapy of ebay, seems to work for the money i paid!
Posted: Mon May 18, 2009 10:54 pm
by kane077
Looks good. Is it in front of the grill or cut into it?
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 12:05 am
by DESAM8
When using those coolers like on that GQ abouve you can actually fit it in behind the Grill with a small amount of triming with grinder or dremel ..... even with the air con condenser, i have done this a few times and just made the cooler piping custom, put the cooler upside down and make the brackets, either get the ally bends welded on the ends or use 90 degree silicone bends and the piping can just be made for the engine bay, it should go nicely up beside the washer bottle on the GQ, I have also fitted them to GU and can be put in just as stealthly, dont expect to pay anymore than 200 bucks for them, look around for them, I know a couple of ppl selling them for about that in Perth, Pm me if you need details
Clinton
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 5:22 pm
by NutterGQ
big bundy wrote:
600X300X76 fit pretty neat! mines just a cheapy of ebay, seems to work for the money i paid!
No offense intended, but that looks like a 2 dollar hooker did it on her lunch break, and yours is not the only one like this. Like said below it is very easy to get that size cooler in behind the stock grill.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:09 pm
by big bundy
good on ya! the cooler has less than 5 mm behind it against the air con condenser, and i'd need to cut the gill out to clear the highmount also, so i all went
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 6:50 pm
by NutterGQ
big bundy wrote:good on ya! the cooler has less than 5 mm behind it against the air con condenser, and i'd need to cut the gill out to clear the highmount also, so i all went
doesn't mean they don't have fit, i have also done several without having to hack it up...but anyway if you like your balls hangin out for all to see no probs.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:14 pm
by kane077
Cool. Thats sort of what i was thinking of doing. Bit of verification doesnt hurt tho! Do you reckon 2.5 inch outlets will flow enough? 3inch might flow better but may result in too much pressure drop.
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:38 pm
by nastytroll
There are 2 different grills that look the same. One has the fins connected front to back, the other at the back only. The latter has the fins fall out if you remove any material from behind the grill.
Keep it hidden if you can, if some one asks whats done to it say "Nothing, its stock".
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 7:59 pm
by big bundy
by the time 2 driving lights and a high mount go in front of it, ya won't see much of it
Posted: Tue May 19, 2009 8:57 pm
by kane077
Not to mention 500 tonnes of winch, spotlight and uhf wiring!! Got a schematic from PWR of there front mount intercooler so that will make life easier.