Intercooler Installed!
Finally. only took me 2 years.....
I finished my NPR alternator conversion with time to spare, and figured "what the hell"
I still have to put beads on the ends of a few of the pipes, and i might change a few angles,(dont like the sharp 90* coming out of the turbo) but its together, looks sweet, and, MAN, does it make a difference.
Changed the feel of the rig quite a bit.
Without touching fuel or boost, I took it for a shake-down. My boost dropped 3 psi (im assuming from all the piping and bends+intercooler itself), I have a tiny amount of lag, yet boost still reaches 10 psi by 1800rpm.
EGTs are down, and come up much slower when giving it the boot. I was having too much fun and quickly glancing at the guage. when reaching the top of 3rd off the lights, it would usually be around 850F, now its around 650-750F.
I cranked the boost back up to 18psi, and turned out the fuel a turn and a half.
Now we're talkin. Basically very close EGTs to above, but a very noticeable increase in power. we'll see how it does when it gets hot on the highway.
Ill get some real numbers on my way to work on monday. some good grades on the drive to Vernon. I was running 1200F last week MAX, usually around 1050-1100F on the big long grades @ 90-100km/h in 5th@ 2500-2600rpm
Pics in the morning of the setup.
