HZJ 105

[Chrisher]

Hi everyone. I have an African spec HDJ 105 with an after market turbo. The car is quite heavy as it has TJM bumpers, Warn Winch, Safety devices roll cage and Expedition roof rack. I am looking to fit an intercooler for a bit more power and added reliability and also better cooling options for when I go to the Sahara in Morocco. Can someone please recommend a good setup ? Many thanks in advance, Chris

 

[4Beast]

First, congrats on what sounds like an awesome truck, I wish we could get those! Second, I am far from an engineer, but I don't think that intercoolers will change how the engine cools itself, as far as operating temp, they will cool the compressed exhaust air, which allows more air to be jammed into the engine, which allows for a bit better performance, but I could be way off.

 

[Layonnn]

I'd say that most of the people who own 100s on here live in the US, so not a whole lot of experience with the 105s.
An intercooler will almost always add additional power to a turbo setup. I'm not positive on it being more reliable. In my experience, the more a Toyota gets modified the less reliable it becomes (as in most aftermarket parts don't have the reliability, engineering, or longevity of their Toyota counterparts).

As far as cooling, one easy thing you can do is make sure you are not hindering airflow to the radiator (big lights, winch, etc will reduce airflow). As far as mods to make it run cooler, not too sure.

 

[Chrisher]

Thank you both for your responses. The rationale behind the intercooler was to extract more power and thereby be able to achieve the same levels of power at lower rpm's.... as for cooling, I do have big spots and a heavy duty winch. I was thinking maybe a bigger rad or some kenlow switch operated fans would do the trick ?

 

[Madbodhi]

Speaking from my days of playing with big block muscle cars. They would often overheat when "cruising" ie. driving around at low speeds. The cure involved a good fitting fan shroud and dual electric puller fans. On the nastiest of beasts we added custom aluminum crossflow radiators with the largest tubes we could fit.
This video may be useful to you.

 

[Chrisher]

Speaking from my days of playing with big block muscle cars. They would often overheat when "cruising" ie. driving around at low speeds. The cure involved a good fitting fan shroud and dual electric puller fans. On the nastiest of beasts we added custom aluminum crossflow radiators with the largest tubes we could fit.
This video may be useful to you.

Thanks. That was a very informative video, will definitely make my front number plate smaller and see if I can make my spots removeable so I only fit them at night if needed