intercooler installation tips ?

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andrea-PE-ITALY said:
it is 60 x 40 cm it cames from volvo 2000 turbo gasoline (not diesel) i think it is right for 4164 c.c. of hdj80. i bought it on ebay from USA and i spent with taxes and spedition costs, less to buy it, USED, in italy at 5 km from my house
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Do you have any more pics of it?
Where does it draw the cold air from?

Cheers,
Nick
 
Hi Nick, for cold air i will make an air cowling (scuse my english) on the bonnet. downstairs the intercooler, between engine, i will put an air fan about 16 inches for pulling air from cowling bonnet. i have over 3 inches between intercooler and engine. on the bonnet i will do 2 others air cowling for hot air removing. i have other photos but they are of the metal castle for keeping intercooler. if you want....i will send to you by email.
regards. Andrea
 
andrea

Two problems I see with your set-up. One, you will need a really big hood scoop. Second, even with a fan beneath the intercooler, there is alot of area that will get heat soaked. If I was you I would look again at mounting to the front of the vehicle, or get a smaller size intercooler like from a Prado or Subaru type and mount it off to the drivers side where there would be less heat, maybe, than on the exhaust side and you will not need as big a scoop, plus you might be able to cut a hole between the hood structural supports. Or go with a water-air type. Keep us updated on how it does work if you still go this route.
 
coldtaco i know what you mean. in my home made set-up air fan for pulling cold air will be activated by a thermal contact located on the intercooler. it will start not for hot air only but for hot location also. maybe i will be alwais switched on....like pajero, nissan etc.
the air cowling on bonnet will be 40x60 cm and the bonnet (i have 2) will be reinforced with vetro resin. Down by the intercooler, the mounting hardware of fan will be insulated from hot hair. Yes, this is an experiment but i think il will go well. I saw a Safari intercooler....too much long pipings and too lag due to long tubes. it works fine from 1600 to up RPM. but between 800-1600 there is too lag. i need short pipings. i will keep you updated abot my home made kit. x All of you: scuse me for my english, please, correct me :)
 
andrea-PE-ITALY said:
i think 0.90 atm max. don't know coversion in psi, scuse me.
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Just did a converstion and thats only 13.22 psi.
That doesn't seem right. I run 12psi with no intercooler.

Cheers,
Nick
 
my intercooler installation on top is going on.....
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I can see the point that R2HKS makes about water to air IC's being more appropriate for 4x4's given the lower speeds they are generally used at. Does anybody have pictures or experience with a water to air IC on a Toyota diesel?

I am awaiting shipment of an AXT turbo for my 3B and looking at possible intercooling options. Thanks for all the good info. thus far.
 
andrea-PE-ITALY said:
tapage, if you are interested at my job you can visit www.sahara.it there is the first part about my modify. Second part is in progress... but if yu want i have a document .doc with some other photos.
bye
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pm send .. ! :D
 
You guys might consider the Toyota OE liquid intercoolers... this is one from a Celica ST165 chassis installed in my old 86 4-Runner 22RTE Turbo. It would probably be a good size for the B series, but a little small for the 6 cylinder engines.

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You can find them once in a while, the car was not super high production. There's usually a couple on car-part.com, though the prices are hit and miss. Ebay is another good place. Years are 88 and 89.
 
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