After completing a 1HDT swap into my 97 LX450, and taking it through some mountain passes in the interior BC, it is apparent I need to start looking at an intercooler. I've pretty much decided on a front mount. I keep hearing good things about the HPD kit, but at $2000 shipped to Canada, I am wondering if something like this would really be much different considering the price difference. Roughly half the price shipped (Seller quoted me $140AUD shipped to Canada). Same size core and piping as the HPD Stage 2 kit.
New *VM* Front Mount Intercooler Kit For Toyota Landcruiser 80 Series 4.2L 1HDT
FYI, running Hybrid 7M turbo @ 14PSI max. I'm sure my tuning isn't perfect as I'm still trying to get a handle on that, but on long steep grades I was running as slow as 70km/h @ 1150f for long periods. Plenty of power left, but backing off due to EGTs. I found it difficult to maintain full boost to a point where I didn't have to really back off due to EGTs. (ie I would hit my max EGTs and back off, but then only hitting 6-8psi)