Turbo Intercooler Placement

[sleeoffroad]

Look at this for proper placement, I dont think that it gets any more acceptable in terms of protection or ample airflow. HTH. Ohh, if you need more photos of the tubing let me know but it will take little time (weekend) to get to. Again, HTH.

It is a compromise, if you put the intercooler high, then you have to put the tranny cooler below it (like the Safari). If you do the intercooler lower, then you have to do the tranny cooler above it. Pick your poison.

Safari get's away with the inlet and outlet on the PS side since they use a lot of soft hoses that can be shoved into the spots and will also deform slightly.

Avo goes out from the turbo, underneath the motor, the comes out over the frame rail in the DS side More hardpipes with soft couplers.

 

[reffug]

I think that often! It's my checkbook that keeps it from happening.

Aint dat da truth.................

 

[clownmidget]

Spearco Intercooler No. 2-115 (3.5"Dx18.48"Wx6"H)

Clown, I looked and couldn't find that Spearco part number. I guess I can take some measurements and see what is available for my application.

 

[MSGGrunt]

Thanks clown. To ask the question Rick asked earlier, if the outlets are 2.5 inch is that fine or would you suggest stepping up to 3 inch?

 

[MSGGrunt]

Does this look like it would work. I know the Spearco intercooler is probably a much better cooler but, at $698.00 I am thinking the $200.00 FMIC intercooler will work just fine for a weekend rig. Opinions?

http://cgi.ebay.com/Front-Mount-Int...742QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item320037171811

 

[Dusty]

that spearco job is basicly what I used. Get the $140 ebay job.

pics of mine
https://forum.ih8mud.com/showthread.php?t=88793&page=4&highlight=turbo+build

You must remove the valence to run both intercooler tubes below the pass headlight as I did. Safari runs one of their intercooler lines below the frame rails-less affective for off road. onother option is to run one line below the drivers headligh-must move the battery and other stuff to do this.

Ditch the stupid valence thing and run the lines below the pass light.

You dont need to run high diameter lines to and from the intercooler for our application says corky bell. see his chart on the topic. I ran 2 1/4 tube to intercooler.

The bigger intercooler you can run the better. focus on surface area seen by boosted charge-ie it is easier to blow thru a short fat tube than a long skinny one (assuming they both have the same area exposed to the cooling air) so dont buy the long skinny ebay intercoolers for $50.

I had to move out my grill because I placed my intercooler in front of my trany cooler. It could be moved closer if tranny cooler was moved. it is east to move out the grill. just buy some 1/8" aluminum strap and bend up some brackets-lots of oe fasteners to bolt to.


The water to air intercooler can be an excellent option for suggests corkey bell. water to air intercoolers are less efficient than air/air at higher speeds. and air air are much better where there is constant boost (constant hot air to cool). But in a truck like ours where you plan to move around slowly with occasional boost the air to water cooler can be more efficient. air to air will be better for towing and highway.