Intercooler

[puddlesurfer]

Hi All,

I'd like to Intercool my 2.4 (it might not make much of a difference!)

Who has Intercooled an LN130 and what Intercooler did you use?

[Rustinho]

Dunno if you've seen it at all but the Aussie site has some great bits on intercoolers...

http://toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/performance.htm

To sum up what I've read about things:

1. Top mounted is easiest to do.
2. Top mounted doesn't work so well when you're stationary (engine heat absorbed by intercooler)
3. Front mounted works best.
4. Front mounted needs lots of pipes/tubes so would be more expensive to do.
5. Charge coolers are ace if you've got money to burn.

[BUSHWHACKER]

Dunno if you've seen it at all but the Aussie site has some great bits on intercoolers...

http://toyotasurf.asn.au/techsite/performance.htm

To sum up what I've read about things:

1. Top mounted is easiest to do.

Yup.
2. Top mounted doesn't work so well when you're stationary (engine heat absorbed by intercooler)
You don't need extra power when you're stationary. You need extra horsepower to pull away swiftly, intercoolers only provide mid-range torque gains.
3. Front mounted works best.
Not necessarily, you'll get increased lag.

4. Front mounted needs lots of pipes/tubes so would be more expensive to do.
Yup.
5. Charge coolers are ace if you've got money to burn.

It's a 2.4 Surf!

[Apache]

Front mount is more efficient, but as you say at the expense of lag. However, on a 2.4 will lag be noticeable as the accelerator pedal is connected via an elastic band to an engine powered by chicken soup.

Still waiting for someone to fit a chargecooler from a GT-Four or MR2 Turbo.

Could just buy a 2.7i

[Rustinho]

It's a 2.4 Surf!

I hear a 1UZ-FE engine substantially improves the performance of a 2.4 Surf?!

[BUSHWHACKER]

I hear a 1UZ-FE engine substantially improves the performance of a 2.4 Surf?!

Not as much as bolting an intercooler to one.

[zetec rob]

Still waiting for someone to fit a chargecooler from a GT-Four or MR2 Turbo.

More info please

[zetec rob]

ST205 Chargecooler core, Fensport, £225



Ok what else do i need and has anyone got a 'how to' on this instal?

[gary-r]

Not as much as bolting an intercooler to one.

ooooh rollocks - v8 out 2.4 intercooled diesel fitted this weekend

[puddlesurfer]

I hear a 1UZ-FE engine substantially improves the performance of a 2.4 Surf?!

Intercooler = £50 ish
V8 = £3000 ish

I'll save for the V8 while driving an intercooled 2.4

[yoshie]

ST205 Chargecooler core, Fensport, £225



Ok what else do i need and has anyone got a 'how to' on this instal?

Some connection to reality

[Wolfracer]

When air temps were minus 20 last winter, my surf would only just start...

...as for performance gains from nice cold (dense) air, well, can't really remember the boost in performance tbh...

Have we got MAF's and can the ECU change the mixture significantly to produce a gain?

(a little knowledge is dangerous by the way...!)

[Apache]

ST205 Chargecooler core, Fensport, £225



Ok what else do i need and has anyone got a 'how to' on this instal?

Just find a scrapper and get the chargecooler, the water rad and the pump for £50.

[Apache]

When air temps were minus 20 last winter, my surf would only just start...

...as for performance gains from nice cold (dense) air, well, can't really remember the boost in performance tbh...

Have we got MAF's and can the ECU change the mixture significantly to produce a gain?

(a little knowledge is dangerous by the way...!)

By the time -20C air has been through a spooled up turbo, its (technically speaking) as fecking scalding as it is on a summers day.

[Apache]

Some connection to reality

Glayva will mess with that - as will tonights best efforts of Wye Valley Brewery