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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 04:04 PM
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Im thinking of replacing my 2wd intercooler with a 4x4 item. Im in curretly striping my can and replacing some items and cleaning etc.

Would i see a difference in performance over with the 4x4 intercooler?? Or will it need to be mapped before gains are seen??

Also are they hard to fit?? I heard that its easy, just drill afew more mounting holes and thats that. Will I need new boost pipes to fit it??

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Old Oct 20, 2006 | 04:56 PM
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youll need to cut the boost hoses down too from what i remember when i looked at fitting a 4x4 cooler to my 2wd
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 08:46 AM
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Ok mate.

Does this mean that the 4x4 cooler is deeper than the 2wd drive one?? Rather than being longer??

Just trying to get my head around the size of it.

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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 10:47 AM
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It will fit fine with good results i think the 4x4 cooler is 50% bigger overall

you will also have to bend down 2 metal tags on the top of the rad if it is 2wd rad but hopefully you will have the 4x4 rad that is a little shorter easy done with a set of plyers
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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 06:22 PM
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OK mate thats kool. Sounds easy!! Just dont want to buy new boost hoses. Im sure its a 2wd rad, it looks like the original item, the cars only done 50k and only been used for 5 years so im sure its not been changed lol.

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Old Oct 21, 2006 | 06:34 PM
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Anything else needing changed when changing from a 2wd to a 4wd cooler???

Im sure plenty of you guys have done this.

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