the strut brace

i have bought a large turbo escoz standard intercooler with the chargecooler bit on the end , i am going to fit it on my saff 2wd, has anyone else done this and if so is it pretty straight forward? it looks ok just a little bit of tweaking i think, any advice???

smokey

Jim Green or speak to Mike Rainbird whos got some pics.

GARETH T

mike is the person to speak too as he can have your intercooler modded to fit

Mike Rainbird

iTrader: (3)

The brackets need to be cut off the top and rewelded on in a different position to fit. We can do this, or if you can weld alloy, then I'm sure you won't have a problem. You also need the Escort Cossie turbo to intercooler hose (as well as the obvious chargecooler connection hoses) and if you have an air box, you will need to trim the front corner to clear the intercooler. It is also preferable to fit all the better water pump / thermostat housing etc from the later 4x4 cars as well.

We did Jim's car for him and it looks factory.

the strut brace

thanks a lot mike, i will be able to do the tweakin on the brackets, do these work well in comparison to these aftermarket 500 copies etc, i am going to run the water via a pump and seperate small radiater as i think the idea of the engine water going through it seems a bit strange considering it will be red hot and not do much cooling or am i wrong? i have the boost pipes so thats ok



mike , do the brackets have to be moved to line up with the original mounting holes or do they have to be moved so they allow the intercooler to sit further back away from the engine if you know what i mean
cheers
carl

foreigneRS

engine water temp will not exactly be red hot will it? a cossie water system normally runs around 90 degrees. presumably you would take the coolant as it comes out of the rad so it is at it's coolest? the amount of cooling it will do will depend very much on what boost you run, as this (along with the inlet air temperature) determines the air temperatre after the compresor. the higher the compression ratio of the turbo compressor, the higher the air temp and the water/air chargecooler can be very effective, even using engine coolant. i would also use a separate cooling loop though. i've got a bosch electric water pump sitting on the shelf waiting for this kind of application in the future.

if you do mount an additional radiator, here's a tip. obviously mount it in front of the normal water rad, somewhere near the bottom. don't mount it directly back to back because you will pick up heat from the main rad, but mount it about an inch away and seal all around the edges to the main rad with foam or rubber or something. then in traffic when the rad fans come on,they will also pull air through the chargecooler rad