New intercooler plus fan = NO KNOCKING:)
Larry C Leung
l.leung at juno.com
Tue Aug 28 18:29:39 EDT 2001
Send info my way. TIA!
LL - NY
On Mon, 27 Aug 2001 19:02:47 -0700 "Michael Gough" <mdg3369 at mac.com>
writes:
>Hey guys
>I finished up the installation of the Dodge intercooler today, and boy
>am I
>happy. I put it in front of the radiator with a bracket I put
>together. It
>fits great! The boost lines are ABS plastic. They go from the turbo,
>outside
>the car into the cavity in the bumper and back into the engine bay on
>the
>radiator side. Then up into the intercooler, out the other side and
>bent
>around into the N/A manifold. I'll take some pics because I know it's
>hard
>to explain. It's amazing how cold the intercooler is, I ran it hard
>for 10
>minutes with the fan on HI. I can get all my 8psi of boost without any
>knocking. If the fan is not on I can get it to knock after 6psi if I'm
>not
>moving fast. I am going to add a pusher fan on the intercooler so that
>I'm
>not having to cool the whole radiator. I think I will raise the timing
>back
>to 6° ATDC (currently at 3°) Anyway, If you have a POS 5kt
>intercooler, and
>you are looking for a bit more go, upgrade it to something more
>useful.
>I'll have some pics and some more about it sometime in the future.
>I'll
>answer any questions too.
>Mike
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