[Vwdiesel] intercooler ?'s

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/19/2002 8:58:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
FJ40Jim at aol.com writes:

> A Volvo 745 TD recently followed me home and is now living in my garage.
>  These weird strays always seem to find me.  8^)

  Somehow I think I understand!  ;-)

>  My question is how do I add an intercooler.  The turbo looks to be
> positioned
>  similar to the 5 cyl TD.  I have an intercooler from a gas 5cyl. turbo car
>  (85 5KST), but it might not have an outlet that is suitable for this
vehicle.
>
>   Anybody have a BTDT w/ the 6 cyl. VW TD engine?

  There should be a fairly simple way to do it.  Get the parts from an
intercooled gasser, from a yard.  I'm planning to intercool my 5KTD and
for  the most part it'll just bolt up once I remove the secondary radiator,
which is where the intercooler goes.  Since the manifold is basically the
same as the Audi, and the Audi gasser is about the same as the Audi
diesel...  You might be able to use some parts from a combination of
the cars and only make a couple of tubes or hoses to complete it.
  You'd think they'd be smart enough to put an intercooler on these
things at the factory!  My 5000 runs enough boost almost all the time,
to benefit from an intercooler even at cruise.
     Loren