[Vwdiesel] intercooler ?'s

[FJ40Jim at aol.com]

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In a message dated 7/20/2002, eyvind.spangen at c2i.net 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^)
> >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?
>
> Maybe you can use the intercooler from a 740/745 Turbo? At least it
> will drop right into the car, but you'll probably need some custom
> plumbing..
>
Yes, I'm considering the 740 intercooler, but it is a large, crossflow piece.
 Good for a crossflow gasser engine, but would require long plumbing to get
back around to the manifold side of the non-crossflow VW head.  The Audi 5KST
(100 turbo in the EU) intercooler is a double pass unit with the inlet and
outlet on the same end.  It's not as big as the Volvo unit, but it packages
much better w/ this engine.  I'm thinking the loss of efficiency for the Audi
cooler, compared to the Volvo cooler, would be made up for in the much
shorter plumbing connections, and decreased turbo lag.

Thanks,
Jim Chenoweth
Lancaster, Ohio, USA