[Vwdiesel] intercoolers

[James Hansen]

Yeah, I think so.
Intercoolers are a great help on larger engines especially, running up to
30psi boost.  Things like my tractor, combine, and semi all have them (400,
260 and 275 hp respectively).  Of more benefit are the air to air ones, but
they also come in air to water (coolant) as well.  Air to air can lose more
heat, but gets plugged up- you can imagine the dust around a combine
plugging up the outside pretty fast, that's a daily blow out with compressed
air thing.  Air to water doesn't get plugged, but there are limits as to how
much heat can be removed by engine temperature coolant. Front of most power
units these days have an air to air unit in front of the rad that is half
plugged with dead bugs, as are most tdi ones I have looked at, other than
the one on our car that is :-)...
This winter project is to finally get the vw caddy on the road with 1.9td
and intercooler, although that's what I said last fall as well...
-J

> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-admin at vwfans.com]On
> Behalf Of Kenneth E. Oldrid
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2003 3:24 PM
> To: dcande01 at clarityconnect.com
> Cc: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] intercoolers

> I believe the TDI's are the only VW diesels to come stock with
> intercoolers, in
> the US anyway. Is this true?
> Ken
>
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