Re: intercooler

[glen.powell@smc.com]

  Dan,

  I've never found the cooling to be inadequate or even marginal on the
  ur-Quattros, or 4000Qs for that matter. I've been running my '85 ur
  without the auxiliary radiator for many years with absolutely no problems
  at all. I think that auxiliary radiator is really a bit of serious
  overkill, for environments like So Cal where the ambient might hit over
  100 degrees F and you spend a lot of time in stop-and-go "freeway"
  traffic with the airco on for hours. Never been a problem here in NE for
  sure, even on 100 F days with the airco running.

  I have seen an ur-Quattro Pro Rally car with a 5000-type intercooler
  installed in front where the auxiliary radiator would normally be. This
  requires some hacking/cutting. I couldn't go this way on my '85! Someday,
  perhaps, I'll locate a used unit that installs in the stock location, one
  of the 50% larger types availabel from _Europart_ for like $1800 US. BTW,
  the stock intercooler is relatively efficient and a decent size, 13-rows
  I think and rather thick. You will need considerably higher boost to
  really take advantage of an even larger intercooler.  Go for it!  :)

  -glen