Marc1187 Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 Has anyone tried this before? I have a good td5 intercooler sat at home doing nothing and i want to give my 300 more power (already done the usual fuel, egr, boost etc), uprated intercoolers from the many companies around today are out of my budget at the moment so i've been thinking about fitting this td5 one as it has a larger frontal area, though it has less depth. Do you think it would give a noticeable improvemant? I know i'd have to move the rad across a bit and find/buy more pipework as the inlet/outlet pipes are at either end instead of just the one end. Woud it be worth the hassle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynall Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 It does seem to me the bigger intercoolers are way overpriced I would lay the td5 one on its back and see how many litres of water it holds then do same with tdi one and i would bet theres nothing in in difference wise, due to the thickness of the TDI one. I would wait for a 2nd hand one to come up on e-bay for the TDI. It will also be a lot easier to fit. My last car was a TDI 300 auto which was chipped and had a large cooler, before i sold the car i removed and sold the cooler (£120) and whilst i did notice a slight difference it was very slight less than 5% at best. Lynall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RRX Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Noticed a few full width ones on ebay fairly cheep, the problem with fitting the td5 cooler is the pipework that will have to be run from the other side of the rad, save up and get a direct replacement. also make sure the rest of the fuel system is all ok and run a bottle of redex through it. Made a noticeable difference on the last tank i ran with it in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1187 Posted January 6, 2008 Author Share Posted January 6, 2008 Thanks for the thoughts. I might as well flog the td5 one on ebay and put the money towards a proper one, or some of the other bits i need/want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young bobtail Rhys Posted January 6, 2008 Share Posted January 6, 2008 Hmmmmm.............. I wouldn't sugest flogging it just yet. I met a bloke with a 300tdi and the td5 intercooler and he said (so there is no guarantee here) that it had made a noticable power increase. This maybe completely wrong, however it could be correct as the intercooler is mounted at the front meaning more air can flow into it as it is more spread out? But we did have a 300tdi disco with the direct replacement brunnel performance intercooler and that was fantastic, it would completely out run a TD5 and they have 136bhp! So it maybe worth just saving up for the proper one but in the meantime to keep you busy, retro fit it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1187 Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 Good to hear, i might one day get round to it then! My dad has ordered a brunel one for his 300 auto so will have a go in that to see how good they can be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimAttrill Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 I have thought about fitting a TD5 intercooler to my 300tdi, but as I have aircon there's no room left in the front. And I do reckon that an extra couple of feet of pipework would make any turbo lag worse. I wondered about fitting it horizontally on top of the engine as some rice-burners do, but I reckon the bonnet with scoop would end up looking quite ugly. So I reckon it'll have to wait until I can afford a more efficient cooler that fits in the existing space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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