Warthog Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Well, Just finished night shift (best shift for daft ideas) Anyway, in my madness i came up with an idea As im aware fitment of a large intercooler on AC equipped Series 1 Disco's is a NO GO. So can anyone see any reason why not to place it on top of the engine and Fab a scoop for the bonnet? Like a Scooby... Forgive me for any stupidity and lack of thought! Its early.......... Any comment welcome Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I would suggest you look at one of the more efficient ones that replaces the original but sits in the same location, Allisport make one, I am sure the others will as well. The gains are not as great as a full width one but still worth having I think (still on my shopping list!) I don't think a bonnet scoop will work well. Mo Murphy had such an installation on his 90 but I don't think you get too much airflow through the scoop without a lot of careful positioning of the scoop to take into account the aerodynamics, which probably needs a wind tunnel! I particularly recall reading in a magazine a while back, of somebody who did this type of installation (I have a feeling it was on a supercharged V8 but I can't remember the detail) and they ended up with a big scoop right at the front of the bonnet because placing it further back got hardly any airflow through it - the aerodynamics of the Defender were tending to throw the air "up" over the bonnet and most of it missed the scoop or something. Bit above my level of understanding but it sort of makes sense! So I am sure you could do it but it wouldn't be as simple as cutting a hole in the bonnet and breaking out the pop riveter, if you wanted to get the best from it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toger Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Out of ignorance. Why cant you replace the intercooler because of the air conditioning unit? Doesnt the intercooler go in front of the rad whilst the aircon is behind it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 A while since I had one now but IIRC the electric assister fans for the aircon radiator are in front of the main radiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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