88inchthing Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 I see a lot of you run rear mount rads and just wondered what you had done with the Engine oil cooler and Inter cooler? I'm building a budget hybrid trialer with a Disco 300tdi. My plan is to rear mount the Rad,blank of the oil cooler and pipe the Turbo straight to the inlet manifold. Seems the best option on the face of it as it's quickest and cheapest, and i can't see them doing me much good at low speed and coated in mud, also may reduce Turbo lag? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miketomcat Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 On the tomcat I left the intercooler in the front and fitted a large one (easy to clean on it's own). The oil cooler I ran a length of copper pipe to the front with some bends in it then back to the engine similar to the way BMW do on some cars as you have a lot less under bonnet heat it seemed to work well. Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zim Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 I run engine and steering cooler in the front and a big gearbox cooler in the rear. G Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Idris Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 You wouldn't need an oil cooler on a trialer. Keeping my engine warm seems to be an issue on trials Maybe a water-over-oil cooler/conditioner might be better, to keep the oil warmed up? I would think no intercooler would be fine, (seen a few about), or if you want the cool intake air, go charge-cooler like Mike R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jad Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 we dont run an intercooler on our trials vehicle and has never had a problem. We had some hoses made to go to the oil cooler in the rear but no idea if its needed! Jad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88inchthing Posted February 23, 2014 Author Share Posted February 23, 2014 Ok thanks very much for the replies, always good what works for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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