Seen a few pics of intercoolers in locosts/sevens where they are positioned atop the footwell area, just in front of the scuttle firewall with a scoop in the bonnet to force cool air across them. If I did this I would have to find another way of plumbing the swirl pot (maybe moving it to the back) and putting the battery somewhere else.

Anyone put them up the front with some ducting to bring cold air in from the nose cone?

I cannot help you with a picture, but i have seen pictures of the intercooler over the footwall and i find it a really bad position to have it as it restricts the amount of airflow.

I would try to find another position if i was you.

The Dax's have the intercooler mounted high in the front, so basically they sit just under the bonnet/nosecone join if that makes any sense? Dont have any pics as I dont have an IC fitted!

Another way to do it is V mount ala RX7 upgrades, basically turn the V 90' to the right, top line is radiator and bottom line is IC.

Or maybe a chargecooler would work? Extra expense though!

In my photo archive you can see my intercooler position on my Fury

Maximum airflow and no I haven't hit it on anything (yet)!

Charge cooler in grille front

Something ive been looking into for mine, heres some saved links for your perusal

http://www.passionford.com/forum/restorations-rebuilds-and-projects/4783-faq-ryan-westfield-pics.html

http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=50147;hl=cooler

http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=32974;st=0

http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=33193;hl=cooler

http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=1;t=28873;hl=cooler

http://boardroom.wscc.co.uk/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?act=ST;f=3;t=24235;hl=cooler

Thats along the lines of what I was thinking Steve. Will have to have a look and see if there is space to do something similar in mine.

Do you know what rad and intercooler that car is fitted with?

Cheers,
David

intercooler on indy
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Where is the air ducted from for that intercooler?

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Originally posted by flak monkey
Thats along the lines of what I was thinking Steve. Will have to have a look and see if there is space to do something similar in mine.

Do you know what rad and intercooler that car is fitted with?

Cheers,
David

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and this
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My indy has a cosworth 4x4 intercooler modified to fir about 600mm

it is ducted from the nose cone you can see a carbon eff plastic below it as a seperator from rad to intercooler,

i have also purchased a carbon scoop to fit on the nose cone top to put more air in,

cheers

sean

pic attached of my dax system also no probs with it works well
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Simply mounted in front of the Polo rad. I added additional baffling to trap air behind the intercooler, to force it through the rad. The nose cone opening sits just inside the edges of the baffling.


Radiator cowling

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MK 200sx.

Right at the front - only fits with full bodywork

As you can see, without the rad fan in the way I have quite a bit of space infront of the rad, inside the nose. Whether I can get some huge pipes between the rad and the nose I dont know at the mo, will have a look tomorrow.

[img]http://locostbuilders.co.uk/upload/Radiator%20In%202.jpg[img]




Annoyingly the front of the chassis is just the wrong shape and the bottom of the rad has to be a long way forward so I can get a hose on the bottom of the rad

David

are you going forced induction now flak??
is there any more progress on the sump kits too?
thanks

Whats involved in modifying a cossie intercooler like INDY BIRDS?

Also what intercooler are you using on the dax?

Paul, again what intercooler is that you have fitted?