stevegreetham
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Registered: 30th Oct 03
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hi, having a let conversion just after max power live, need to get the car booked into the bodyshop to have the intercooler located.
Firstly, because i know next to nothing about them, wheres the best place to get them? Also, can i pretty much have it mounted in any location on the front bumper and then have the pipework made to fit?
Ideally i want quite a large on (dont we all ) with the 2 samco pipes visible.
Any help would be great, heres a few piccys of the car http://www.gloynboyz.co.uk/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=thumbnails&album=159
thanks alot, Steve
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jamesw
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http://www.greenmachine.ath.cx/gallery/index.php?twg_album=Engine+Progress&twg_show=C20LET+in3.JPG
best pic i have, got mine mounted to a frame, pipe work you can prolly do yourself, just with various 90 deg bends etc and some straight pipe. Best to have as much exposed as possible, rather than have a massive one thats half covered. Also keep an eye on ebay for intercoolers
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stevegreetham
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thanks alot matey, what sort of spec do i look for when buying one? i dont want to get my front bumper changed, with the intercooler mounted for it to be moved around. Very nice car btw mate
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jamesw
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looking @ your bumper the eds 8.1 litre would be a good choice, its long and short, would fit in the bottom gap mint, however is quite deep so not sure if it would foul on anything, only thing is i dno if you would be able to see the pipework or not either side
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stevegreetham
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thats no problem mate, you got a link to this eds one? i'll have a quick look. if needs be i'll relocate the bumper plate somewhere.
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stevegreetham
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seen a few on the net now, anyone know of the best and most reliable place to buy? thanks alot, Steve
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AdamF
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here is my nova one. the left hand side goes under the front panel and the right side goes through a hole in the front panel in to the wheel arch and up through the inner wing.
jamesw is your engine complete now i saw some progress threads but never anything to say it was done
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jamesw
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still on doing bodywork, got rid of those horrible jap skirts for some subtle combat ones, just waiting on the sides to get painted. Engine runs, however i have the EM light on, due to what i belive is the lambda sensor, bought the wideband kit that muppetsport has just need to get it fitted. So how bruttle does the nova feel then?
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AdamF
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iam still running it in sort of iam not keep ing to 3000rpm limit but iam not thrashing it either just slowing building up boost and changing oil regualrly
i need to play with the wastegate to get the boost about right but it certainly has potential
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stevegreetham
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cheers guys, seen one from regal. any ideas how much i should be paying? dont want to get ripped off
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vibrio
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you don't want big just for the sake of it. ideally you want a tall thin one. the let does not use much boost but the flow will be differnt to that of a TDi.
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