Intercooler help????

[Silver3tiger]

I'm looking at buying a bigger intercooler for my 90 Talon Awd yet with so many shops not telling the same thing. I would like some straight answers. Who makes a very good intercooler???

I would like a short route blow throught, 28-30" wide and keep my bumper. Now here's the other part of the problem. I'm going to installing a 2.4 with a 20G in the late summer. A 7" intercooler looks great with a 2.0 but will I run out of cooling with the 2.4? A 10" looks good for the 2.4 but even if I do make a small cut out in the bumper 4"s are still hidden behind the plastic.

My Talon is mainly used for hill climbs(tarmac), open road racing(high speed 120mph+ for 80 miles) and some autocrossing.

Any help would be great. My feel is Do it once and do it right.

Thanks all

T.

 

[GVR4592]

7" tall isn't going to cut it. I would look at the Buschur or the Victory performance intercoolers. The SBR intercooler is pretty popular, but the end tank design is a little weird. I wouldn't worry too much about the top 4" of the intercooler being behind the bumper.

I reccomend picking up a copy of Maximum Boost by Corky Bell, there is a ton of good information in there about intercoolers. I bought an intercooler, then I bought the book. If I had the book first I wouldn't have picked the same intercooler.

 

[prostreetdsmx1]

i would recommend something like a 20-24" wide, 8-10" tall and no more than 3" thick. With your needs you want maximum flow to the radiator so i would stay at 3" thickness. If you are going to run 20psi plus i would say go with a bar and plate or extruded tube core. Something that will be able to cool your charge well.

best of luck to you

 

[Silver3tiger]

Thanks so much for the info.

I have read parts of the book. I will will go looking for the book again.

What is the best and cleanest way to notch out the bumper?


Thanks

Silver3Tiger

 

[IPT]

What is the best and cleanest way to notch out the bumper?

A plasma cutter works KILLER!! Not everyone can use one of those. So the next thing would be a Sawzall and maybe a die grinder with a cutting wheel in it.