how important is it......

[novaexplod]

to put a massive intercooler into the equation wen doing the let engine conversion into a nova, my mate reckons its a must have but i say its bollocks cos theyre usually for wen ur doing hill climbing in hot countries?????

[Stuart]

lmao.

YES they are important for any turbo application. not just hill climbing in hot countrys.... stop smoking! lol

[Ste_Nova]

standard cooler will be fine for standard power

[Lee]

agreed, youll need one if your winding the boost up, but a standard LET will run happily on a chargecooler.

Also, a downside is you have to hang the bloody thing out the front so subtlety goes out the window!!

[Philsutton]

you need an intercooler but the size isnt too important unless your going for silly power

[DaveMarshall]

You need to run either an intercooler or a chargecooler. Obviously the bigger you go for the cooler the inlet charge will be, positioning makes a difference to, standard calibra turbo intercoolers were badly positioned and a bad size for use in a Nova. Go for a fmic or a double capacity chargecooler.

[mowgli]

intercoolers are a must for any turbo engine. hot air kills power

[O.J.]

what do you mean by chargecooler :oops: :oops: :lol: :oops:

[Lee]

A chargecooler is basically an air/water heat exchanger.
Air passing through the chargecooler flows past a matrix of tubes through which water is circulated in a closed system, which is pumped via alloy pipes routed through to a chargecooler radiator mounted ahead of the engine rad! Thats a basic description anyway, there are quite a few variants.

[Marsden]

i would say the bigger the btr, every 1 degree cooler you get it = 1 bhp more. so i have heard :lol:

[leemh1234]

theres no point in having a massive intercooler with a standad turbo hybrid turbo and big intercooler yeah but the standad turbo wont fill the big intercooler quick enough 8)