intercooler
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Hello lads thanks for the help regarding my dv issues, much appreciated, my next question is, can anyone advise me on the correct method of piping up an intercooler, as things stand now i have a flexi hose coming off the bottom of the turbo with a cone filter connected to it, I have been told rightly or wrongly that I could come from the flexi that's there already pipe this to the intercooler then from the intercooler to another flexi with the air filter attached to it, this seems a little too simplistic to me or am I over complicating things?

A basic diagram would be brilliant

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The intercooler needs to go in between the turbo & the plenum, as it's the turbo that heats up the air, putting the intercooler between the air filter and the turbo is akin to pissing into the wind.

Hopefully this will explain it better than I can:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercooler

Your best bet is to have a flick through peoples build threads to see how they fitted there intercoolers as I've yet to see two Minis that have done the same thing.

The intercooler needs to be between the compressor outlet and the plenum chamber.

What you described would be uncompressed (ambient) air flowing through the intercooler, you're not going to get that air any cooler!

here i go again!........ the intercooler is not the iceing on the cake

ITS MORE CAKE!

thanks, excluding the obvious pipes to and from the intercooler do i need to adapt, cut have bits welded etc to the original pipes on the plenum and or compressor? please forgive me if i sound like a dick coz i feel like 1 for not knowing shit about this and asking what must seem like stupid questions

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very impressed with your yellow mini although very entertaining, it doesn't really help me any. thanks anyway

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stupid questoins dont exits. stupid answers do.
give me two seconds and i will find you some threads with plenum options.

1) http://turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=9412

2) http://turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.php?p=vt&tid=151665

they should give you some ideas.

Edited by James_H on 30th Oct, 2008.

Superb, that's cleared up everything I need at this point at least, I'll drop him an e-mail then in a couple of weeks. Thanks mate much appreciated.
Andy

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