R5 Intercooler
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been looking at intercoolers and i am going to use a R5 cooler for a bit.

ive read up on a couple of things about it and one user said this "josh_tacon i think the r5 intercoolers are idea for minis, If there are flowed and strapped."

soes he mean in good air flow?

and strapped?

thanks

I think they are a bit old hat to be honest. Audi TT MK1 inter coolers look a better bet to me.

If something is worth doing, it's worth doing half of.

I have a full ally r5 intercooler I found it a little dificult to put in tbh the pipes on the same side sort of get in each others way

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ahh, i'll have to have a look at it when i pick it up off him.

do you have to mod it at all or just work fine as it is?

think i read about a thermostat or something? haha

Edited by coopdog on 9th Jul, 2014.

The thermostat needs removing. As for strapping, on high boost the ends can pop off, apparently. In my experience the cores actually split under high boost. Not a bad intercooler thouugh.

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picked it up last night and its already strapped!!!

with shoe laces and zip ties :L

I tried fitting an ally R5 one and also found it a pain in the arse.

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Awkward position/size of pipes

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A mate ran this cooler in the side mount rad position and a metro front mount rad successfully

Check out Custards build thread. He's used a R5 intercooler where the radiator would go.

http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...id=358547&fr=75

picked it up the other day,

is it supposed to have a gap between the ports?

Jesus that looks rough inside.

WTF is going on there ? Has someone been filling it up with silicone or epoxy or something ?

R5 is a doddle to fit, I fitted one on mine 20 years ago.
Side mounted in the drives side inner guard.

The thermostat can be easily bolted into the open position.

End tanks can have a habit of blowing off, but it will depend on boost used. Say 5-10psi they should be fine...20psi+ and they will definitely need strapped.
Even at 15psi strapping makes sense.

Or just rip the plastic end tanks off and make up some aluminium ones instead. But if going to that trouble...probably no sense tying yourself to the R5 core unless it's cheap.

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The picture is very difficult to make out.

But an R5 intercooler is a dual pass.

Air travels up one half, into the open end tank, and back out the other.

The tank with the two pipes is divided.

Havent a clue what that picture is showing other than a huge whack of silicone or something

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Nor should whatever that thing is in the middle !! lol

If it's that rough inside,...it must be pretty terrible looking on the outside too ?

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Does that pic not show part of the divider missing?

If so, then it'll be useless.

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Not sure I would trust that with what looks like fibreglass filling where thermostate would have been. I have a flowed and strapped (with a giant jubilee clip) R5 that you can have for beer tokens or a pace ally one for £15. Could send pics if your interested

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Edited by T3Tone on 15th Jul, 2014.

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