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sdg1970 May 22nd, 2019 12:41

Performance intercooler upgrade - worth it??
 
So im putting my V70R back together after a front end shunt and am replacing rad and intercooler whilst I'm at it. My current intercoolers side fixing fins have rotted and I'm considering replacing it with this: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F223201684818

I'm not really interested in getting the whole and expensive reverse piping kit and doing all that stuff, but just a slide in upgrade I might consider. So is it worth it, or should I just get another Standard one??

Clan May 22nd, 2019 13:46

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Originally Posted by sdg1970 (Post 2522576)
So im putting my V70R back together after a front end shunt and am replacing rad and intercooler whilst I'm at it. My current intercoolers side fixing fins have rotted and I'm considering replacing it with this: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F223201684818

I'm not really interested in getting the whole and expensive reverse piping kit and doing all that stuff, but just a slide in upgrade I might consider. So is it worth it, or should I just get another Standard one??

The standard intercooler is well up to the job unless you do a lot of track driving , I would think that cheaper intercooler has LESS cooling capacity as the standard one ... it doesn't look as tall . You do not get long enough on boost on the public road for the temperature of the boosted air to become a problem .

sdg1970 May 22nd, 2019 14:23

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Originally Posted by Clan (Post 2522601)
I would think that cheaper intercooler has LESS cooling capacity as the standard one ... it doesn't look as tall .

Is 160 quid considered cheap then for an intercooler!??! I can get a standard second hand one for 40 quid on Fleabay, so Ill probably do that.

DSK May 22nd, 2019 14:46

Ditto the above, I 'm sure I asked the very same question some years back and everyone said standard is over engineered so upto the task.


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