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any of you guys got an opinion on this?? i havea 94 prado 1kz te
looking into an intercooler and not sure which way to go, cut a hole in the bonnet or remove air con radiator, and fit in front. i know there are endless options here. what do you think

I would go for the top mount for 2 reasons

1 Readily available off the later models and easy to fit

2 On top the radiator does not block with mud.

cheers Richard

still got the boy racer coming out aye

intercoolers, dump pipes

next it will be foo foo valves and chromies

wot about a wing for the back dude

chrome wrote:any of you guys got an opinion on this?? i havea 94 prado 1kz te
looking into an intercooler and not sure which way to go, cut a hole in the bonnet or remove air con radiator, and fit in front. i know there are endless options here. what do you think

i can get my hands on many different intercoolers bud ...

have a rex top mount in my shed atm .... off an old rally car of mine ...

but can get most common 4wd ones too

A factory fitted top mount off a GTiR Pulsar is HUGE and is a really well flowing intercooler. Also you can pick them up really cheap off Tardme with all the mounting hardware you should need.

Just dont make the Nissan error and mount it over the exhaust manifold...mount it as far back from the engine as you can.

DS

skid wrote:still got the boy racer coming out aye

intercoolers, dump pipes

next it will be foo foo valves and chromies

wot about a wing for the back dude

i tried to ignore workin on cars for years and then something snapped in my brain now i wanna fix everything and mess around with it a bit might get three spoilers and mount one on top of the other like that mid 90s diamante in welly get another 5 gauges and some spinners

its_that_guy2 wrote:

chrome wrote:any of you guys got an opinion on this?? i havea 94 prado 1kz te
looking into an intercooler and not sure which way to go, cut a hole in the bonnet or remove air con radiator, and fit in front. i know there are endless options here. what do you think

i can get my hands on many different intercoolers bud ...

have a rex top mount in my shed atm .... off an old rally car of mine ...

but can get most common 4wd ones too

hey dude, il do some researchin then let you know what direction im heading in. just weighing up the hole in the bonnet thing against the mud blokage. did yoyu get up rallywoods in the weekend?? i ended up at bens playing monstertruck mechanic

what about one of the water cooled ones? then you dont need to rely on air flow since chances are when you have your foot right up it you might not be getting much ground speed or airflow, or mounting a fan on a normal bar and plate?

rangimotors wrote:what about one of the water cooled ones? then you dont need to rely on air flow since chances are when you have your foot right up it you might not be getting much ground speed or airflow, or mounting a fan on a normal bar and plate?

I have a Supercharger and a 1KZ intercooler and a pyrometer. Most times 4 wheeling when I really floor it ,it is for such a short time and the motor is not really under load because the gearing is too low the intercooler does nothing.

It is mainly on the road that they are of any benefit.

Cheers Richard

Bulletproof wrote:

rangimotors wrote:what about one of the water cooled ones? then you dont need to rely on air flow since chances are when you have your foot right up it you might not be getting much ground speed or airflow, or mounting a fan on a normal bar and plate?

I have a Supercharger and a 1KZ intercooler and a pyrometer. Most times 4 wheeling when I really floor it ,it is for such a short time and the motor is not really under load because the gearing is too low the intercooler does nothing.

It is mainly on the road that they are any benefit.

Cheers Richard

cheers, handy bit of info. Did you ever have the supercharger with no intercooler? or have you tried different options (front/top etc) always good to get some info from someone who has been there and done it, no point re inventing the wheel eh

chrome wrote:

its_that_guy2 wrote:

chrome wrote:any of you guys got an opinion on this?? i havea 94 prado 1kz te
looking into an intercooler and not sure which way to go, cut a hole in the bonnet or remove air con radiator, and fit in front. i know there are endless options here. what do you think

i can get my hands on many different intercoolers bud ...

have a rex top mount in my shed atm .... off an old rally car of mine ...

but can get most common 4wd ones too

hey dude, il do some researchin then let you know what direction im heading in. just weighing up the hole in the bonnet thing against the mud blokage. did yoyu get up rallywoods in the weekend?? i ended up at bens playing monstertruck mechanic

yeh man was awesome met the guys n way not ... missed out i rekon hahaha always next time

rangimotors wrote:what about one of the water cooled ones? then you dont need to rely on air flow since chances are when you have your foot right up it you might not be getting much ground speed or airflow, or mounting a fan on a normal bar and plate?

this is what's on the blzzard it seems to work pretty well specially on the open rd.

iv just finished front mounting my 1994 landcruiser prado (1kz-te) and it goes bloody well it impressed me how much power it added with on road use,havent had much chance to try it offroad but im sure what richard said about it not making much differance will be true as your not going fast enough to cool the air

which cooler did you use?? whats it off

i'm about to put prado intercooler onto mine so far i've got all the bits just need to find a prado intake as they are different to non intercooled 1kz by 1-2". will be interesting to see what diff it makes on exhaust temps.

a nice new one from a1 radiators in chch size was 280x230x75 or something and as for the intake manifold i just cut the crossover pipe and tig welded some piping on to it to make a new one ill try get some photos of it up on hea for you

that would be excellent thanks

looks like i have a subaru sti top mount to play with, i also have a standard wrx one as well , also have the bonnet scoop although does anyone know about the water/air intercoolers like off the early legacys?? surely they are better than an air/air hard to find tho

chrome wrote:looks like i have a subaru sti top mount to play with, i also have a standard wrx one as well , also have the bonnet scoop although does anyone know about the water/air intercoolers like off the early legacys?? surely they are better than an air/air hard to find tho

GT4 Celicas ran a water to air intercooler aswell.
As expensive as they are also look into the barrel intercoolers...any performance shop should have them.

chrome wrote: does anyone know about the water/air intercoolers like off the early legacys?? surely they are better than an air/air hard to find tho

they would be better suited to 4wding as they still cool at low speeds. there's heaps on trade me for $20-$50. i go one sitting in the shed i was going to use but don't have the room up front for the radiator so ended up getting the full prado set up

Anyone know if you need to get a cert done once you've added an intercooler.? I've got the 93 prado 1kz-te also and have been interested in intercooling it for a while so I can actually overtake people on the open road safely, just haven't had the money or time yet. Cheers