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Cal:
Sounds wicked - would love to go one day! (well, for more than one day, but you know what I mean...).

How are you finding your intercooler set up? Is that the full size effort?

Am finding myself tempted by more power!  :twisted:

simondarby:
Yes it is the full width (Option2) Allisport effort.  It makes a massive difference to performance too!  I don't think I could go back to a regular 300tdi.  I had it fitted in May 2004 so it's coming up to 2 years old and I have never had any issue with at all.  I did have a little niggle when I first had it though...

My radiator was not looking too wonderful at the time so I asked Andy Graham (the boss if he would fit a new rad that I supplied at the same time which he said he would.  However, the truck overheated all the way back home from Gloucester to South Devon which really took the shine off the new toy as you can imagine.  Called Andy and double checked that the new intercooler wouldn't be causing the problem and he was really helpful in making suggestions but he was sure it was the rad rather than his intercooler.  Turns out he was right because I went back to my motor factors where I got my rad from and asked to try another one, which they let me do, and hey presto, no more overheating!  Must have been a duff new rad...

Wouldn't mind one of their hybrid turbos now!

Cal:
I am definitely tempted - my only concern would be if having the full width intercooler can affect engine cooling if you are for eg: greenlaning  for long periods or in a hot country - spot of overlandin perhaps.

Any thoughts? Fit an electric fan to be on the safe side?

Cheers,

Cal  :)

simondarby:
As long as your rad is in tip-top shape you shouldn't have any worries.  Standard viscous fan will cool the engine more than an electric one I would say purely because it runs continuously rather than being thermostatically controlled.

You have fuel saving benefits with the electric fan for this reason, as it doesn't run all the time it isn't robbing the engine of power.

Swings and roundabouts methinks...

Cal:
Thanks Simon - I will have to see how my money saving goes, but am certainly tempted!

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