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TEMPER593:
Hello all.

Can anyone give me the ins and outs of what i need to look for when uprating my intercooler?

I've been looking on ebay at them and have noticed that an S2 RS Turbo cooler looks like it might fit as all the mountings and pipe work seem to be in roughly the right places and is alot cheaper than the proper land rover ones.  :-k

Many thanks TEMP

Sharpshooter:
I have an Alisport full width fitted to my 200Tdi Disco. An amazing dirrerence from standard. It takes about an hour to fit too. I also have silicon hoses, but these are not essential.

I am running around 14psi of boost. Its amazing how something so simple can make such a difference. And slightly more MPG. Depending on weather you boot it all the time.

I can pull away in 5th from 40 and happily and safely overtake no probs. Not like before where i would be dropping it down a cog.

And alot less gear changing. 4TH is the most noticable when picking up speed to enter motorways ect.

And i have pulled caravans and a car trailer with an rrc on the back no probs too.

As for the ford one, i dont know. But the disco intercooler from Alisport is 10 mm thincker than the defender one, due to space. I think thie Disco one i have is 60mm core.

So to sum it up  :dance: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :dance: It was worth the £350 i spent on it.

Disco Matt:
Allisport sell their kit for aircon-fitted Discos via ebay, looks good but I worry about whether it will affect airflow through the radiator?

I'm planning to buy a spare standard one, clean it out properly, then swap it with my (original) one. Effectively removing 115k of gunk from inside it should have a nice effect on performance and as it's merely cleaning/replacing a standard part the insurance won't go up!

ne jones:
its fairly straight forward to fit an intercooler from a td5, its about twice the capacity of the standard one.

you can use a couple of the standard hoses at the turbo end but will need to buy silicone bends and a couple of feet of tube.

I've got some pics somewhere of mine when I did it a few years ago, i'll see if i can find them.

Sharpshooter:
As for cooling. I do have a Kenlowe fitted to mine. So no probs with that. I cant see it being much of a problem. Except if it gets clogged. But then no different than clogging the rad.

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