pwr chargecooler

[ozzyvelcro]

Hi all im thinking of buying a pwr chargecooler and have a few questions to anyone who has one fitted on there motor.


1.Would you recommend it over a front mount intercooler.

2.Does it connect to the stock pipes or do i need to buy a hard pipe kit.

3.Is it easy to install.

Cheers Danny

[John Yorke]

Would I recommend a charge cooler over a fmic well....... having gone from a smic to a fmic to a charge cooler I would say yes!
When I fitted my fmic I found on sustained boooost I would see water temps of 110c+:confused: This is not good for a rotary.
Now there are a few ways of overcomming this
1st is to mount the fmic in such a way so that allows a free air flow through to the rad [can be quite tricky].
2nd is to go V mount [I understand there are some good value options avialable now, 6 months ago only way to get one was to import from Japan] cant tell you to much about the results of this all I do know is you will most likely need a vented bonnet.
3rd is the jolly ol charge cooler. I have had mine on the car since last year and have to say allthough inlet temps with the CCon its own are slightly higher + 5-10c against a fmic my water temps have not seen 90+c:D

Im sure there are plenty of people on here can give you more information on the V mount.

Is it easy to install - yes 1/2day max if you prepare 1st, you will most likely need some fabricated pipes and brackets dependant on what else you have done in the engine bay.

Hope this helps.

[John Yorke]

Should have added if you are around tomorrow evening there is an Essex meet which I will be attending if you want to kick some tyres and have a look:D Have a look in events

[Warthog]

If you can meet up with John then i highly recommend that you do. I hope you don\'t mind me saying this John, but when i was looking at having a c/c system you were more than helpful and i was happy to take the dive into this form of turbo cooling.
Something that you do get as a bonus is a free flow of your turbo air, less lag.
If you are looking to mod a lot then i would say do it. I have been more than happy with my bhp gains.:wave

[ozzyvelcro]

Thanks alot guys for your comments i shall try to get to the meet but im working nights in croydon at the moment so its awkward to get try and get there.I\'ll ask the boss if i can take a night off fingers crossed.

Cheers Danny

[Warthog]

If not mate join us at rotorstock 11 on the 29th and 30th May.:cool