In a message dated 9/4/01 11:44:58 AM Pacific Daylight Time, dieselwesty@YAHOO.COM writes: << Well, I have heard it could give you up to 20% more power by cooling that air, but I do not know of anyone that has done this on a 1.6 or 1.9TD. If you don't get an answer on this list, it most likely has not been done. Someone must have tried. I do not know where you would put the intercooler radiator, let alone all the tubing. >>
Several have tried. Most recently someone stuck a Japanese car intercooler on a 1.9TD but I can't remember his name. Karl W maybe? Michael Sullivan has one in his 1.9TDI as well. I have an Audi TT intercooler which I intend on plumbing into my 1.6TD BenT tubing |
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