Fitting front intercooler?

[nicksource]

Has anyone fitted a front intercooler to a MK3?

Just wanting to know the best way of fitting one, any tips/guide?

Ideally wanting it like this: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3559/3480608410_5068ea0cf3_b.jpg

Cheers,
Nick.

[Khare]

have you got a turbo?

Edit: You have a TDI, but I doubt it runs enough boost to need a big intercooler.

[Wayne]

Not needed on your tdi really.

[Misky]

Im sure i read that if you have a giant intercooler for a small boost set up you can potentially loose power.

[Jimp]

This is a good forum to ask about diesel tuning:
http://forums.tdiclub.com/
Do note that there is a pressure loss as the air passes through the intercooler, the bigger the intercooler the bigger the loss, so if you are installing a front mounted intercooler you would want to have the car remapped/chipped, uprated pump, etc so you are pushing enough boost to make it worthwhile. A decent mid-term upgrade can be a mk4 GTI side mount intercooler as I think this is slightly larger than the standard TDI one.

[nicksource]

Cheers Jimp though there isn't many MK3 owners there.

My question was on fitting it, not about if I needed one... I plan to upgrade the turbo in the future so will need an intercooler then.

[Wayne]

Cheers Jimp though there isn't many MK3 owners there.

My question was on fitting it, not about if I needed one... I plan to upgrade the turbo in the future so will need an intercooler then.

Not really unless you running lots of boost, a bigger turbo will not gain much without more mods.

[ballin]

Cheers Jimp though there isn't many MK3 owners there.

My question was on fitting it, not about if I needed one... I plan to upgrade the turbo in the future so will need an intercooler then.

my mk3 intercooler is being fabricated this week i will post some pics of it when complete 

AGU 1.8t... not diesel 

[Khare]

Cheers Jimp though there isn't many MK3 owners there.

My question was on fitting it, not about if I needed one... I plan to upgrade the turbo in the future so will need an intercooler then.

Not really unless you running lots of boost, a bigger turbo will not gain much without more mods.

+1

[Jimp]

Fitting depends more on how deep the intercooler is. A shallow one will fit easily enough. The deeper you go the more difficult it gets. You can get more space by pushing the radiator back with some custom mounts, or by cutting away are the slats in the lower part of the bumper. Go to the Dub Rides section and check out LazyLunatic's thread. He messed around with intercooler fitting a bit at one stage and could tell you more than I can.