My intercooler now has more area exposed to the air flow since I did some work removing some of the plastic covering it. Worked well at race track, for drag strip I sprayed distilled water on intercooler before each run. As that worked well I have just bought a spray kit from Ebay so I can try that properly. If too big an intercooler is fitted, the result can be an excessive pressure drop in the inlet manifold meaning the air is slowed too much, being too dense and cold to flow easily into the combustion chamber. I think the best thing to do is make the most of the factory intercooler, and if that still isn't enough, upgrade. So far I haven't got to that stage.
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I had the front bumper off this morning, so i took a pic of the stock intercooler while i was there
Dont understand y there is so much plastic covering it...
Dont understand y there is so much plastic covering it...
Yes u do, its not finshed yet, it looked so gd on ur car i really couldn't resist. Was so easy for me to do (dad beening a car sprayer) didnt cost me anything.Hope u dont mind
Problem is the plastic is supporting the whole front end of rad, A/C condenser and intercooler so there is a limit to how much you can remove. I think I am near the limit! The intercooler goes deeper than you can see in pic, down to bottom rolled edge so is not small. Looking inside back of bumper there is plenty to remove to cleanup air flow.I had the front bumper off this morning, so i took a pic of the stock intercooler while i was there
Dont understand y there is so much plastic covering it...
Wow there is some serious plastic covering the intercooler!
K&N posted on the scirroco forum a while back asking for cars to develope an induction kit for the 1.4tsi. I emailed them at the link that was provided saying they could use mine if they fancied doing one for the new cupra/fr and they didn't even have the decencey to reply..
K&N posted on the scirroco forum a while back asking for cars to develope an induction kit for the 1.4tsi. I emailed them at the link that was provided saying they could use mine if they fancied doing one for the new cupra/fr and they didn't even have the decencey to reply..
I had a poke around and agree theres only a certain amount u can take off as u say it holds a load in place
Hope u dont mind
Of course not, dont stay white for long though..lol
I removed the bars going across and drilled out the blank triangles at each end + work to inner edge attached to rear of spoiler (accessable only when bumper is removed) Found space for intercooler spray kit water bottle on left side, like washer bottle is on right side.
surely the only reason there would be this much plastic is to support all the weight, surely removing some of this plastic is weakening the structure which could cause problems???
After having a poke around I concluded SEAT had deliberately masked the intercooler to restrict air flow and therefore power. Its difficult to explain why it is sited so low otherwise, infact it may be possible to raise it enough to get full exposure to the air for whole depth. Problem is its not easy to get to without risking lots of other bits, even the bonnet stay is attached to the main front panel so I had to tie bonnet to garage roof when I was working on that area! Work I have done so far has been tested on track with no problems.
hmmm still a little dubious about it. as this wont be covered under the warranty if anything in the engine bay or surrounds does have a fault?!
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