intercooler

Hey people. had a look around and noticed a load of people installing these intercoolers. managed to get one off a mate for £80, juust wondering what pipes i'll nee dto fit it. also, it doesn't come with brackets, how have people mounted theres?? thanks

Hi, I'm thinking of fitting a front mounted intercooler to my Ibiza FR, it is an 06 one so doesn't have the facelift FR front bumper. My question is....I know the fmi needs the Cupra front bumper upgrade, but are the new FR facelift bumpers the same? Or do the Cupra ones offer more room even...

Further intercooler questions Right, it would seem that many people try many different "custom" intercoolers, laguna, frontera etc, but what are the physical restraints that makes an intercooler suitable? i'm not ashamed to say i haven't got a friggin clue! core size- what does it have to be...

Since owning the Passat, I've always noticed a very faint hiss under boost, and never tracked it down. Anyway, floored it tonight, and the faint hiss turned into the sound of a hurricane whenever I go anywhere near the accelerator :( Got home OK (no limp mode ???), and the bottom end tank...

got my intercooler back on tonight!!! :) forge got the brackets beefed up for me and it didnt cost me a thing!! not even for the shipping, they sorted the whole lot out for me. the only thing that messed it up was UPS thinking that they were picking it up from my house, taking it to edinburgh to...

I was driving my Cordoba 130 up a hill in 4th gear I put my foot down and there was a pop and virtually no power and a load of grey/brown smoke. I stopped looked under the bonnet, all the hoses on top of the engine were intact, but I could just see the bottom intercooler hose was blown off...

Are there any mods I can do to the standard intercooler? Maybe allow more air to it? Has front mounted the standard one?

Hi I was thinking of fitting the larger front mounted intercooler from a mk 4 cupra into my ibiza fr . Has anybody any idea how much it would be new from the [ stealers] .... sorry I should have said dealers ?. Thanks :D:D

I have a 130TDI on a Cordoba and having recently been laid up on the M60 motorway due to the Turbo pipe blowing off, I`ve been advised, as a precaution, to change both rubber pipes that connect both the Turbo and the Intercooler. Here`s the rub, one costs £94 and the other...

hi guys , i bought the huge pro alloy intercooler after buying the ihi kit. however , i believe it was meant to come with fitting instructions? well it never , so decided to crack on anyway:doh: i have it all mounted behind the crash bar, the simple pipework fitted. but got lost when i got...

Ok lads and ladies, im interested about getting a FMIC for my 2001 (Y-Plate) Ibiza Cupra. Can anyone tell me if this will fir please...... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/FRONT-MOUNTED-TURBO-INTERCOOLER-universal-Medium_W0QQitemZ250169187724QQihZ015QQcategoryZ72205QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem...

or is there anywhere that I can drive in and drive out? Ive not got the required pipe work yet though... there will be two cars need doing..

:help: Im looking for a intercooler for a 65reg ibiza cupra tdi160? Or a universal one? Thanks

Hi. I am waiting on this being a stupid question, i cant see why i dont have an intercooler as have a turbo car, but searches only report back comments to 2.0 tdi's and not the 1.9 pd tdi's! Can anyone point me to its location? Thanks. :blink:

Hi, I'm getting a JBS04 turbo fitted and saw a second hand pro-alloy one for sale for the mk3 cupra and was wandering if that would be a good intercooler to use or if the forge would be more suitable. Also, are there any modifications you have to do to fit a pro-alloy and if so what are they...

Intercooler Question I know there has been lots of posts up regarding the "laguna intercooler" before and i have tried the search and cant find the answer to my question. The laguna 1.9 DCI model has been available for many years so my question is have they changed the design of the...

hi,could someone tell me where the intercooler is in a leon cupra as i had a look last night quick with my mate and cant seem to find it anywhere??had a quick search on here and cant find another topic. only asking because since the accident when the car reversed into me,the car has been making...

Morning all If I set my car up with induction kit, DV, cat back exhaust and Revo, is it necessary to get a new forge intercooler or would that just be a luxury mod as opposed to a requirement? Thanks

Hi all have been looking for one of these for a week or two now but can't find anywhere that sells them!! i'm looking for a water system not really intrested in c02 or NOS sprays as they will cost a bomb to keep filling up!! does anyone know where i can get one of these from i did concider...

Hi guys, just wandering if anyone has had the front intercooler modification done yet on there cupra? I have the 225 2005 model.