Intercooler on a GTD. Any good?

[airhead]

I have a golf 2 GTD. I was looking at my intercooler trying to figure out how the airflow works on it. From what I can tell, it seems to absorb a lot of heat from the radiator and doesnt get cooled all that well. Is it worth a toss or what? Would it be worth putting a fan on it? Im just curious really. Also, is it a big deal if quite a few of the fins are bent down?

Ive never had a car with an intercooler before, so Im just learning here, as Im sure you can appreciate. Any info you can provide would be very much appreciated. Thanks.

[bevboyy]

It would be better to relocate the IC to somewhere where it can receive better, unimpeded airflow.(ie: infront of the rad) The only downside to this is fabbing up the piping for it.

[airhead]

Would there be a noticable performance and/or economy gain by doing this?

[Zulfiqar]

the GTD cooler works on the pressure differential principle, the engine bay is exhausted under the car when its moving, and in turn air needs to replace the exhausted air - thats how air gets pulled into the cooler - and then theres also some pressure coming from the grille

[airhead]

Would a fan help or would that just impede airflow too much when its not on?

[jtanguay]

Would a fan help or would that just impede airflow too much when its not on?

a fan would be a great idea.  make it thermostatically controlled though.  rainbow electronics makes a real nice one that will work from 0C to 100C.  a real good way to eliminate heat soak