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Engine Specific Info and Questions => IDI Engine => Topic started by: burn_your_money on October 25, 2009, 12:34:43 pm

Title: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: burn_your_money on October 25, 2009, 12:34:43 pm

How much boost can the OEM GTD intercooler handle?

I don't want to blow mine up

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: burn_your_money on October 27, 2009, 02:20:48 pm

Anyone?

How about the G60 intercooler? I'd suspect that they are similar....

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: blackdogvan on October 27, 2009, 04:31:00 pm

Just out of curiousity, plastic or welded tanks on the GTD IC?

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: 1outof5 on October 28, 2009, 02:02:26 am

plastic on the one I have (original european gtd)

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: Jay on October 28, 2009, 02:01:04 pm

Dunno about the boost but the GTD and G60 IC look the same to me  :-\ At least here in the UK they do... they're located in the same place and use the same air flow director thingy that sits on top of the battery.

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: MouseGTD on October 30, 2009, 01:23:26 pm

i read on here before that they can only take 20psi. i have no experience of this though its just what i have read on here.

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: mystery3 on October 30, 2009, 05:24:34 pm

I don't know if it's feasible but on my old audi 5000 I strapped the ic wth some big hvac duct clamps. It held 2.2 bar for a while. Might be a good safety precaution if it's doable.

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: burn_your_money on October 31, 2009, 07:25:48 am

I made a post on vortex about the G60 intercooler and was advised of people running 20 psi but that it's really not efficient past stock boost. Although one guy said that if stopped being efficient at 17 psi. This is for a gas engine though, so I'm not sure how or if the CFM of a diesel changes this at all

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on October 31, 2009, 09:10:01 am

just knock a few pounds of efficient boost off for a diesel engine. cause everyone knows how much air a diesel sucks in.

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: GTD. on November 02, 2009, 12:38:49 am

Quote from: Jay on October 28, 2009, 02:01:04 pm

Dunno about the boost but the GTD and G60 IC look the same to me  :-\ At least here in the UK they do... they're located in the same place and use the same air flow director thingy that sits on top of the battery.

The core is the same but the end tanks are different, the GTD has inlet and outlet on the top, so the air goes round in a U shape whereas the G60 the inlet is at the bottom and the outlet at the top, also the G60 has a built in temp sensor.

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/A19VUU/EKTA%20ETOS/gtdic.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v112/A19VUU/EKTA%20ETOS/g60ic.jpg)

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: Patrick on November 02, 2009, 02:58:10 am

Tyler, I thought you were a die=hard NA guy.What gives?

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: burn_your_money on November 02, 2009, 04:41:25 am

Thanks for those pictures GTD.

I still hate turbos, don't worry. I just needed a cheap diesel winter beater and this car fit the bill. I figure I may as well have some fun and try and bow it up once spring rolls around though

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: Rabbit on Roids on November 02, 2009, 06:09:12 am

try and blow it up? why would you do such a thing? you know you can un bolt that turbo, and have an instantly gutless n/a. you could also sell it and make some $$$ back.

Title: Re: Max boost on GTD intercooler
Post by: BellCityDubber on November 02, 2009, 07:09:38 am

Tyler... you should try the trick that the Subaru guys do.... and JB weld the end tanks ;)