- Full size Intercooler
- Kenlowe Fan
- Propshaft & Flange
- Hand Winches
- Split charge relay
- Re-building a Caliper
- Noise Killer

Intercooler (page 4)

Does it work?

After fitting the intercooler (and spending the money) the question will be does it work (power improvement) and does it affect the cooling of the engine. The unit is blocking the radiator core a bit so I was a bit concerned.

For a start I went to France and must say the heavy 127 Quadtec did perform quite well, better than some weeks before on another tour to France.
As written in the insructions I did tune the turbo waste gate a little bit (however much less than advised) and cruising down South was quite nice. Doing 70mph easily with rooftop tent fitted on top of the cab. You can tune the fuel pump also but I decided to leave it like is was. Mainly because increasing power too much might damaged my 'old' engine/turbo with 95.000 miles on the clock.

Comprehensive info on tuning the Tdi engine (turbo and pump) can be found here: Land Rover Enthusiast Forum (tech. archive)

Or on this website: www.dodgeram.org

Temperature/cooling:

Going up hill went fine and the vehicle did not get much warmer than normally. Only one mountain, the Cold du Galibier, did get the temperature gauge close to the red. It could be because I was driving with low revs in 2nd gear and after switching back to 1st the temperature dropped to nomal.

With doing 9% uphill the heavy Quadtec started to overheat a little bit in 2nd gear. Maybe not very strange anyway!

So all together I'm possitive, the unit does improve power and it does not overheat under normal conditions.

After fitting the intercooler and returning from the trip to France Idid decide to fit my 'old' Kenlowe HD fan to the back of the radiator. By doing so the airflow right behind the radiator core would be improved and hopefully this will improve the cooling and fuel economy. You can find the review here.


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