Big 300tdi Intercoolers

[steve@offroadin]

What are the options? (& recommendations)

[Cannonball Bob]

Got mine booked in to Allard next week (so I'll let you know)

[Disco69]

There always seem to be a good selection of them on e-blag.

Never fitted one on mine but was very tempted, prices seem to be coming down a bit now as there are a lot more of them available.

I would say Allard would be one of the better ones along with Jeremy Fearn's but I dont know if these will be the cheapest option.

Are you thinking of fitting it and 'tweaking' the injector pump yourself or having someone else do it for you?

[Cannonball Bob]

Allard are doing all the spannering. Figured with the cost of the intercooler I'd rather they had the responsiblity. (Quoted around £480 + Gordon's bit)

[gelf]

steve.......... a full width intercooler is definatly the way to go......... and i have 1 for sale, brand new never fitted.:D

[steve@offroadin]

Tell Ian quick like, He has money burnin a hole etc (actually have emailed him, he will be interested, HTF did I miss your post on OR.net LOL)

[JimGNR]

I originally ordered a full size intercooler from the mentioned company, I now know that they were having problems at the time and for several weeks they messed me about and I never received it, but at the time I was told that it would be with me by the weekend. I ended up cancelling the order but I still got charged and had a bit of a problem getting a refund. Saying that, the company has a good reputation so I am dissapointed that I did not get one of their intercoolers.

Me being the impatient one, I got an uprated replacement that fits in the same space as the standard one. The power increase is quite noticable but not 'wow it's amazing!!', this is exactly what I wanted though, I don't want to put too much strain on the engine.

More noticable was tweaking the fuel pump and removing the CAT.

[bilge rat]

More noticable was tweaking the fuel pump and removing the CAT.[/quote]

tweeked the pump on mine does make a big difference eh. was going to remove the cat but front pipe seized at the manifold, so i left it. does the cat make that much of a difference ?. alan.....

[JimGNR]

More noticable was tweaking the fuel pump and removing the CAT.
tweeked the pump on mine does make a big difference eh. was going to remove the cat but front pipe seized at the manifold, so i left it. does the cat make that much of a difference ?. alan.....[/quote]

Yes, I already removed the centre silencer and uprated the intercooler. Still felt a bit strangled so I replaced the front pipe with a non-CAT pipe, it made a big difference to the low down power, the turbo spins upto speed much quicker and it whistles a lot more now.

Admittedly the exhaust is a bit noisier from the rear but thats more because I removed the centre silencer. On hindsight I should have just removed the CAT.

[bilge rat]

is the d/pipe without the cat the same, or is it like the 200 no flexi pipe , iff ya know what i mean. looks like i might have another go, after ive sorted me swivel housing out .thanks alan.....

[JimGNR]

The non-cat front pipe is ESR2740, it's listed as for an automatic but is a straight swap and it has the flexi pipe. Fairly easy to change as long as you can reach the 3 bolts on the manifold.

[bilge rat]

thanks for that, alan.....