uprated intercoolers and snorkals???

big ad · Feb 3, 2008

Hi fellow landrover nutbags

I have a question about intercoolers and snorkals. I am building a 110 200 tdi defender overland machine and i was toying with the idea of fitting a uprated intercooler like a alisport one BUT... i also wanted to fit a snorkal do to the fact that i will be traveling overland in alot of dusty conditions, a friend of mine has told my that fitting a snorkal will take away the exrta power given by the intercooler. Can anyone shed any light on this matter

Cheers Adam

defender/discovery · Feb 3, 2008

yeh we are thinking of geting an uprated intercooler with our 110 200tdi and we have a snorkle ide like to know to

serf · Feb 3, 2008

I'm new at this business, but I cant see why it would.. after all the intercooler is to supply cooler air? nothing to do with where it's coming from ..

GRUNT · Feb 4, 2008

Dunno if I'm on the right track here but I reckon that wot the mate of Big Ad means is that any advantage of fitting a bigger inter cooler would be cancelled out by fitting a snorkle. Cos fitting a bigger inter cooler means colder denser air therefore more of it, and a snorkle means longer air intake tract therefore more friction on the air going down it so less air going into the inter cooler.

Hope this helps,
Stephen.

big ad · Feb 4, 2008

That is what i ment stephen, so does anyone thing its makes that much diffrence???

Cheers

GRUNT · Feb 4, 2008

It depends on how many seconds you want to shave of yer lap time.

Hope this helps,
Stephen.

Grippa · Feb 4, 2008

Hmm, would help if you polish the inside of the snorkle & run the pipwork as straight as you can.

Reegards,
Nigel.

Sparky_Plug · Feb 4, 2008

is it really going to make a diffrence? i mean are people fitting snorkels and thinking wow this is slow?

busaboy · Feb 4, 2008

Some can restrict the flow slightly, but on the "Safari" type, you can actually get a ram air effect due to its shape, and force more air in.

JimAttrill · Feb 5, 2008

and budgies

Grippa · Feb 5, 2008

An' Rams.

Regards,
Nigel.

Ivor Deenie. · Feb 5, 2008

intercooler cools air after turbo, so imo dont see why there shud be any difference!

best regards

cyril

Ron Knight · Feb 6, 2008

If a snorkel reduces air-flow slightly, ( and I do mean if; don't forget there's a turbo sucking it in ), then a decent intercooler will more than make up for it. Go for it.

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