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Datatek
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Increasing the spacing of the RADS will not help cooling, unless you seal the ends and side cooling air will just escape through the gaps instead of going thorough the next RAD taking the path of least resistance.
Datatek
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If you are upping the power, think carefully about removing the viscous, there is no guarantee the electric fans will cope after your mods.
New intercooler hoses have been fitted and the vacuum hoses have also been replaced car has been driven for the first time.
Pulls very cleanly through the rev range with no perceptible lag from the larger intercooler and boost levels are mainly stable at 1bar with a small boost spike to 16psi in 2nd gear.
Rather impressed with the old girl..
Just got to stop the aircon fans kicking in now.
Pulls very cleanly through the rev range with no perceptible lag from the larger intercooler and boost levels are mainly stable at 1bar with a small boost spike to 16psi in 2nd gear.
Rather impressed with the old girl..
Just got to stop the aircon fans kicking in now.
Why would there be lag from the intercooler?
The engine can only consume so much air. The turbo is more than capable of keeping it supplied.
It is a problem with petrols because they are throttled by air. They have a throttle valve. When the throttle is shut the turbo can stall, when it's opened again you get lag because it is stalled. That is why you need a dump valve to keep the turbo spinning. No such problems on a diesel as they are throttled by fuel the air is always there.
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Dean Whittam
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Apparently the turbo from the bm 3.0 is a good swap it's a more capable unit and by all accounts gives more low end boost so all that fuel your dumping in there gets roasted fully . My series 2 has a bm 2.5 on a manual pump and no matter how much fuel it gets it won't boost worth a ****e under about 2500 rpm and the general consensus is the TD 04 is maxed out with only a small increase in fuel where as the 3.0 turbo is nowhere near it's full potential . I've been doing some research and a hybrid is looking like the best answer fitting both a more effective turbine wheel and a billet compressor wheel but these items need to paired together in order to meet your needs ie top end mid range or low range rpm and power requirements also the use of ball bearings can give a huge boost to getting your turbo to spin up faster .
Modern diesels run under very strict emission control. I believe that the EU is about to or has brought in strict rules as to how they can be modified. Anything that increases emissions is or will be illegal. But i don't know what year of cars it will run from or if the rules will be retrospective.
Dean Whittam
Member
They may well do what they want but we are leaving EU so they can do as they please also many of these upgrades can be used to further reduce emissions as well as gain hp so will the EU applaud us for reducing emissions ?? Not likely .
i would really love it if that were possible. The only way to increase power on a diesel is to increase fuel. Anybody that tells you different is lying.
