[Mk2] [Turbo] boot mounted intercooler

[prosser]

how does a boot mount get cold air in ?? thinking of doing one on my car as i dont use it much any help would be great!!!

[simmo490]

from the underside of the car mate, cut a hole in your boot

but needs somewhere to flow, either vent in top of boot or holes in rear panel

[Dan88]

yeh ivee seen someone cut a hole in the top of the boot and put a small scooby vent in there, i personally didnt like the look of it, but any sort of vent in the top should help airflow

[Razor04]

This is what Phoenix power were doin in the mid 90's:





check out the spal fans [/img]

[prosser]

do you need to put some sort of scope under the intercooler or would it flow that way with just the fans?

[Leakie Tbar]

how does a boot mount get cold air in ?? thinking of doing one on my car as i dont use it much any help would be great!!!

Looking at your garage am I correct in thinking you are still running mainly stock turbo etc,?,

if you are why bother cutting up your boot when a good side mount will outperform the stock turbo set up,

[ashley]

The bootmount in my car pushes air down through the i/c and out of the hole in the boot floor- considering helping the boot breath with some subtle mods (really dont want to use a scoop).

Only issue sucking air from under the car is the exhaust right under the i/c- not an ideal source of cold air!

TBH if I was starting from scratch I'd use a water charge cooler instead...

[prosser]

how does a boot mount get cold air in ?? thinking of doing one on my car as i dont use it much any help would be great!!!

Looking at your garage am I correct in thinking you are still running mainly stock turbo etc,?,

if you are why bother cutting up your boot when a good side mount will outperform the stock turbo set up,

no im just having my engine rebuilt with forged internals and a bigger turbo i havent changed my profile because i havent done it yet, i already have a hks intercooler but i dont think it is man enough to cope with the 400 bhp i want

[prosser]

just found a good pic of one

[cantfindausername]

This is my set up.



Have 2 x 11" spal pushers on the top and will be making a duct to exhaust the air backwards.

[skipp123]

that looks a nice bit of kit, what kind of intake temps do you see with that setup>?

[cantfindausername]

If thats aimed at me, I have no idea. Car hasn't moved for 18 months so could be some time before I get any data.

[skipp123]

If thats aimed at me, I have no idea. Car hasn't moved for 18 months so could be some time before I get any data.

it was mate yes,

whats up with the car? i know how u feel bud iv only just got mine back running exactly right and mapped done like 500miles at low boost and now the weathers so crap iv decided to just store her till next year..... think iv driven the mr2 about 20times this year

[cantfindausername]

I haven't even seen my car since July 07!

Nothing up with the car, just me not applying pressure to the tuner. Time for that to change though over the coming weeks.

[Yas]

I haven't even seen my car since July 07!

Nothing up with the car, just me not applying pressure to the tuner. Time for that to change though over the coming weeks.

Same situ here mate, know how it is when tuners can't be asked

When cutting through the boot floor do people add braces or something to strengthen the body or is that not needed?

[fastgrant74]

I know people generally run these on higher power cars, but I also dont buy the 'sidemount up to 400' rule- on a track day, intake temps get very high, and lower temps are a good thing full stop.

Has anyone done this on a fairly standard turbo setup? I wonder what the difference is in lag?

[Steve Horrocks]

I haven't even seen my car since July 07!

Nothing up with the car, just me not applying pressure to the tuner. Time for that to change though over the coming weeks.

Same situ here mate, know how it is when tuners can't be asked

When cutting through the boot floor do people add braces or something to strengthen the body or is that not needed?

I've not yet, but think i will be doing when i pull my finger out & do a bit more. You can tell the difference in floor strength once it's cut out, flexible, etc. but shouldn't be a proble chassis wise as it's fairly solid around there.

[Steve Horrocks]

this is mine:


from underneath:

[prosser]

what about heat from the exhaust is that a issue?

[Steve Horrocks]

It's having a heat shield put back on, flush with bodywork to front, with tapered gap towards the back of car. Plus 2 Spal fans on top of IC to pushair through.