griffindai
Torque Junkie
With some knowledgable petrol heads on here...probably the best place to ask
Next year's project is tackle the cooling side on the SAAB as it gets a bit warm in there now on the new tune. I'll be pushing the IC right up front for better airflow as its sandwiched between the rad & AC at the moment so not ideal (might have to fit a thinner but taller/wider IC though so drop down to 50mm instead of this 90mm evo one)
Main reason for the IC swap is to fit a larger water rad but might get away with keeping the 90mm one, Courtney Sport sell a 50mm uprated alloy rad for the Vectra VXR which should drop straight in, meant to really aid with the cooling system as its plumbed in differently and seems a must on the Vec's especially running the bigger 18t turbo.
Also looking at an uprated oil cooler, basically uses a billet adapter plate then you mount the new cooler in front of the IC. I'm off the the states in Feb so could bring this back in the case plus the oil cooler and get the rest of the bits from the UK.
The Courtney water rads around £700 and I'm guessing labour will be around £150ish, a new IC (probably the DO88 drop in kit) is around £350.
The oil cooler upgrade including the adapter plate, 19 row cooler plus hoses/fitting parts will probably come to say £5/600 plus labour and again guessing around £150 to get it all plumbed in.
What would be the most beneficial to upgrade first? Can't afford to do both in one go so there'll be a few months gap between each upgrade.
Also looking at either swapping the 3" DP out for a 5" and have that ceramic coated (heat shield won't be able to be refitted here!) or just have this 3" one sent off to be ceramic coated (not 100% on the 5" DP yet, meant to reduce spool up time by a bit and give more top end) but that's towards the end of next year!
Anyway! What do you recon? Upgrade Water rad or oil cooler?
Thanks Dai
Next year's project is tackle the cooling side on the SAAB as it gets a bit warm in there now on the new tune. I'll be pushing the IC right up front for better airflow as its sandwiched between the rad & AC at the moment so not ideal (might have to fit a thinner but taller/wider IC though so drop down to 50mm instead of this 90mm evo one)
Main reason for the IC swap is to fit a larger water rad but might get away with keeping the 90mm one, Courtney Sport sell a 50mm uprated alloy rad for the Vectra VXR which should drop straight in, meant to really aid with the cooling system as its plumbed in differently and seems a must on the Vec's especially running the bigger 18t turbo.
Also looking at an uprated oil cooler, basically uses a billet adapter plate then you mount the new cooler in front of the IC. I'm off the the states in Feb so could bring this back in the case plus the oil cooler and get the rest of the bits from the UK.
The Courtney water rads around £700 and I'm guessing labour will be around £150ish, a new IC (probably the DO88 drop in kit) is around £350.
The oil cooler upgrade including the adapter plate, 19 row cooler plus hoses/fitting parts will probably come to say £5/600 plus labour and again guessing around £150 to get it all plumbed in.
What would be the most beneficial to upgrade first? Can't afford to do both in one go so there'll be a few months gap between each upgrade.
Also looking at either swapping the 3" DP out for a 5" and have that ceramic coated (heat shield won't be able to be refitted here!) or just have this 3" one sent off to be ceramic coated (not 100% on the 5" DP yet, meant to reduce spool up time by a bit and give more top end) but that's towards the end of next year!
Anyway! What do you recon? Upgrade Water rad or oil cooler?
Thanks Dai