She's fixed........ whooooraaaaa

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 10:21 pm

Yeah its an unused intercooler so it should last at least 6 months no weather exposure until now..... was it ever used\???

STALLED · Post by **STALLED** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 12:39 am

niz406 wrote:Well I recckon about 6 months or so....

I may have a solution though before that happens... I'm working on the idea of a Lexarse Soarer Twin Turbo Intercooler, mounted under the inner wing like on the soarer... those bad boys run @ 280ho, so plenty of cooling capability for the 406! I'm hoping anyway !

Question...

What is the cooler made of....I'd imagine it to rust out pretty quick if it wasnt made out of stainless steel?

GO GO Lexarse Soarer TT - wicked motor in them!

Joel

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:54 pm

Its made from Aluminium tube and fins with plastic end caps.... typically its the end caps that give way first..... however the tubing isn't the thickest and so is prone to failure under higher than standard boost pressures !!

jameslxdt · Post by **jameslxdt** » Tue Feb 06, 2007 8:05 pm

it wasnt that stressed as it was on my old diesel, it only got about a 1,000 miles use, but for some reason it was running about 1.8 bar boost

i figured out why when i was breaking it, the wastgate hose was split

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:46 pm

niz406 wrote:Its made from Aluminium tube and fins with plastic end caps.... typically its the end caps that give way first..... however the tubing isn't the thickest and so is prone to failure under higher than standard boost pressures !!

so keep the standard pressure. Problem solved.

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:58 pm

Oh dear Blue.... one day you will realise that tweaking the boost can be fun !!!!! LOL

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 11:28 am

niz406 wrote:Oh dear Blue.... one day you will realise that tweaking the boost can be fun !!!!! LOL

Not if it results in my car being off the road the length of time yours was. I'd be out of a job.

Nah... I'll stick to my sensible policy of leaving the engine alone for max reliability and mpg.

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 12:06 pm

But you have to consider the milage that the car has covered... it's done well!

I now have the boost set within the ECU's max rated pressure... so I get the best of both worlds... 160 miles on 1/8th of a tank w00t w00t !

Blue406 · Post by **Blue406** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:19 pm

Your car is an amateur toward mine.
I'm approaching 190K on the clocks.

Thats with the engine at original spec. Why f*ck around with something that clearly works?
I leave whats under the hood well alone. If it ain't broke, don't f*ck with it, thats my creedo.

I personaly see no need to get more HP or speed or acceleration. I drive a comfortable family car thats sprinty enough to get through the traffic lights before they turn red again, or pop out into the gap that opens up when needing to turn onto a busy road.

Foxy · Post by **Foxy** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 5:29 pm

You wanna dry store the 406 and get yourself a Leon!

What a fantastic car it is. Fecking fast too, mines a little bit tastey now with a CT remap, Raid induction kit and soon to have Forge turbo intake pipe.
Hats off to the Germans, that 20v 1.8 engine is a peach

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 11:36 pm

So what is the Leon pushing out now foxy???? did you sell your pug by the way ???

Foxy · Post by **Foxy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 8:05 am

Yeah sold the pug

had to it was rotting away and I had no way of getting it back here.

My Leon should be around 225bhp and 235lb/ft (estimates) Having a rolling road day with the 306 boys in april so will find out then!

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 9:15 am

Awwww thats a shame, how much you get for it in the end?

When you've done the RR you'll have to get your print out uploaded so we can have a butchers !

Foxy · Post by **Foxy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:28 pm

Had to let it go for £400 in the end, as far as I know the guy is fixing it up so you may see it soon!

niz406 · Post by **niz406** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 1:12 pm

did all the other bits go with it aswell ?