d22 intercooler

nice work

here is the finished product of my navara with the intercooler including all black pipes bonnet cut out and painted scoop installed. also i welded up 2 brackets for the cooler tapped a air sensor into it to run to the factory reader and digital boost gauge. along with all that i installed a manual turbo adjuster valve and more. hope you like the pics

Looks good! How do you find it?

Yea i have noticed a difference and quite like the look of it. hopefully will make a bigger difference with an exhaust chip and tune. Worth the money and effort if you are looking at intercooling.

good work

Where my IC is mounted for my QD32ETi swap.

ben85 could you please tell me what silicone hoses you used for your top mount if you can remember. very keen on doing it exactly the same. cheers

bgorm6 said:

ben85 could you please tell me what silicone hoses you used for your top mount if you can remember. very keen on doing it exactly the same. cheers

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look back through the other pages of this thread. its in there somewhere.

Ben85, thanks mate found it near the start. may sound like a stupid question but where abouts are the two 2'' alloy joiners used ? cheers

id like to add my 2c to this
- cooler isnt mounted. Its free floating
- Heat sook is going to be huge. Even with a bonnet vent.

after 22years racing and building cars if you want to go a cooler do a side mount or front mount. Plenty of options around.. As for a lag increase on these even in a front mount situation its minimal. Dyno time will show this

Forefront Industries said:

for those following my build i have the first kit land and fitted to my nav....i will put up a thread tomorrow with pics

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Hey Forefront, are your kits available yet? What is the going price? Thanks...

Ooops, nevermind. I see them on eBay now

navaranewb said:

id like to add my 2c to this
- cooler isnt mounted. Its free floating
- Heat sook is going to be huge. Even with a bonnet vent.

after 22years racing and building cars if you want to go a cooler do a side mount or front mount. Plenty of options around.. As for a lag increase on these even in a front mount situation its minimal. Dyno time will show this

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mines mounted, some are not but that's upto the person fitting the cooler.

if doing it again i would probably go the big top mount as the setup in the navrol build thread.

its hard to go a front mount with an 80series airbox, steel bar and winch, theres going to be a compromise somewhere.

at least this setup is fairly straight forward, cheap, and offers some protection against a fragmented turbo compressor wheel.

if u dont have an 80series airbox the new forefront kits look like good bang for buck.

noone has really done any pre and post inetercooler temp readings on these setups so its hard to say exactly how effective they comparatively are.

Regarding the mini top mount intercooler setup that this thread was originally about...
Has any one had any trouble with the silicone bend attached to the turbo?
Mine split, wasn't from rubbing on the bottom of the cooler either.

i suspect its just a case of low quality hose.

pointblank5 said:

Regarding the mini top mount intercooler setup that this thread was originally about...
Has any one had any trouble with the silicone bend attached to the turbo?
Mine split, wasn't from rubbing on the bottom of the cooler either.

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yep, the exact same thing happened to mine. same hose and all.

drove home 2 hours with it duct taped up trying to stay below 10lb boost otherwise it would leak heaps of boost.
although justjap did replace the hose free of charge, i bought another locally cos i needed the ute going but at least i got a spare.

id also just suspect its cheap hose, mine has a clear minimum 10mm clearance.

ben85 said:

id also just suspect its cheap hose, mine has a clear minimum 10mm clearance.

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Damn, I got just Jap hose the second time round hoping it would be better than the eBay one that split...
Think its just a weak point in the setup, next time mine goes pop I'm gonna sort out a metal bend

Hey fellas, does anyone happen to know if the JDM Performance micro intercooler is still available? I can't find them on ebay. Otherwise I will give them a call direct. I was thinking about stuffing around with an XR6 intercooler but I reckon the JDM one might be easier. My motives are purely protection from turbo failure (my Nav has done nearly 190,000 kms and I'm assuming it's still the original turbo). I think I may still have to mount it at the front though, as I've put an auxiliary battery at the rear left side of the engine bay and, looking at bridge888's photos at the start of this thread, the pipe work used to achieve top mount would be right where my fuel filter now sits.

D22 yd25 i/cooler

What solvent would be best to clean the cooler internally?,i pulled it off and a cleanup is needed.
Thanks
John