Adding an intercooler to a Diesel.

[Iamzod]

I'll start by saying i know naff all about diesels, or turbochargers for that matter.

I just started using a rover 220 Turbo Diesel for my run to work as it's gonna save me around £80 - £90 a month on fuel running my Capri for the same trip, however the Rover is the most sluggish thing i have ever driven.

It turns out its not got an intercooler, which i thought it should have being a 1996/97 car, which from what i gather gives me about 80BHP and around 116LB/ft of torque, rather than the 103HP & 155LB/ft i was expecting.

Physically mounting an intercooler behind the bumper is no problem, but is it really as simple as it seems, just plumbing it in after the turbo?

Or is there a lot more to it?

 

[Iamzod]

If it's as simple as just connecting one up after the turbo & i have to make no other changes then it's gonna cost me next to nothing, i can probably get one off of a scrapped car for free & just have to worry about a bit of pipework.

And yes it probably would be worth spending £50 or so as at the moment all putting my foot down does is create a cloud of black smoke.

Yes it is.
Make the rover amazing and fall in love with it.
Then pleeaaaassseee sell me your capri <3

Heh, it already is amazing, amazingly slow, cant complain at the fuel economy though, stuck £10 in it and done 45ish miles & the fuel gauge has barely moved, however stick £10 in the Capri and i would have ran out around about the 40 miles mark.