Paulus Mcginger
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Hi,
In preperation of an cheeky little remap later this week, I installed an uprated Terra Firma intercooler and silicon hoses a couple of weekends ago. Intercooler is made by Serck. Looks like a nice bit of kit, and about twice the size of a standard one. Ordered it from First Four Offroad and it arrived next day - result.
Installation was pretty easy - made harder by the fact my Landy has A/C, but didn't need to de-gas and remove the A/C pipework as suggested.
The Silicon hoses on the other hand... would have been fairly easy if I have the hands of a 3 yr old, because I don't it was a tight squeeze - and involved much swearing. Still got there in the end (minus the skin off knuckles and forearms...)
So, my thoughts on the uprated intercooler (whilst waiting for the remap). Normal driving not much difference, although I do notice that once I'm "on turbo" revs pick up a bit faster.
On the North Devon hills - much improved on full throttle. We have a couple of sections of long up hill climbs (near Devon 4x4 if anyone's interested...) that would normally require a change down to 5th and a drop off of 10mph. It's now 6th all the way and still accelerating if you want too. Only to the speed limit obviously, I certainly wasn't screaming up the fast lane doing 80 shouting "OUT THE WAY MOTHERF&*!ERS !!! LANDY COMIN' THROUGH !!!"
Ahem, anyway...
Also noticed its happier at motorway speeds than before whilst on a run up the M5 and back Monday.
No noticeable loss or gain in fuel consumption.
In preperation of an cheeky little remap later this week, I installed an uprated Terra Firma intercooler and silicon hoses a couple of weekends ago. Intercooler is made by Serck. Looks like a nice bit of kit, and about twice the size of a standard one. Ordered it from First Four Offroad and it arrived next day - result.
Installation was pretty easy - made harder by the fact my Landy has A/C, but didn't need to de-gas and remove the A/C pipework as suggested.
The Silicon hoses on the other hand... would have been fairly easy if I have the hands of a 3 yr old, because I don't it was a tight squeeze - and involved much swearing. Still got there in the end (minus the skin off knuckles and forearms...)
So, my thoughts on the uprated intercooler (whilst waiting for the remap). Normal driving not much difference, although I do notice that once I'm "on turbo" revs pick up a bit faster.
On the North Devon hills - much improved on full throttle. We have a couple of sections of long up hill climbs (near Devon 4x4 if anyone's interested...) that would normally require a change down to 5th and a drop off of 10mph. It's now 6th all the way and still accelerating if you want too. Only to the speed limit obviously, I certainly wasn't screaming up the fast lane doing 80 shouting "OUT THE WAY MOTHERF&*!ERS !!! LANDY COMIN' THROUGH !!!"
Ahem, anyway...
Also noticed its happier at motorway speeds than before whilst on a run up the M5 and back Monday.
No noticeable loss or gain in fuel consumption.
.
