intercoolers - Saxperience

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 17:03

well it may sound stupid but i am really unsure of something,

my saxo vts has a intercooler look alike thing in front of the fan, do vts have anything in front of the fan or not i no it has the radiator after the fan but should that have a intercooler looking thing in front of the fan or not??

thanks

sorry if this sound stupid

Quick · 9th July 2008, 17:06

Its not stock fitment!

Is it conected to anything? Any pipe work on it? Any pics!

Could be that a prior owner had an extra oil cooler fitted

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 17:14

it has got pipes coming from it and the go under the engine some where, i dont know if it connect under there but i think it is as there pipes going somewhere, and when i had it up on a car ramp and was under the car there was no pipes dissconected, will this effect preformance?? i no this all may sound abit stupid sorry!!

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 17:15

i try get pics but atm it raining!! fucking summer hay!!

Agent_Orange · 9th July 2008, 17:39

An oil cooler won't alter the performance, just keep your oil a bit nicer for longer perhaps. Hot oil is bad oil basically. Has it got a cam kit fitted or ever been used for racing? Not sure why else previous owner would have gone to the trouble to get one fitted?
There's some further info on here:
http://www.perma-cool.com/Catalog/Cat_page02.html

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 17:47

well i dont no the owner who i brought it of told me he never moded the car since he got the car, so it must of been the ower before that, i was told it was chip, and it revs to 7,600 ish, but i dont no if it got cams as i dont no the different in power cos i only owned this one vts, but hopfully i will taking it on a RR soon so hopfully that should tell me if the cams have been change.

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 17:48

thanks for the help

claire6987 · 9th July 2008, 19:10

i'm hoping this is an oil cooler, if a previous owner got this thing to rev to 7,600 ish i'm hoping he was cleaver enough to fit an oil cooler to keep it from shafting it's self lol. if it looks like a smaller version of a radiator (a bit bigger than video tape sized) then it could possibly be an oil cooler. If the hose is from said ''cooler'' lead around back of engine to oil filter sandwich plate (adaptor that goes between engine block & oil filter) then that should solve ur question.
Hope this is of help to you.

AndySAXO^p · 9th July 2008, 19:52

yep it is like a little square, like for 6 inch by 6 inchs, i think it is a oil cooler

thanks for that help

Flyingorphan · 30th July 2008, 00:03

You got pics mate? seen a kit you can buy to fit a oil cooler

AndySAXO^p · 30th July 2008, 12:59

na i have not got a pic as i have not taken my front bumper of as of yet i get some up soon, as i am going ot get a load of work done on her as i have a daliy run around now