New intercooler arrived and was fitted a few weeks ago. Headlights out, undertrays off, bumper off and some of the original plastic air diverters behind the bumper need to be either trimmed or removed to make room for the much larger intercooler.
The original intercooler is not only quite small, but made to a very low price point and the quality is not very good. The new intercooler, although a china-special Wagner knock off, is certainly a vast improvement over the stock unit. Fitment was perfect, with everything fitting and lining up perfectly - with the only thing needed (which I knew about prior to purchase) was a 10cm long piece of steel flat bar to secure the top of the intercooler to the bonnet latch bracket. There was no trimming or modifying of the bumper required which I was happy about.
The original intercooler is a known bottleneck on these cars, and not able to handle several full throttle runs without significant heak soak resulting in engine power being pulled back.
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