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We're investigating a migration to S4 intake. The current intake has the opening at the rear part of the engine, pointing towards the exhaust (the only worse way would be a counterflow 10-valve ;-) . The S4 intake has the tube at the side (45 degree, going towards a front-mounted charge cooler). Unfortunately, this upgrade would effect:
- the intake (obviously changed to S4 type)
- the radiator (to clear the intake)
- the air conditioner condenser
- the optimal nipples on the charge cooler side tanks
- a few other minor things:
- TPS
- maybe MAT
- BOV placement
Unlike the audi80, in the audi200 it's not possible to rotate the radiator 90 degrees (via horizontal axis) to gain space, because of a strong beam interfering in the bay that probably protects in a frontal crash.
Get boosted first, meausure, than evaluate
Before the final cooler placement is sorted, we decided to evaluate a quick-setup. We have doubts about the performance of the currently mounted charge cooler, but it was easy and cheap to make a tubing using flexible 10bar tubes and a few elbows. This setup should be suitable to measure the performance of the cooler, and to tune upto appr 240..250kPa (1.5 bar boost).
The cooler was washed internally with solvent to remove junk.
The tubes got some heat-insulation to protect them and help keep MAT down.
http://www.vems.hu/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=100
After MAT and pressure-drop measurements, we'll see if
- this is satisfactory for now, or
- another cooler is justified
- if it's terrible, we can mount a factory charge-cooler while the new cooler is in progress