Garry 1 Posted January 15, 2008 Hello all, I will be supercharging my 205 GTI6 over the coming months and want to use the same intercooler/ pipework layout as Discostu: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/dis.../icpipework.jpg I need about 75mm clearance between the top of the rad and the slam panel to run the boost pipes like Discostu has done. My GTI6 lump has what appear to be cooling fins on the block next to the gearbox which stick out quite a long way forward to the point they are just beneath the radiator, which means I can't drop the Radiator. I have recently read that the BX 16v rad is not as tall as the 205 one, can somebody confirm if this is the case? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Miles 331 1 Cars Posted January 15, 2008 Not quite as tall no, But they don;t cool as well, I swaped one of these for a std GTi rad and the temps came down a fair bit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
vanny 0 Posted January 15, 2008 the dimensions for the BX 16v rad are; 530x285x32 (WxHxD) i personally use a peugeot 309 TD radiator; 610x360x37 mm like Miles i don't find the BX 16v rad much good when on track and hence going for the much bigger 309 TD radiator, its also a copper core and easier to fix if it leaks. The peugeot 205 TD radiator is good too ( 645x301x56 mm) but i'm not sure if these are short enough? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
VisaGTi16v 1 Posted January 16, 2008 Interesting. When I put the 16v in my Visa I used the bx rad as the (insert technical term) wavey core bits (!!!!) were more packed in and tons more of them than the standard 8v 1.6 radiator I had in it before so I presume it would cool better as more cooling fins to get rid of the heat. Mine never goes above 82C (82c stat) unless on a track day when it will go up more but then its a high load for a long time so I presumed it was normal, not enough to need my high power fan on either. One weird thing I get is the temperature flucuating, I thought this would be just under left hand corners as the water might go away from the sensors in the thermostat housing but it does it on rights as well and I would have thought theres enough pressure and throughput that the sensor would always have water around it anyway Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
boeseturbo 1 Posted January 20, 2008 Hello all, I will be supercharging my 205 GTI6 over the coming months and want to use the same intercooler/ pipework layout as Discostu: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v642/dis.../icpipework.jpg I need about 75mm clearance between the top of the rad and the slam panel to run the boost pipes like Discostu has done. My GTI6 lump has what appear to be cooling fins on the block next to the gearbox which stick out quite a long way forward to the point they are just beneath the radiator, which means I can't drop the Radiator. I have recently read that the BX 16v rad is not as tall as the 205 one, can somebody confirm if this is the case? Hi Garry, what Intercooler do you use? This one looks very interesting.... Cheers Jan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
