Will large spotlights affect the results?
Will large spotlights affect intercooler performance? Large driving lights mounted in front of the intercooler can affect airflow, but the real-world impact depends on the setup and driving conditions.
What’s the best intercooler for a 200 series?
A PDI front mount intercooler delivers consistently lower intake air temperatures, which improves efficiency and maintains performance under sustained load. Many factory sensors report airbox temperature rather than true intake temperature and real world outlet temperatures are often higher than expected, making effective cooling even more important. In testing, some aftermarket “upgraded” top mount intercoolers […]
How much improvement will a PDI Transmission cooler make to reducing temperature under load on my 2024 Ford Everest?
The PDI transmission coolers are designed so you should never have to think about transmission temperatures again. The ford transmission cooler is a liquid heat exchanger that is “cooled” with engine coolant running at around 90degrees, while a PDI transmission cooler uses the same 1/2” lines and a stacked plate cooler with a heat dissipation […]
Benefits of converting to a front mount intercooler?
A front mount intercooler is especially beneficial for cars that spend time towing, touring or driving in hot and demanding conditions. By positioning the intercooler at the front of the vehicle, it receives a constant flow of cooler ambient air, which helps reduce intake temperatures more effectively than top mounted setups that can suffer from […]
PDI Slimline Core for VDJ200 Series – Works with Winches.
The PDI Front Mount for the 200 series really allows it to maintain the cold day driving performance. The result is more spirited and allows the figures from the dyno sheet to be available all the time. It comes more into its own when loaded up, towing, playing around or on the beach where the […]
Whats the story with the Green 80 Series in the photos
I’ve got great memories of the awesome adventure I took in that car. It was an expedition to Magadan on the Road of Bones with our friends at 4×4 World Explorer and the photos are taken in Siberia. For starters we picked up an 80 series locally with a petrol engine that ran well, but […]
Is heat sink an issue
Ive seen some articles written around the place about heat sink on intercoolers and how less mass is better which then apparently becomes part of the design strategy. While it is an interesting property of intercoolers, at PDI we consider it of secondary importance in the design of our intercooler kits on turbo diesels that […]
We’re calling it the 305 – a 300 series V6 in a 105 (with the 6R80 F150 auto).
At the moment I personally own five Landcruiser 105 (plus some other models) and its been more in the past. I like that the 105 represent the last and best of Toyota true offroad family wagon development, starting with the 45 series wagon. While I realise the IFS models are very capable offroad I see […]
Do you expect more lag from a Front Mount Intercooler
The theory here is that the increased intake volume will increase the time it takes to fill the pipe at the higher pressure. The larger the pipework the greater the volume. Initial testing showed that the 2.5″ pipework was ideal for the air required to meet the fuel delivery capabilities for the engines covered. 2″ […]
Front Mounted Intercoolers – The Evoloution of the Species
Nowadays all modern diesels vehicles are sold with turbochargers. This is not because it is cheaper to produce, but because the market and emissions requirements dictate that it must be so. Similarly it is with intercoolers, where initially turbo diesels were not intercooled from the factory. Due to the obvious benefits of intercooling, the first […]