This build seems to be under some bad star or so - the compressor wheel ordered for my turbo can't be delivered as planned and the delivery date is postponed to Dec this year. How annoying is that?!
So plenty of time left for other ideas... I spoke to Ruben about cooling down boost air. The original FMIC setup will probably be replaced by some liquid-to-air intercooler. Finding a descent position for the IC is an issue; if we re-design boost pipes anyway, we want to keep them as short as possible. The idea is to place the with the cold side to drivers side, which may also allow a different DP design. The possible location for the L2A IC could be on top of the valve cover, more or less directly connected to the D24 intake manifold. An advantage would certainly be a more evenly air distribution and a very short pipe between turbo and IC. The space I cleared behind the front bumper for the (old) FMIC can be used to place the radiator for sure.
The big problem we are facing now is that under the bonnet there is ~8 cm of space until the valve cover. Having in mind that most L2A IC are around 11 cm thick, we are missing 3 cm. So the only option would be to create sort of a "power dome" like some of the recent BMW M3s have. But I don't want my Golf to look to ricer-like... And: the bonnet is not just a piece of plain sheet metal
I have a picture of the inside of the Golf Mk4 bonnet which clearly shows the problem; I will upload it later.
Greetz,
Fabian
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