Adding an intercooler to my 2.2 turbo.

[milesaway1980]

Hey everyone. This is my first post here. I recently aquired a 1988 LeBaron with the turbo 2.2. However, it was one of the ones that did NOT come with an intercooler from the factory. If I remember right, the non-intercooled versions only put out 145hp because the boost was only 7psi.

How difficult is it to add an intercooler to a non-intercooled engine? I'm looking for CHEAP. Meaning less than $50. Should I just go to a junk yard and get an intercooler setup off of a wrecked one? Or can I get some little intercooler off of ebay for $30 and hook it up myself with piping from NAPA or something?

I'm not looking for a street racer. I just want to intercool the turbo so that it stays healthy longer, I can up the boost a little bit, probably to about 10, and shoot for about 180 - 190hp. (The intercooled ones put out 175 @ 9psi stock IIRC.)

[mopar or no car]

theres no reason i can think of that you cant just put an intercooler in, as the computer should be able to make up for the temperature differance. as for adding more boost, i dont know. but what i do know is that if you realy wanna do something with that 2.2, get the head off a 2.0, like out of a neon or a stratus. IIRC the head bolts right on and you'll have 16 valves instead of 8... i could see 180-190hp with 7psi intercooled. only thing that would suck about the 2.0 head is you will have to get a new turbofold, as the 2.2 has differant exhaust ports. the intake mani is differant too but all 95 and most 96 2.0's have alluminum intakes than do fine under pressure.

[milesaway1980]

Sounds like something to look into.
Would someone be able to post (or email me) a picture of the 2.2 setup WITH an intercooler? I'm curious about where the intercooler sits in the engine bay and how it's mounted.