The vw radiator worked very well with no intercooler in front of it. Once i shoved my ic in front of it it would get warm. Now with that said, my ic has very tight fins on it. It lets almost no air through. And what little air does get through is not moving at the speed u need to get through a radiator. So if u had a tube and fin It would probably work great. Or a loose fin cdm style one. My bar plate style kills tje airflow. My rad and ic were smacked up again each other too because o had no more room. So in your case I'm sure u can move the ic forward and the rad back to at left draw some air in from somewhere else. Abaz has this exact setup in his crx that beau put on and it has no problem keeping cool. I really think tjat it was my ic that was the problem. Also jacer63 has a buddies car that he did this on and had great results with it too.