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Intercooler Question Important (must Be Finished By 2nite)

Taso84

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siksII Grand Master

siksII

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to make things slightly quicker and dodgier (for others info) instead of snipping the fan blades you can just turn the car on and the edges of the blades will be automatically trimmed to suit within seconds :P

(for ultimate bush mechanic effect!)

chrissso Proficient

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Hey Mate,

Thanks for the posts. It's been fun! I liked the part about the passer-by!

I just have to mention that you can melt and bend a pvc pipe with a hair dryer...

I'm a little worried for you as the pvc is also on the hot side. Is it just temporary? As I would replace it...

Anyway - just my constructive input.

Zoix Experienced

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well, I think I'm going to have to get my camera some new batteries. I am goin to attempt to install my fmic, 040 fuel pump and turbo tech boost controller this weekend ;)

I'm so glad the truck that rolled over on my ute didnt write it off, so I have a chance to get parts if need be.

Bobjones Mentor

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ease up!

there was a topic on the use of pvc as intercooler piping and the people who have tried it said that it worked just fine. even if it aint as pretty as shiney sparkely aluminium.

dont get on his back just for that, eh?

its a bit harsh.

Ease up...

Its taken him 4 days to get it "installed" with PVC and using god knows what else to mount it...

I have nothing against people giving it a go, but dodgy installs are why the boys in blue are more than happy to target import drivers...

Know your abilities and stay within them...

Oh and PVC melts end of story, I don't give a crap if its shiny or not, completely irrelevant.

So I am not being too harsh...I think your login says it all...

rice_me_up Rising Star

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i doubt dodgy installs are the reason cops want to defect imports.

even if it was the case, if YOU dont have any "dodgy installs" on your car then how does his dodgey install effect you?

any way my point was i felt you were bagging him.

cheers.

Taso84 Mentor

Taso84

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ok pples, the cooler is done and my car is back on the road. Looks mad, will post pics up soon.

The only thing is that the stock boost gauge is now not working for some reason. I think its got something to do with me t-piecing the loose vacuum hose the the actuator hose. Got a Autometer boost gauge sitting at home neways so doesnt really matter.

Thanx to all those that helped me through. Yes it did take me a week to do but i could only work on it on the weekend, so really it wwas more like 3days.

S special thanks also goes out to greg from GKTECH for his awsome service, help and advice. He is a great guy and i would recommend him to every1. I will try to get pics posted by SAT nite

Taso84 Mentor

Taso84

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ok here are some pics of the instal as promised:

Below is where i t-pieced the stock boost controller to. I think this is the reason i have lost my stock boost gauge

Any1 know where i can get a rubber gromit from?

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

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I have nothing against people giving it a go, but dodgy installs are why the boys in blue are more than happy to target import drivers...

Know your abilities and stay within them...

Oh and PVC melts end of story, I don't give a crap if its shiny or not, completely irrelevant.

PVC beings to melt at ~80degree's or 160F.

PVC is fine for testing and playing around on low boost, not 20psi but I'd think up to 11psi providing it holds it will be fine providing its located 'after' the IC, not before. :)

All though not recommended as it sounds like the op has used it before the IC, I would hope the op tracks down a suitable piece of pipe asap.

The boys in blue comment, come on you seriously don't believe that do you? ermm do you?

You and I know the boys in blue target import drivers for the way they drive, stupidly lowered cars and loud exhausts.

Blame it on the 'sik' street drifters running their undersized tyres on out of track wide rims and raised rear of their bonnet.

Maybe the boost guage doesn't work because the pvc pipe is leaking so much the turbo isn't able to make boost? :ermm: *joke*

Bobjones Mentor

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The boys in blue comment stands, it is ONE of the reasons why they target modified cars, full stop. Hell if there was no modified cars with bodgy installs revenues would decline.

The pictures say a thousand words, the summary of which relates to the picture of the whole in the subframe...

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

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The boys in blue comment stands, it is ONE of the reasons why they target modified cars, full stop. Hell if there was no modified cars with bodgy installs revenues would decline.

The pictures say a thousand words, the summary of which relates to the picture of the whole in the subframe...

lol... load of crap that revenue would drop. :rofl:

How do you think 90% of the fmic installs are done by these 'professional' mechanic work shops.

They are all highly illegal installs as to have the fmic piping route through the engine bay one HAS to cut the body's metal in order to do so. Cutting any body metal is illegal full stop.

So a little pvc pipe is hardly the problem. Its all these work shops cutting the body to fit these sicko fmic's with their big arsed shinny piping through the engine bay.

My self.. I had a little more sense and ran the piping throught the std route.

Lol bodgy smodgy modifications.

Lets be real, what are 90% of the defects for? Not bodgy installs; but loud exhausts, too low and BOV's. Go figure. :rofl:

Hell, down here its been known for the police to defect one for a stock bov.

The police need to be education in car modifications before they were able to find and defect us for these bodgy modifications.

Bobjones Mentor

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Might be different doen there Cubes, I have heard of Stock Evo VIII's being booked for non-standard FMIC...

I am a fan of using the standard route, and thus avoiding the cut and shut method that so many seem to use...

To me an exhaust that is too loud or a car too low is bodgy, its not hard to modify a car FOR THE ROAD and still have it legal...

I have a modified car and am yet to get a defect, touch wood, why, cause I have a reputable workshop work on it, and I check as much as I can first. There is obvious things that they will taget, and you have listed them, a bit of common sense comes to mind if you are going to drive on the street and frequent certain locations...

So what your saying is the workshops should be fined and not the people that let them install the crap...please

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

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So what your saying is the workshops should be fined and not the people that let them install the crap...please

erm no..

Your origional comment was...

I have nothing against people giving it a go, but dodgy installs are why the boys in blue are more than happy to target import drivers...

My response was that the boys in blue do not target import drivers for their 'known' home bodgy installs.

If anything its quite the opposite, home bodgy installs by import drivers are far and between.

Its illegal 'unroad worthy' installs full stop, i.e too low, loud exhaust and most common BOV.

I then pointed out the majority of work shops do bodgy installs. hence the well know across the engine bay fmic install.

On this board I believe I have only seen ONE with pics where the workshop have installed an fmic the 'legal' way.

If you have found a work shop that builds a car to respect the law as much as possible then awesome please share their business name here as they are scarce.

EDIT: I'm nit picking.. who gives a sh*t. :)

Bobjones Mentor

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Cubes you implied it with your comment...sorry not the best with quoting so you work it out...

Bodgy installs on imports are KNOWN by the police, inside knowledge is a good thing, its part of the reason for their targetting MODDED cars...and cause they cannot get the workshops as its not their cars...

Oh and refer my sig re the workshop!!!

Cubes Grand Master

Cubes

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Interesting..

A family friend who has is a police officer states..

'They drive like dick heads. Thats why we pull them over if we its too low, a big exhaust tip or a history'

Mind you she's only been in it for the last year.

It was interesting to note she though all BOV's were illegal, that was until I mentioned that the the late model cars were released with recirc bov's and that some fit an aftermarket bov that removes the recic part of it in order to achieve an apparent cool psshhhtt noise. :)

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