Intercooler Piping Problem!

[chalky]

Just purchased an autotechnica "MONZA" intercooler and piping to suit my RB20 "32 and after all the cutting of front bar and modificatons to fit the intercooler to car etc etc etc the piping that goes to the intake fits nearly 100% except it sits a little to high and I cannot full close my bonnet successfully with pushing the piping down onto the radiator fan which is then munched it is spinning

Anybody else had/has this problem??

Anyway of fixing this?

[bubba]

Shitty piping?

I only had that problem when I put the 30 in (due to the taller block), I just got creative with the piping arrangement.. trimmed here, fiddled there, adjusted here etc.

[chalky]

na the pipes arent to bad..

will it matter all that much if the fan trims itself down??

[brentos]

na the pipes arent to bad..

will it matter all that much if the fan trims itself down??

I had the same problem on my 33 - the fan eventually trimmed itself down and now it doesn't hit at all really. the fan still functions as it should and spins fine.

Its only approx. 1cm on the edge of the blades that have trimmed down.

If you wanted to you could probably trim the edge of the blades yourself before the piping does it for you

[chalky]

HAHAH well i mayswell let the pipe do its thing considering its already started haha

[Coxie]

Yep pretty common from what i've seen with intercooler kits to have to trim the viscous fan blades for clearance issues

[chalky]

also wopuld autobarn/ supercheap auto sell silicon hose that 2.5"-3"

[Birds]

Just trim the fan blades yourself, that way you can trim them all without possibly damaging the motor!

[brentos]

also wopuld autobarn/ supercheap auto sell silicon hose that 2.5"-3"

supercheap have them i think but they are expensive from memory. Autobarn didnt have a huge range from memory.

i really desperately needed a silicon hose for one of the joins in the cooler pipes and it cost me like $50!

[r33cruiser]

Check out ''car bits'' for your silicone joiner needs.

I was really suprised, they had 1/2 a wall dedicated to them

[Binofski]

supercheap have them i think but they are expensive from memory. Autobarn didnt have a huge range from memory.

i really desperately needed a silicon hose for one of the joins in the cooler pipes and it cost me like $50!

Yeh supercheap stock them, but they are a bit expensive its about $38 for 10 inches of silicon (straight)