Intercooler Question

[The Bogan]

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1931/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_111696/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_107759/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_108646/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_109789/article.html

and for flow http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2160/article.html

[wolverine]

The brackets are the usual reason for an issue with fitting. If you can weld then you will sort out any issues.

[Room42]

I welded two 30 cm aluminium pieces of flatbar onto the top of my intercooler and bent them to fit onto existing holes near the bonnet latch. I drilled one hole per support at the top.

I used the threaded fittings on the bottom of the intercooler and ran some mild steel flatbar about 15 cm long to existing holes under the radiator support. I only drilled two holes per bar here.

I got it as high as I could and as far back as the piping kit would allow.

It would be entirely possible to make brackets with no welding whatsoever but I was lazy and welded the top.

[zebra]

Aaannnnddd I opened the box, opened packet of bolts and nuts, read the Japanese instructions...well looked at the pictures and inserted tab A into slot A and was done lol

[Room42]

Aaannnnddd I opened the box, opened packet of bolts and nuts, read the Japanese instructions...well looked at the pictures and inserted tab A into slot A and was done lol

you forgot this..."And paid double" lol

[wolverine]

For all the stuff I read on here about ill fitting kits mine fit perfectly the first time. How easy do you need it to be?

I welded two 30 cm aluminium pieces of flatbar onto the top of my intercooler and bent them to fit onto existing holes near the bonnet latch. I drilled one hole per support at the top.

I used the threaded fittings on the bottom of the intercooler and ran some mild steel flatbar about 15 cm long to existing holes under the radiator support. I only drilled two holes per bar here.

I got it as high as I could and as far back as the piping kit would allow.

It would be entirely possible to make brackets with no welding whatsoever but I was lazy and welded the top.

Yep another straight fit buckchoy FMIC. Cheap if you can do all these things to make it fit.

Some of us end up paying someone to do these things and double the initial price feels cheaper and easier than wondering what the final cost is going to be.

[ARTZ]

i got a cheap cheapo china kit for about 400$..i went to fit it and some bits fit some didnt..then i realized I had to chop my bar up..hmm..then i realized if I flip it upside down and chop the ends of it I could fit it next to the radiator so i did that..then i had a chopped up cooler with no pipe..then i paid a guy a few hundred dollars to weld new ends on then chop all my pipe up and reweld it so it could fit..took a day or so..

So my cheap china cooler ended up costing as much if not more as a good quality brand name one..seems to work ok, though I think a good quality one would probably cool/flow and look a little better..

bUT...

if I had bought a good quality one I wouldnt of had the guts to butcher like we did and

If I had of mounted a good quality one in the usual spot I would of had to chop up my fornt bar which doesnt look pretty with a S1

AND

when my missus ditched the car in the dirt it would have been destroyed and we wouldnt have drove home like I did ....

Anyway thats my cooler story

My advice, if you want life to be easy, spend 6 or 700, get a decent quality one that fits straight out the box.

[ARTZ]

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_1931/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_111696/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_107759/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/A_108646/cms/article.html

http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_109789/article.html

and for flow http://www.autospeed.com/cms/A_2160/article.html

I skip read through most of this and the one that seemed most interesting was the undertray tests..

i ripped my undertrays out ages ago and never thought twice about putting them back in...

Has anyone tested anything like this on skylines...?

is it worth putting the trays in or making others..?

[The Bogan]

I haven't seen a race car without one, not that I've seen very many, I assume that if wasn't need they wouldn't have one.

I liked the bit about bonnet vents, that is the reason I got the style I did.

[Room42]

Yep another straight fit buckchoy FMIC. Cheap if you can do all these things to make it fit.

Some of us end up paying someone to do these things and double the initial price feels cheaper and easier than wondering what the final cost is going to be.

Lol my fmic is made in America. But there is a good point there none the less. If you can drill a hole or use a hacksaw or plan out an install of any description then you are pretty right. The welding I did would only cost $20 to get done.

I almost never pay to get work on my car done. But then I've had a huge amount of experience with mechanics and fabricating. I'm happy to help people for significantly less than a mechanic. Payment is always in beer. Advice is free.

If you don't know how to use a hand drill, angle grinder, hacksaw or any of these kind of tools then either go out and buy them and practice or do a quick course. The money you will save will more than pay for the tools and tuition.

At the end of the day if you don't know what you are doing then find someone who does. At best you will save yourself money. Worse case, if you f**k up stuff like brakes and steering, you or the person you crash into could end up seriously hurt.

[Bsa]

why not just use a gtr cooler they are cheap and also a great upgrade not hard to install either. paint it black and you will love it

[chris_82]

Just buy a Blitz return flow like i did. There in stock now at Just jap and a QLD mob on ebay. Plus there legal