My intercooler, you dirty motherf.......:biglaugh:
seriously, is my I/C to low? Something tells me it is.
seriously, is my I/C to low? Something tells me it is.
Am I too well hung, do i hang too low.....
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Actually, I did, but I miscalculated the angles & lenghts needed to make my brackets. Here's the revised brackets. The bottom of the IC will be protected by my lip.SD2JZA70 said:
first pic is waaaay low, but your revised ones look better. it still looks like it hangs down kinda low.
Much better! Is the bottom of the IC higher than the cross member? Kinda hard to see in the pics.
Much better! Is the bottom of the IC higher than the cross member? Kinda hard to see in the pics.
Where you going to mount the oil cooler?
Where you going to mount the oil cooler?
jdub said:
No, the bottom of the IC is about a 1/2" higher than the bottom of the front lip. I'm guessing here, but I think it's about 2" below the cross member.
not certain about the oil cooler, but I'm thinking about putting it between the IC & the radiator.
That is a touch low...can you tilt the bottom of the IC aft and get a little more clearance? I'm just thinking about scrapes going up an incline
Your car has a manual tranny, right? You could mount the oil cooler under the driverside well behind the fog light hole. I did that for my tranny cooler (Long TruCool 7.5 x 11 x 1.5) and used a Spal fan for air flow. I used low profile Opilux fog lights to allow air in through the fog light hole. Here's a pic...it's the cooler with the fan on it:
Your car has a manual tranny, right? You could mount the oil cooler under the driverside well behind the fog light hole. I did that for my tranny cooler (Long TruCool 7.5 x 11 x 1.5) and used a Spal fan for air flow. I used low profile Opilux fog lights to allow air in through the fog light hole. Here's a pic...it's the cooler with the fan on it:
Years ago I had an IC that exteneded down to about 1/2" higher than the bottom of the front lip.
It lasted a long time, however eventually I wasn't paying attention one day and pulled into a parking spot that had rebar (steel rods) sticking out of the parking block. Once chopped a nice hole in my IC.
Get the thing up higher if you can.
It lasted a long time, however eventually I wasn't paying attention one day and pulled into a parking spot that had rebar (steel rods) sticking out of the parking block. Once chopped a nice hole in my IC.
Get the thing up higher if you can.
Supracentral said:
I raised it up again, I'll have to get a picture.
So just after I'm finished typing my last post, I walk into my garage to find a kid, maybe 16 or 17 years old, walking into my garage as I walked in! He said he was wondering if I wanted him to "cut the grass or power wash my driveway". I grabbed my breaker bar (just because it was close) and asked him why he was in my garage. He ran & jumped on his bike. What a punk.
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jdub said:
Nice set up jdib. You must have an assload invested in your car. If you don't mind, could you go over your whole oil cooler set up (adapter, thermostat, ect)? That's one of the few areas I haven't addressed yet.
better.. but i would still go higher.. my Tow hooks are ~ 1/2 - 1" lower then my IC.. still 60-70% of the ic is showing... if i need more I'll get a turboaduct