front mount intercooler

Mk3 TurboS

No not a "Turbo A"
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I just got a Bar and Plate IC from Ebay for $250au which = $200ish us dollars.

Its 600x300x75 (24x12x3) and yes you can fit it without cutting the support bar. Took me bout an hour to mount. the Oil cooler is sort of stuck to the back of the IC and the Water bottle relocated to the back of the engine bay.

Im lucky i ve got the Turbo A duct or as I like to call it the Turbo S duct. (I call it that cause mines a turbo S and no one has proven they didn't come stock with it!)
 

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ma71supraturbo

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bcg04 said:
I went with the $1000 HPF IC kit and it was nothing but a nightmare and no longer have it. Go with something 1/2 the cost and custom fit it, you'll be much happier.


We've since updated the product description to reflect that the install will not be as simple on 91-92 Supras (requires relocating the PS cooler to make it work). I do apologize for the headaches, we tested it on an 87 and 89 turbo, but never thought about the change to the finned PS cooler...
 

SP 7M

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ma71supraturbo said:
We've since updated the product description to reflect that the install will not be as simple on 91-92 Supras (requires relocating the PS cooler to make it work). I do apologize for the headaches, we tested it on an 87 and 89 turbo, but never thought about the change to the finned PS cooler...
As my sig states, my Supra is a 91 and I got the HPF IC to fit. I didn't remove or relocate the PS cooler or remove the front bumper cover-as it says to do in the instructions. It took some work-a little bending and rubber-malloting, but I made it work. I did have to move the stock oil cooler and the coolant overflow, but that is to be expected with such a big core.

The only thing that I'm not overly happy about is that I had to take off the black plastic frame from around the right headlight to get the headlight to fully retract into the body and clear the piping behind it. All I have to do to fix the issue is take a Dremel to the plastic frame. Very little of it will have to be removed to get it to clear.

For those of you with 91 or 92 Supras-I can't recommend any other IC kit out there over the HPF kit. All you need is some patience and it also makes it a lot easier if you have a friend help you install it. Be ingenuitive-don't let it kick your ass.