Fresh Tags! 2017 sticker covering up a 2005 sticker
Some pictures to look at
Gotta add some more driver's side photos to even out the rest of the thread, lol.
I love little details, I got a second little clip for the AFPR vacuum line. OEM parts and OEM fit.
Now the car has about 1100 miles
Finally gave the gas pedal the beans and it's boosting a stock 6psi quite nicely.
So before I get a boost controller and start making PSI adjustments, I need to upgrade the intercooler and charge piping.
At first, I found a used intercooler piping kit for the stock intercooler, which came with all the clamps and silicone couplers. I changed my mind and resold the kit.
The next day, an ad for a complete used intercooler kit popped up. This is the exact kit that driftmotion and CX racing both sell for $450.
I got the kit for $100. Since it was a good deal, I bought all new silicone couplers and T-bolt clamps (11@2.5", 1@2"), just for the hell of it. Last, I stopped by the Home Depot and got a 1"x36" piece of angle aluminum for an intercooler mount. I chose an angle piece because of the extra rigidity, plus it lines up with the stock intercooler mounts.
Total of $150 ($300 saved!)
Things to take note in the following photo - the top left pipe is the one for the throttle body that replaces the 3000 pipe. Some idiot thought it would be a smart idea to make every single one of these kits with a MKIV "Supra" logo and "turbo" in generic font. This is the very definition of tacky. It's dreadfully bad.
If you install the supplied 3000 pipe, it sticks up instead of matching the angle of the original 3000 pipe. This is how misaligned the pipe looks when installed on another car.
This is where I would get an HKS 3000 pipe, but they're rare. I had to do the next best thing. I cut the restriction from the 3000 pipe so it's one size all of the way through. I chopped the nasty "Supra turbo" pipe just before the factory BOV port and joined the two with a silicone coupler and T-bolt clamps.
Stock intercooler, horns, hood latch, AC fan, oil cooler, and bracketry all removed.
I cut the angle aluminum to length, then fitted it to where the original intercooler mounted. The aftermarket intercooler core was too tall to use the stock intercooler mounts directly, so I bridged the gap using two small brackets. The brackets were originally a small strip of metal about 3" long, which I cut in half and drilled holes into. The bracket was in a pile from my parts Supra, so it was originally a Toyota part (OEM whenever possible!).
Here we have the mounted intercooler.
I cut off the lower portion of the hood latch support - this way the latch still has plenty of rigidity. The horns fit on either side of the hood latch rather well also. This is a temporary setup, but that is a MKIV coolant overflow. Currently considering a stainless overflow that is more friendly on the eyes ($39 on Amazon).
The intercooler mounting is very solid and hardly moves with force. There aren't any clearance issues with the crash bar or with scraping on the ground. The turbo spool up is more audible as well, I'm quite pleased with it.
