front mount intercooler kit for 2002 TA
12-01-2010, 08:42 PM
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front mount intercooler kit for 2002 TA like the title says, im looking for a front mount intercooler kit. i currently have the twin high flow 4 1/2 intercoolers from procharger now. what are u guys running?
12-02-2010, 10:54 PM
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I made my own front mount. I used a CX Racing 4" core intercooler and aluminum piping, bought a race bypass valve and an aluminum flange. It wasn't hard to cut the piping with a chop saw with a high tooth blade, aluminum cuts very well. I then took the parts taped in the needed position to a buddy who actually knows how to weld aluminum which he did up for about a hundred bucks.
I laid my intercooler down flat because I didn't want to hack up the front bumper, which while isn't the most efficient type, it actually does pretty well since the air damn directs the air up and through the core. Some pictures of my first pipes can be found here.
I laid my intercooler down flat because I didn't want to hack up the front bumper, which while isn't the most efficient type, it actually does pretty well since the air damn directs the air up and through the core. Some pictures of my first pipes can be found here.
12-03-2010, 01:41 PM
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No problem, I should note though that I kind of wish i had put the bypass valve in the passanger side fenderwell in the pipe just before the intercooler, mostly because of noise of the air dumping gets very loud where it is at. Also I had to adjust the driver's side pipes to make room for the truck inlet hat, I just don't have a useful picture of that part. But it comes off the IC and bends up, then I used a 90* coupler to attach it t a pipe that runs straight in front of the cruise control module and then bends 90* through the hole to the engine bay. Kind of hard to explain. I'll see if I can get a picture of it. It made a lot more room to fit various filter options in there.
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12-20-2010, 06:58 PM
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I made my own front mount. I used a CX Racing 4" core intercooler and aluminum piping, bought a race bypass valve and an aluminum flange. It wasn't hard to cut the piping with a chop saw with a high tooth blade, aluminum cuts very well. I then took the parts taped in the needed position to a buddy who actually knows how to weld aluminum which he did up for about a hundred bucks.
I laid my intercooler down flat because I didn't want to hack up the front bumper, which while isn't the most efficient type, it actually does pretty well since the air damn directs the air up and through the core. Some pictures of my first pipes can be found here.
I laid my intercooler down flat because I didn't want to hack up the front bumper, which while isn't the most efficient type, it actually does pretty well since the air damn directs the air up and through the core. Some pictures of my first pipes can be found here.
12-21-2010, 06:04 AM
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I did mine myself. Its so easy I dont know why in the world people would pay 3-4x as much for someone else to do it!
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...c-project.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...c-project.html
01-11-2011, 06:44 PM
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When you say you didn't want to cut your bumper up do you mean just the license plate area? Do you still have to cut up the bottom side of the bumper Aster? I have seen others that have done this and they still need to cut a large section of the lower bumper.
01-11-2011, 07:15 PM
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if only it doesn't cause any overheating issues this could be a perfect setup for us T/A guys! I seen one pic with 2 fans pushing into the intercooler from underneath, that could be the solution to keeping the engine temps down and the iat's.....