Ralls

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I have been working on this intercooler for a little while now and I'm finally finished. Here is what I started out with:

Heres what it looks like after lots of cutting and welding:



Installed:




Bumper cut


As you can see, I made it adjustable up and down in case I need to lower it for more airflow. The welds aren't professional, but I try. I only had about 6 hours of practice with the aluminum welder before I went at it. I'll have my piping next week and I'll start making the up pipe to the throttle body.

Urban Legend

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Looks good man.

Reject

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i like the welds

smokinHawk

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looks good, you have to check back and report if you have any overheating issues from blocking the radiator, and also your IAT.

NA$TY-TA

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Bad *** man....

Twins???

Kyle

Blackbird

what was the purpose of doing that?

Mr.MartyStone

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Looks like he went from twins to a single hence why the passenger side inlet is now blocked off.

Blackbird

ahhhhhh indeed, didn't notice it being blocked off.

Speed Density

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It does look good, keep it up.

Tony.

Ralls

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Thanks guys. Yep I'm single turbo, which is why I did all that modifying. It would of only used half the intercooler if I didn't box it in. I really wanted the intercooler going straight to the throttle body instead of the other way everyone does from the side. And that was the only intercooler I could find that did that. I could of bought a custom one for $500-$800 but I spent $200 and did it myself

I sure hope I don't have cooling issues. The IC is a few inches away from the airdam mounts, so it should still get airflow. I'm putting the bottom bumper piece on today and I'll post some more pictures.

Ralls

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It's a good 3-4 inches above the airdam. I couldn't put it on the ground to get the ride height look cause my rear end is out. 9" going in .
It's a little lower than I was hoping, but we'll see what happens. At least it will get some good airflow since I can't cut the center of the bumper like you LS1 guys.

Pat-Man

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Looks good man. Can't wait to get my intercooler setup finished. Its been put on hold because I need a new transmission. Good luck with the build.

LASTLS1

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Good for you. It looks nice and I bet it will work well!

Ralls

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Well I'm still waiting on my intercooler piping. They were out of black silicone couplers so they didn't send anything until I called them a week later .

In the mean time, I made a few things:
Xmember for the new 9inch. Still need to make brackets.

TIG Weld

Made a battery box. Only cost me 3 bucks

Ralls

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Got my intercooler piping finished today.





Question, does anyone know the outside diameter of a Tial BOV? All I bought was the flange for now, and it seems like it's going to be pretty close to the radiator. I just need to know how wide they are to see if I'll hit.

Websy21

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Looking good so far!

borninatransam

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definitely looks like its coming together good. definitely better then some of he home made kits that have been going together on other sites.

99problemz

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i agree the welds look really good

1INSANEGTO

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I am not sure where you guys get your intercoolers but its no where near $500.00-$800.00 to do a custom intercooler like that or any custom setup for that matter. Just a lil bit over what you spent and professional done. Should have looked me up

Tiago

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looks good, just wonderign how youre radiator will like the loss of air flow, most people usually mount it in front of, or replace the front bumper support, instead of where you put it, to keep full airflow to the rad.