pics showing mounting of obx intercooler on 98-02 firebird?
02-28-2007, 01:32 AM
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pics showing mounting of obx intercooler on 98-02 firebird? Ok, I have to figure out how im going to mount this thing on my car. I dont want to weld any extra bars on the car and was wondering if anyone had any pics showing how they mounted their obx intercooler...i was thinking about having the foglight holes rest on the IC to prevent bumper cave in at high speeds..anyone else do this? any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks.
02-28-2007, 02:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Snyper
do you have a pic of the car without the intercooler on it just showing the brackets and where you put them?
Prob 100 pics from my old OBX FMIC install....
http://itlxlr8.com/images/Old%20FMIC%20Pics/
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02-28-2007, 06:31 PM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
do you have a picture with the bumper mounted?? did ya have to trim it any??
thanx
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02-28-2007, 09:58 PM
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I was going for more of a sleeper look, and was only looking for 500rwhp
its hard to even tell that there is an intercooler in the pic
The core size is 18x12x3
its hard to even tell that there is an intercooler in the pic
The core size is 18x12x3
02-28-2007, 10:54 PM
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i like having it in front of the cut support..i want to have mine far enough forward so it rests on my front bumper to prevent it from caving in at high speeds
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03-01-2007, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by TNTramair
that looks pretty good. you didnt cut into the metal support at all to mount that???
do you have a picture with the bumper mounted?? did ya have to trim it any??
thanx
rick
do you have a picture with the bumper mounted?? did ya have to trim it any??
thanx
rick
always wondered why people were cutting the metal support when its not necessary if you do minimal trimming to the back of the fog light openings
03-01-2007, 10:09 AM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
always wondered why people were cutting the metal support when its not necessary if you do minimal trimming to the back of the fog light openings
well it does restrict some airflow..thats why im cutting mine.
03-01-2007, 01:28 PM
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Here is my flat mount. Made a custom bumper support..
More pics and details in my build thread here
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/627907-building-sequential-turbo-system.html
More pics and details in my build thread here
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/627907-building-sequential-turbo-system.html
03-01-2007, 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Snyper
well it does restrict some airflow..thats why im cutting mine.
it really doesnt look any differant that Nasty's old set up.
03-01-2007, 07:18 PM
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do you know how they work? Air passes through the IC and takes heat out of it...if you have a piece of metal that covers half of the back of the intercooler..that part of the intercooler is useless...air cannot pass through..it goes in and "hits" the wall thus restricting airflow.
03-02-2007, 12:06 AM
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Originally Posted by ddnspider
hence why i said i cut pieces of the support out so air would pass through to the radiator 
lol..I never argued that point..
03-02-2007, 06:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Snyper
do you know how they work? Air passes through the IC and takes heat out of it...if you have a piece of metal that covers half of the back of the intercooler..that part of the intercooler is useless...air cannot pass through..it goes in and "hits" the wall thus restricting airflow.
