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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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here are some pics of my intercooler installation for the sts kit on my 98 ram air if you have any ?'s/comments/ideas let me know. i will post up more as i work along
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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lookin good how low is ur intercooler and what size....
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 08:21 PM
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I like the way you have your intercooler setup, +1 on what's the size of the intercooler?
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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 08:28 PM
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thanks! intercooler is 30x12x3 w/3" inlets that is the only place that big sob could fit without losing my foggers. it is about 8to10 off the ground in first pic you can see it sits above the engine cradle
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 04:20 PM
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any one think if i put a strut tower brace on it will be ok to leave the bumper support cut out or should i make some brace between were i cut?
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 04:30 PM
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Looks good, the only thing that I dont really care for is if u stand infront of the car and look down you see a big gap between the bumper and the FMIC. Have you tried to do anything to close that gap? maybe some plastic molding? other then that looks great!
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 05:51 PM
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I wonder how much shorter length wise, the intercooler would need to be just so you don't have that gap between the bumper and the intercooler itself? I know the one that ZL1Killa has for his car which is the same one used on the P** kit is 18.5"x6"x4".
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 06:31 PM
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yes i will find somthing to fill it in thinking about some aluminum i got the intercooler with the kit so i had to make it fit. if i put it out in front like z1killa i dont think i will be able to keep my foglights i dont want to get rid of those.
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Old Apr 22, 2008 | 07:50 PM
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Dredoggy, what about putting a dark mesh grill in license plate area? Not being able to keep my foglights on my car would be one of my biggest concerns if I were to put an FMIC on my car. I really like the way you have yours mounted but what I'm trying to figure out is dimension wise, what would the height of the FMIC need to be in order to not have that gap?
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the hight is 12 i think 8 would work i could raise it up about 4 more inches but the inlets might not be accessable, but i already cut the front underneath so i might go with some mesh thats a good idea! i will fab somthing up soon and post them got a few things to try. either way i think that thing is going to cool some boost 9psi or so!
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 05:09 AM
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Here is an STS Turbo Camaro that we installed a front mount kit on. Bob
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Old Apr 23, 2008 | 04:08 PM
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yea thats a sweet set up, intercooler is about the same size but notice no fog lights on it like the t/a so his could mount there. i would like to move mine closer to the front but it would only be another 3". so i will probally put a grill simalar tohis or some kinda mesh. but thanks for the reference.
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hey i was wondering were i could find a good intercooler kit for a 2000 trans am with a sts setup i been lookin on line and been stumped i want to get a kit with all the piping and everything or if i have to custom fab it how hard would it be let me know thanks
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Old Aug 18, 2008 | 07:28 PM
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ebay has some good stuff cheap and i have been running on this with no problems. i used 2.25" pipe and the bov works great you will have to fab it up but it has enough peices to get you were you need to be. i just used a bandsaw and a air grinder with a grinding stone to file down the rough edges. if you installed the sts kit yourself you should have no problem installing the pipe and intercooler. ill see if i can get some pics of how i ran the pipe for refrence but everyone has different points of view so you may like to run it a different way. check back for some pics later

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length between foglight section of the front bumper is about 21 inches by 10 height by whatever thickness you want. If you look at the inside of the Trans Am front bumper's, you will notice that you either have to buy a real small intercooler 18"x12"x3" like most places sell, a REAL expensive custom built one, or a regular 31x12x3 and have to deal with that gap and also have to deal with somehow making brackets to keep your fog lights. Also the catch is that you will have to do something about the gap you see behind the front license plate "bird" cover. Mesh would be a good idea just to give it better appeal from up close.
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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 07:41 PM
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mesh you say?



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damn that looks GOOD..............
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haha back from the dead

thank you tho, this is what i was looking for
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just call me the necromancer lol

i like that, but curious, how did you run the piping itself to the intercool? im trying to figure out a way to run the pipes. i tryed runing a 3" pipe inbetween the radiator and engine but the radiator hose is in the way and pushes the pipe into the powersteering wheel. then i go under teh car to try and run a pipe under the car and run into some do hicky (have no idea what it is) box thats next to the AIR pump. WTF!!! is that thing? that thing is all in the way!!
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