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Old May 29, 2008 | 12:49 PM
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Can someone measure the distance between the foglights on the LS1 TA front bumper cover. Need to know how wide I can make the heat exchanger for the H2O to air. My car is about 1500 miles away. Thanks.
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Old May 29, 2008 | 01:19 PM
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Lights are 24" center to center, and the openings are approx 5" in diameter.

other crap on the mounts will effect available space however.
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Thanks, I am going to lose the fog lights and bumper support, and cut out the license plate mount.
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my i/c is 33x12x4

i cut most everything off the fog light brackets and attached them directly to the i/c with velcro....yes velcro and nobody has ever known. I take them out at the track in the summer for a little more airflow to the i/c. I dont like the way the front looks without the fog lights which is why i did it that way
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Thats a pretty good idea. I agree it looks way better with the fog lights. Thanks!
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Originally Posted by cablebandit
my i/c is 33x12x4

i cut most everything off the fog light brackets and attached them directly to the i/c with velcro....yes velcro and nobody has ever known. I take them out at the track in the summer for a little more airflow to the i/c. I dont like the way the front looks without the fog lights which is why i did it that way


What IC did you go with? OFI one is smaller 22x12x4, been thinking of getting a bigger one myself.
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here is a pic of mine, I believe it is a 24, all i know is i had to do v bands and tight 90's.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-induction/747523-f1a-ls2-402-build-progress-pics-inside.html
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I hope this helps...

https://ls1tech.com/forums/showthrea...=631954&page=9
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We use a 12x24x4 core, which comes out to 31 inches in length. Bob
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This is going to be the heat exchanger for the water to air intercooler, not an air to air. The actual IC will be mounted inside. So I figure the heat exchanger can be 30" x 7"-8" or so. That should provide plenty of surface area.
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Originally Posted by DanZ28


What IC did you go with? OFI one is smaller 22x12x4, been thinking of getting a bigger one myself.
the standard one is 31x12x4..mine is 33x12x4...from vsracing...found them on turbomustangs.com
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Originally Posted by cablebandit
the standard one is 31x12x4..mine is 33x12x4...from vsracing...found them on turbomustangs.com
Cool Thanks!

You measuring from the the end of the inlet to the end of the outlet for the measurements? i just measured from end of tank to end of tank.
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