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[proz07]

Originally Posted by TitaniumTT

I bet you'll be able to get that 2.75" coupler on the 3" piping.

Nice build buy the way!

Are you using both the Charge Relief Valve and the stock BOV's as BOV's?

yes i am they work the same why not that and i got the HKS intake piping kit with the car and it has the return fitting for both. Besides it will all be changed out when i get back in feb. i have a t66 setup waiting to go in with tial 50mm bov and tial i think it was 44mm wastegate. when i get that on ill be shooting for 20psi w/ water injection 15psi pump HP wise whatever happens happens....

z

[proz07]

well with my concern about the greddy elbows necked down size i have since cut off the ridge and smoothed out the cut to make it 1/4 inch closer to the 3" piping dia i will get it ported out correctly when i take in my vsessive LIM to get portmatched at the same time later down the road.




and now as for the concern and issue with lower radiator mounts and 'skid plate' for it as it appears to hang low even though the intercooler is lower. heres the bracket ive come up with it will also have tabs welded on for an A/C condenser mount once i fab a kit for it. for mounting the power steering cooler i most likely will mount tabs off the intercooler. but thats for tomorrow


heres the lower radiator mount bracket and rock guard all in one it really solidly mounts the radiator just like it needs to be and will provide excelent mounting for both the a/c mounts and undertray later on when i fab those up



and heres a few of how it looks mounted....






please constructive critisizim may give me better ideas....

z



also iv trimmed the front bumper for the front mount so its ready to go back on once eveything is fabbed..... a couple small brackets need to be made still an extension for the intercooler to greddy elbow now that its beeen modded and mounting the power steering cooler line setup and putting the car back together i should be driving it again tomorrow afternoon if all goes right see how this new cooling setup works out

[proz07]

well finishing up the last little tid bits i didnt want to have to spend any money on something as trivial as a power steering fluid cooler so i took the old setup cut and rbent some of it and tigged 2 pieces together to end up with a rather oem looking and mounting piece if i do say wo myself.

heres what i ended up with rebent and welded up


and here it is installed just behind the intercooler and mounted using stock mounts rebent as well the other side looks about the same fyi




and i didnt order any 1.5" aluminum bends for the radiator pipes so once again i had to find something temp... ran by the local perfomance exhaust shop and they hooked me up with a nice little 45deg bend FREEBIE



so once everything was connected and the bumper reinstalled and some last minute minor trimming of some of the splash shields from this pic you can see how the radiator is definatly not too low




and for anyone wondering about a percision intercooler check out those turbulators let me know how that compares to your ole ebay core definatly cools very very well.

[proz07]

now that she has taken her maden voyage with the new setup i will say it cools VERY diferently than the stock setu that i did have before. niether of them had/have undertray ducting and i can say right now current setup cools slightly better 1-3 deg cooler till the fans kick on and with in 15ish seconds cooles the car right off and shuts fans down maintains temps better/faster yet not accaptable for what it has cost so far. So before you scream and lynch me i need ducting i know if i just happen to have some extra time in the next 2 days i might start but probably not till i get back... im sure the ducting will help imensly as you can see where all the air is going in my pics thus far. also to finish my cooling system of i will need som oil coolers which ill also get to when i get back which should definatly help the rad set up work wonders

WORDS OF WARNING TO OTHERS!!!!! im currently running the base PFC map while i have been playing with idle, cruise, stumbles yadyada driving smoothness and A/F ratios. NOW as i did not shange anything but the intercooler setup i can tell you right now 10psi with this intercooler is not 10PSI on the stock intercooler same turbos... at full boost before i saw all the way down to <10.2 AFR wich is over safe so wasent to worried about it. CURRENTLY im seeing balls out 10psi AFR's of 11.5-.8 definatly better for power at this psi but if thats all ya change be weary as it may not fall into as good of a range as mine did for your modification always tune after changing ANY intake part!




so with out further adu heres how she looks now till i get back





goahead let me know what ya think i aint scured

z