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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:05 AM
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There's no room, the intercooler airbox is between the intercooler and radiator.
Just gotta make room.



It *appeared* that you could run the piping down there and make sum sort of ducting to it.

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Big airbox under intercooler forces air from front of car through the intercooler. Rubber-sealed to intercooler bottom. Will take pic
I'm talking about ducting in the endtanks. It appears that the air entering the intercooler from the turbos will mainly run through the bottom runners, instead of through the whole intercooler.

-Alex

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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:13 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:16 AM
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DYNO IT !!!!!
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:17 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:24 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:34 AM
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Looks sweet.Hope to see some dyno # soon.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:52 AM
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Excellent Job......... It seems as there is room for improvement...... Good luck!
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 06:33 AM
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Looking great, can't whait to hear how she performs.

I hope to get done with my winter project before next winter comes around.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:10 AM
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Looks great... I would love to check it out..
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:20 AM
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Very cool setup! KEEP THE FD A TWIN TURBO MONSTER, haha!
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 07:50 AM
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ive always liked when people do something way out of the ordinary. Great job! looks badass
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 08:08 AM
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WOW! that looks awsome. great job with fitment and fabrication. Looks real nice. also your dash looks awsome with the auto meter guges. always thought of doing that but didnt think it would work with the MPH guage.
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 09:30 AM
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Exelent work...
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 09:45 AM
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 09:49 AM
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wow. i seriously got the chills when i saw this. i am soo impressed. congrats man, i sooo appreciate your work! i wish i had the know how for motor customization like that. i do the body side, if you need any thing let me know, i always appreciate someone with determination and smarts. www.pre-auto.com
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 10:01 AM
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Originally Posted by TT_Rex_7
Just gotta make room.

It *appeared* that you could run the piping down there and make sum sort of ducting to it.
You know, you've got me thinking about extending the airbox under the intercooler into the area you pointed at and putting those filters inside; I'll take a look and see if I have the room. I'm not done with the ducting fab anyway so no major loss if I replaced the existing airbox with a "redesigned" one. I may have to make a hardpipe to reroute the upper radiator hose; don't suppose that would be too difficult either.

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I know it's not perfect but the kick in the *** I get when I stomp on the throttle is my car's way of saying "I'm perfectly happy with how it turned out"

I need to find myself a good dyno with a wideband in the North Alabama area. Suggestions?
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 10:05 AM
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WOW! that looks awsome. great job with fitment and fabrication. Looks real nice. also your dash looks awsome with the auto meter guges. always thought of doing that but didnt think it would work with the MPH guage.
It doesn't. My speedo is not working right now (heheh). I can read speed off the FC commander, in KPH. I have to get around to buying the autometer electric speedo, but it's about $250, so maybe next month...
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 10:07 AM
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omg that setup looks so cool
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 10:11 AM
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I admire your workmanship and being unique, but It seems like way too much work for only trying to make moderate power. Get the car tuned and get some good numbers on a nice high boost number.

On another note, i figured that this setup was intended to spool quickly. My T78 spools to more than that at 4k rpms, and people think that the T78 is a "lag monster".

I hope everything works out for you, and good luck. Enjoy your new monster.

Adam
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by fastcarfreak
I admire your workmanship and being unique, but It seems like way too much work for only trying to make moderate power. Get the car tuned and get some good numbers on a nice high boost number.

On another note, i figured that this setup was intended to spool quickly. My T78 spools to more than that at 4k rpms, and people think that the T78 is a "lag monster".

I hope everything works out for you, and good luck. Enjoy your new monster.

Adam
Is your setup on stock ports? If I recall, his is. I'm sure he can turn out much higher numbers, and has alot of room to improve on his setup. You have to remember he hasn't had it tuned or anything.

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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 11:22 AM
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Originally Posted by broken93
You know, you've got me thinking about extending the airbox under the intercooler into the area you pointed at and putting those filters inside; I'll take a look and see if I have the room. I'm not done with the ducting fab anyway so no major loss if I replaced the existing airbox with a "redesigned" one. I may have to make a hardpipe to reroute the upper radiator hose; don't suppose that would be too difficult either.

Thanks for the comments, everyone. I know it's not perfect but the kick in the *** I get when I stomp on the throttle is my car's way of saying "I'm perfectly happy with how it turned out"

I need to find myself a good dyno with a wideband in the North Alabama area. Suggestions?
DO IT!! Every little bit helps IMO!!! If you have to reroute anything you can buy aftermarket radiator hoses that you can bend into position.

All that really matters is that your happy with your setup. Some people don't seem to always understand that its not all about HUGE numbers and what not.

Steve Kan was at BNR not to long ago, I'm sure he'll be back but not sure when.

-Alex

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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:03 PM
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looks great, although i dont know about your aftermarket tach :/
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:18 PM
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I need to find myself a good dyno with a wideband in the North Alabama area. Suggestions?
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 12:37 PM
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I called and talked with him today. I happen to know the guy as it turns out so maybe I can get a break on dyno time. Hopefully I can get something done this week or this weekend.

I also scored some Hexcel honeycomb that I can use for ductwork. Helps to have a few connections in the aerospace business
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Old Feb 16, 2005 | 01:10 PM
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