My own intercooler and intake set up
10-20-06, 03:26 AM
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My own intercooler and intake set up
The primary turbo gets nothing but cold air, it sits inside above the right front air dam to prevent water entry,it has the same size K+N filter with the secondary. The secondary turbo gets it share of cool air once the car is moving (removing and relocating the coolant reservoir tank created a passage of air flow staright up the K+N filter). meaning you dont need cool air for the secondaries anyway when car is starting from at stop. Yes. it is a XS power intercooler that i fabricated to form sort of a V mount set up, the radiator was not flipped, it still sits on it's stock location only lowered a bit so i can get more flow from my custom air duct for the intercooler. It also alowed me to use a regular sized battery(those small odyssey batteries never lasted) but i did had to make a custom bettery tray for it. Other than that this has been my best cool air set up and it was the cheapest i also still have my condenser. My intercooler stays cool thanks to the sealed air duct, only of course right after driving and pop the hood right away.I know it's as good as a front mount please no more debates about front mount and stock location... because I designed my car to be a street car meaning i dont have to worry about debris hitting the face of the intercooler core or having too much pressure loss. Im also able to use the factory Y pipe with this set up as seen on the pics. I hope this helps anybody with a low budget and want an efficient set up. I will try to post more pics in details for the aluminum intercooler duct, intake, and battery tray.
10-20-06, 03:30 AM
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Wow, that looks pretty frickin sweet man. I like it. I'm gonna be working on my car over the winter, i have a downpipe, de-cat, and a large IC to fit - you're giving my ideas 
Looks awesome. Any data on intake temps?
Looks awesome. Any data on intake temps?
10-20-06, 03:45 AM
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sorry i havent proven or collected data of my intake temp, but im positive its as cold as it gets... for the primaries of course. I tried to take pics on the primary K+N but it's hard now that the front bumper is on. but I gurantee you it looks nice in there complete with brackets. It was alot of work and trial and error with the pipe bends but it was worth it. I just bought these pipes from ebay in pieces with various bends and pieced it together.
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10-20-06, 10:21 AM
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Looks like a nice job, and well thought out . I really like that you have kept the battery in the front of the car, and have moved it more toward the passenger side. This will help to distribute weight more evenly, and should improve handling a little bit.
Very well done!!!!!
. I really like that you have kept the battery in the front of the car, and have moved it more toward the passenger side. This will help to distribute weight more evenly, and should improve handling a little bit.Very well done!!!!!
10-20-06, 03:16 PM
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Looks like a lot of nice custom work....you should look into running a 51R size battery sometime in the future....it will take 10 lbs off the front end and give more room. The 51R batt has enough juice for daily driving unless you have a hard core stereo.
Nice job.
Nice job.
10-20-06, 03:59 PM
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That looks like great work, although I've had nothing but good luck with my Odyssey PC680 battery.
Have you tried adding a fan to pull air through the IC? You would be surprised at how slowly air flows through the engine bay with a stock hood. Howard Coleman used a windspeed meter, and measured 1.5-3mph through his IC with a stock hood, and 6-8 mph through his IC with a vented hood:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/downpipe-your-engine-compartment-cool-loovers-other-heat-fixes-448589/
I've installed a vented hood on my car, but running the radiator fans still pulls more air through the radiator than cruising at 80mph without the fans on. Fans on my oil cooler and IC will be among the next few mods I'd like to try on my car.
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Have you tried adding a fan to pull air through the IC? You would be surprised at how slowly air flows through the engine bay with a stock hood. Howard Coleman used a windspeed meter, and measured 1.5-3mph through his IC with a stock hood, and 6-8 mph through his IC with a vented hood:
https://www.rx7club.com/3rd-generation-specific-1993-2002-16/downpipe-your-engine-compartment-cool-loovers-other-heat-fixes-448589/
I've installed a vented hood on my car, but running the radiator fans still pulls more air through the radiator than cruising at 80mph without the fans on. Fans on my oil cooler and IC will be among the next few mods I'd like to try on my car.
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10-20-06, 04:29 PM
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your right, a vented hood is my last step. But I want to keep to stock hood and make a custom vent, just figureing out a way to design it to where it will actually work and doesn't look to agressive.
10-20-06, 10:03 PM
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What, are you trying to make it easy to put back to stock in a hurry?
Put that battery between the wheelbase somewhere like real sportscars. Also, you took a huge chunk out of your bumper opening, so how are you compensating? I did the same thing with a healthy SMIC scoop BUT I pulled the mouth WAY open.
Of course, cancel both ideas if your answer to the question is yes.
Put that battery between the wheelbase somewhere like real sportscars. Also, you took a huge chunk out of your bumper opening, so how are you compensating? I did the same thing with a healthy SMIC scoop BUT I pulled the mouth WAY open.
Of course, cancel both ideas if your answer to the question is yes.
10-21-06, 02:18 PM
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rajeevx7 your right, i did not want to stay too far away from the stock form..., as for the battery i did not want to relocate too far away because extending cables is kinda risky unless you do it right, i just did not want to worry about more corrosion or create more potential electrical problems.Most of all ,im not going all out like you it's already a sportscar enough to me.