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01-11-07, 07:38 AM
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1 month to go and budds creek will be ready to race at. I hope everbody got their setup ready to go. Good luck for those of you that'll be their. And yeah thats a little too cheap for an intercooler.
01-11-07, 08:09 AM
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Originally Posted by bkg
1 month to go and budds creek will be ready to race at. I hope everbody got their setup ready to go. Good luck for those of you that'll be their. And yeah thats a little too cheap for an intercooler.
01-11-07, 10:47 AM
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250 isnt too much for an intercooler .. now if you wanna be specific and say an intercooler from a brand name thats made for 500+ hp.. in my experience under 350hp an ic is an ic mine was 90 bucks shipped my buddies was 120 and then those were run on the cheapo aluminum kits on ebay that are 100 bucks i just beaded the ends and run silicon couplers and tbolts .. the design of an ic is so hard to mess up that unless your getting some behemoth or you want the brand name to keep your car looking cool .. then its a waste..
01-11-07, 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Fd3BOOST
I hope that works out for you. It's been my experience that any time I try to save some cahs on parts it ends up biting me in the ***. Which is why I now just shell top dollar in the first place. I guess I am just gun shy about it.
The install is a bitch. First off you have to remove and trim the bumper. Then the raditor has to be relocated and you have to use thier brackets. (This is where the extra cash comes into play; I hope the brackets they supply work. ) Then you have to relocate the power steering lines. You might have to cut and extend the raditaor fan electrical lines. Mine were rally tight and pulling hard to fit so I cut and re-soildered in an extra 12" of wire .You may or may not want to do that. It's going to be a stretch for them to fit if you don't but it might make it. You will have to cut or remove the bumper reinforcement bar. I had to trim some of the frame for the turbo side charge pipe to clear around the radiator...
I can keep going but you will find out for yourself. It's far from a drop in install. I think it took me a whole weekend to do it and I am pretty handy with the tools etc.
Just plan to get knee deep is my only advice.
The install is a bitch. First off you have to remove and trim the bumper. Then the raditor has to be relocated and you have to use thier brackets. (This is where the extra cash comes into play; I hope the brackets they supply work. ) Then you have to relocate the power steering lines. You might have to cut and extend the raditaor fan electrical lines. Mine were rally tight and pulling hard to fit so I cut and re-soildered in an extra 12" of wire .You may or may not want to do that. It's going to be a stretch for them to fit if you don't but it might make it. You will have to cut or remove the bumper reinforcement bar. I had to trim some of the frame for the turbo side charge pipe to clear around the radiator...
I can keep going but you will find out for yourself. It's far from a drop in install. I think it took me a whole weekend to do it and I am pretty handy with the tools etc.
Just plan to get knee deep is my only advice.
Yep I expected most of that. From most of the installs I've done with other cars I think this should be a mildly fun job- And not too dificult compared to just the other intercoolers I've done.
I was just making sure I hadn't missed anything from anyone elses install stories.
And yeah I guess I'll see how cheap of a kit it is but like I said this is the premeir sample kit so its really cheaper than whole sale from this company.
01-17-07, 11:23 AM
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well I was supposed to come back sunday but one thing leading to another (hottest girl ever!) and we came back on monday. I started the install thursday night and got back to it on monday and tuesday night. It is now finished with the exception of the underpannel being put back on. So far no over heating but it is amazingly cold.
01-17-07, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by twin7r1
well I was supposed to come back sunday but one thing leading to another (hottest girl ever!) and we came back on monday. I started the install thursday night and got back to it on monday and tuesday night. It is now finished with the exception of the underpannel being put back on. So far no over heating but it is amazingly cold.
01-18-07, 09:13 AM
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hahaha well if all gos well She'll be up here soon enough. She is actualy from Columbia MD, so I think for spring break Im gonna have to plan a trip to ocean city
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01-19-07, 08:52 AM
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haha well how about we just have ahooters meet soon like this weekend or next?
next would be better for me and i'll be tuned by then but i could do either
next would be better for me and i'll be tuned by then but i could do either
01-22-07, 11:56 AM
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Originally Posted by mibad
Sounds good to me.
01-23-07, 03:54 PM
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Originally Posted by twin7r1
i dont know if you have cws this friday but if you do ill be going to pfs. you could probably come up too and see all the amazing rx7s --- and IS's
01-24-07, 01:55 PM
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Man I need to hang sroung some RX7's. Well, at least I can catch some of you at Budds Creek. BTW ifany of you see a 5'7'' 20 yr old Black kid ask u questions about your car its just me don't worry.
Good luck to all your projects and see you at the track r car show.
Good luck to all your projects and see you at the track r car show.
01-25-07, 08:45 PM
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****. I'd love to go. I am not on cws. I'd take the day off, but I am working overtime right now. Sorry man.
Looks like winter finally arrived in So. MD.
The good news is- I ordered a high flow cat today from Gotham : )
Looks like winter finally arrived in So. MD.
The good news is- I ordered a high flow cat today from Gotham : )