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93 FD, all stock under the hood. The intercooler is not security mounted and sags down a bit - the hose clamp on the lower air pipe hits the chassis. The IC is held by the center bracket at the top and also properly fastened to the air duct, but it flops around too much. After poking around, I discovered that the air separation tank bracket is supposed to also be bolted to the intercooler. OK, that takes care of the driver's side of the IC but is there also supposed to be bracket on the passenger side. If there is, mine is gone. There's a welded in nut on the chassis that appears to be for a bracket, just like the AST, but I've scoured the parts book and can't find any bracket that attach to the lower tank of the intercooler on the passenger side. I find it hard to believe it's supposed hang on one side and the top. It seems like you need three points for it to be secure.
Anybody have the mystery bracket? Photos of a properly mounted IC would also be helpful.
Honestly, it’s been almost 20 years since I had the stock ic in my car and I can’t remember exactly where and how it mounted, other than it was pretty intuitive. I’m not sure how helpful it is if you’re missing a bracket. But this is from the Factory Service Manual (FSM) if it might help.…l
02-26-23, 07:11 PM
