starting my diy intercooler install

stanggt00 · Aug 30, 2006

thxs saleen going to print up the picture when you post them

and yes jivepepper after reading your post here and on mph i was motivated to do the intercooler my self

after reading your post i ordered that bov

so your saying you have to remove one of the springs in it ?

hotmustang331 · Aug 30, 2006

SaleenGT2001 said:
i was seeing 10-12psi on a 3.5 pulley without the IC and i am now seeing 8-9psi on a 3.4 pulley with the IC.

the size of the cooler is 31x12x3. i'll have some pictures of the piping up later tonight.

WOW thats alot of boost drop! Its supposed to be 2 PSI max and anything past that, the restsriction can really hurt performance. But its because of the design of the IC, the air has to travel 24+ inches through bars and plates. But hey its a heck of alot better then no IC . Notice a big power increase?

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

ok guys you asked for it and here it is. i really hope nobody is on dial up!!

engine view

blower reclocked and 45* pipe running down towards the drivers side of the car.

another view lookinh down at the bottom of the engine compartment. the 45* pipe couples to about a 4"straight piece of pipe.

this is the drivers side front of the car. you can see the straight piece of pipe couples to a 90* pipe towrads the front of the car. it then couples to a rubber 90*elbow, then to another 4" srtaight piece of pipe then to the intercooler

this is the passenger side of the IC. i used a 90* piece of pipe here.

the 90* pipe couples to a 90* rubber elbow and up into the engine compartment using a 75* pipe. (note: i cut a hole to run the pipe thru, you may be able to route it a different way but this was the easiest route)

just a view from the bottom of the car.

this is the hole i cut in the inner fender to pass the piping thru. i coupled the 75* pipe to my BPV pipe.

i used a 75* pipe to couple the BPV pipe to the TB.

this is how i connected my mini race back to the intake. dont laugh! it works perfectly!

i hope this helps you guys out. maybe i can convince a mod to let me put all the info together and make a sticky in the tech section!

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

i havent noticed a power increase but i also pulled all the timing with my xcal and richened up the mixture till i can get it to a dyno. i'm suppose to be on the dyno friday at 10am, that is if the hurricane doesnt mess with NC too badly!

hotmustang331 · Aug 30, 2006

VERY nice job man....really looks great! Time to change your sig picture . And your avatar while your at it

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

i dont know how to make an avatar pic. i would like to have a new one. and a nicer sig pic to go with it. i would like to find out how to get a CT too. i would love to put "pushing the limits of the stock bottom end"

Rickyll7 · Aug 30, 2006

SaleenGT2001:
Are you sure your belt is routed correctly? It looks as though it should be routed differently neer the water pump and crank. Maybe the kit calls for the re-routing. Whats the deal with that?

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

i'm pretty sure it is routed right. anyone have a diagram so i can check and make sure.

Saleen4971 · Aug 30, 2006

you dotn HAVE to reclock the blower, right? im tryign at all costs to NOT touch the serp belt again. or i may just snap, and set fire to the world.

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

you MAY be able to do it without reclocking the blower but you will want a smaller pulley to keep the boost up and trying to route the piping under the car from the original blower position would be a MAJOR PITA! i had to remove mine twice. once to reclock and swap the pulley and another time to put a new belt on when the original decided it only wanted to have 5 ribs!

stanggt00 · Aug 30, 2006

hell yea man this was just the kind of pictures i were looking for just from the few shots you posted and looking at my car i have an idea how i am going to run things

this is some good stuff here :SNSign: :SNSign:

ordering them t-bolt clamps,hump hoses and rubber couplers rigth now and having them next dayed to me maybe i can get this done over the weekend

saleen your the man bro

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 30, 2006

let me know if you run into any problems. i had my fair share of headaches during my install, so i will be glad to help anyone who is doing this install! it is about a day or two project. most of my time was spent getting things cut and figuring how to reroute the IAC and PCV hoses

RedDaemon · Aug 30, 2006

SaleenGT2001 said:
i dont know how to make an avatar pic. i would like to have a new one. and a nicer sig pic to go with it. i would like to find out how to get a CT too. i would love to put "pushing the limits of the stock bottom end"

give me pics, ill see what i can do

DisposableHero · Aug 30, 2006

nice job man... i also did the same with the same piping kit from ebay..

change those connectors out.. no matter how hard you tighten them.. they'll pop out under high boost.. happend to me twice and cost me some money on the dyno

hotmustang331 · Aug 30, 2006

SaleenGT2001 said:
i dont know how to make an avatar pic. i would like to have a new one. and a nicer sig pic to go with it. i would like to find out how to get a CT too. i would love to put "pushing the limits of the stock bottom end"

I made my own...just have to resize it to their limits.
That would be an awsome CT man . I think A few of us are going to need something like that LOL....im up in the air if im going to tell Tim "screw it, just put me to 500RWHP and ill take my chances" LOL . Right now im leaning toward 475RWHP....that should be pretty safe.

jivepepper · Aug 31, 2006

stanggt00 said:
thxs saleen going to print up the picture when you post them

and yes jivepepper after reading your post here and on mph i was motivated to do the intercooler my self

after reading your post i ordered that bov

so your saying you have to remove one of the springs in it ?

Yes there is 2 inside. Start with small one. That's what I'm using.

Also for the others asking about reclocking. Unless you want to deal with alot more bends in the pipe which also contributes to boost lost then reclock it, it's easy.

Saleen4971 · Aug 31, 2006

when you reclock it, you make it point straight down?

SaleenGT2001 · Aug 31, 2006

no it points down at a 45* angle towards the drivers side of the car.

nwapache · Aug 31, 2006

wow, excellent work everyone....keep it up, lots of good info here.

Saleen4971 · Aug 31, 2006

SaleenGT2001 said:
no it points down at a 45* angle towards the drivers side of the car.

huh.....interesting....

the vortech outlet is 2.75" - does the NOVI use 3"? shoudl i sjtu buy a 3" pipe kit and a pairof 2.75" > 3" adapters?

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