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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 2:45 pm 
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what intercoolers would fit an EL? Im just need some advice because I am getting a re-spray soon and thought I would get the intercooler fitted and the hole cut out of the front end before the turbo kit is fitted to save having another re-spray.

any help would be great, thx.

 

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:04 pm 
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ive got a 600x300x75 intercooler in mine, didnt have to mod anything to fit it, just a little slice out of the lower bumper air dam. theres heaps of room behind the bar, and i didnt remove air con either. and ive put a big tranny oil cooler behind the intercooler aswell
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 4:09 pm 
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ive got a 600x300x75 intercooler in mine, didnt have to mod anything to fit it, just a little slice out of the lower bumper air dam. theres heaps of room behind the bar, and i didnt remove air con either. and ive put a big tranny oil cooler behind the intercooler aswell

what brand intercooler are you running?? Is it just a ebay cooler?

 

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 7:23 pm 
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yeh i think is just one of those ebay cheapys, you can definately feel the different in air temps with it. like touch one side of the intercooler and its warm otherside is cold and the pipe from cooler to throttle body is the coldest thing in the engine bay.
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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 8:34 pm 
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mine required a bit of 'creative' work to install.... Nothing too difficult though, my bumper mods are more looks anyway.... I orginally had
a pretty small one, which I replaced with an ebay cooler with 600 by 300 by 100 dimensions.... no probs here....

 

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Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 10:53 pm 
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yeh i think is just one of those ebay cheapys, you can definately feel the different in air temps with it. like touch one side of the intercooler and its warm otherside is cold and the pipe from cooler to throttle body is the coldest thing in the engine bay.

Just wondering what sort of air charge temps do ya get when doing WOT runs??

 

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Posted: Mon May 12, 2008 11:11 pm 
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I've got the same, 600x300x75 cooler. Fits easy. Just needed to cut a tiny bit of the air dam, like el_xr6_luke said. Move the horns, which is easy as.

Stefan, i get about 5 deg above ambient. LOL
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 12:11 am 
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Before i got my BA I had an EF that i Nearly turbo'd, so hears some pics of my car when i fitted the cooler..
I've got more pics if you want.

Dave, I'd say 5 deg's above ambiant is pretty good!!

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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 3:21 pm 
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I had no dramas either fitting a 600 x 300 x 75 PWR Aero 2 air-to-air intercooler.
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Posted: Tue May 13, 2008 11:13 pm 
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Stef, I'm rapt with 5 deg above ambient. But thats the blower for you, not pushing through hot air from the turbo.

I'm curious too, to see what intake air temps some of the turbo boys get?
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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 12:08 am 
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my temps are around 15- 20 above ambient at the plenum.

my cooler is just a cheapy 720x300x76 of ebay.

 

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:07 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
ive got a 600x300x75 intercooler in mine, didnt have to mod anything to fit it, just a little slice out of the lower bumper air dam. theres heaps of room behind the bar, and i didnt remove air con either. and ive put a big tranny oil cooler behind the intercooler aswell


well thats good to hear, should fit fine with the venom kit too them i hope?

 

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 9:08 am 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
Before i got my BA I had an EF that i Nearly turbo'd, so hears some pics of my car when i fitted the cooler..
I've got more pics if you want.


more pics would be great mate!

 

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Posted: Wed May 14, 2008 6:58 pm 
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{USERNAME} wrote:
more pics would be great mate!


Here ya go...

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On that last pic you can see I got a little happy with the angle grinder and took off a bit more than needed!!

 

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