Help fitting top mount intercooler from later car to early model please.
#1
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Taunton
Posts: 1,178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Help fitting top mount intercooler from later car to early model please.
I have a MY94 WRX with the slanty intercooler and wanted to upgrade the intercooler so I bought a second hand 2002 intercooler, from here, which had been "customised" to fit the early models like mine.
Spent 5 hours on it this weekend and ended up back with my old IC on the car.
I did manage to fit the 2002 intercooler, all the piping was good, and I even got the standard recirc dump valve working with it and it worked fine
The problem was lack of space. The IC was so tightly jammed between the throttle body and the bulkhead that I got major vibrations and noise as metal hit metal. So I removed it and went back to the old one.
I can take a hack saw to the throttle body intake and take about 5mm of that but the main problem is the device in red circle in photo below (the red square is the size of the new IC).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...izeofnewic.jpg
The newer models must have a different configoration of this sensor so can I buy a later sensor to give me the space I need?
Also, does the IC mount on left hand side (as in picture below) from later cars fit into the same holes on the gearbox as the old one?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../engine22b.jpg
I am about to give up on this, the guy I bought it off had it working properly and so it must be possible, but I might just sell the focker and get me an MRT
Cheers for any advice.
Rupert
Spent 5 hours on it this weekend and ended up back with my old IC on the car.
I did manage to fit the 2002 intercooler, all the piping was good, and I even got the standard recirc dump valve working with it and it worked fine
The problem was lack of space. The IC was so tightly jammed between the throttle body and the bulkhead that I got major vibrations and noise as metal hit metal. So I removed it and went back to the old one.
I can take a hack saw to the throttle body intake and take about 5mm of that but the main problem is the device in red circle in photo below (the red square is the size of the new IC).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...izeofnewic.jpg
The newer models must have a different configoration of this sensor so can I buy a later sensor to give me the space I need?
Also, does the IC mount on left hand side (as in picture below) from later cars fit into the same holes on the gearbox as the old one?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1.../engine22b.jpg
I am about to give up on this, the guy I bought it off had it working properly and so it must be possible, but I might just sell the focker and get me an MRT
Cheers for any advice.
Rupert
Last edited by Roojai; 13 December 2004 at 12:10 AM.
#2
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Taunton
Posts: 1,178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
just to add, this is the main offending item:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ai/pipepic.jpg
ps: my blue IC to TB hose was severely shortened during this modification attempt hence it's bedraggled appearance.
But god does that 22b engine look sweet!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...ai/pipepic.jpg
ps: my blue IC to TB hose was severely shortened during this modification attempt hence it's bedraggled appearance.
But god does that 22b engine look sweet!
Last edited by Roojai; 13 December 2004 at 12:26 AM.
#3
\m/ ^_^ \m/
have a look at my thread in projects here (half way down the page)
it will be a very tight fit, i ended up not having any brackets holding mine in place it's that tight
the phase 1.5/2 manifold has the throttle body and idle control valve (the item you've circled in red) set further forward giving more space
it will be a very tight fit, i ended up not having any brackets holding mine in place it's that tight
the phase 1.5/2 manifold has the throttle body and idle control valve (the item you've circled in red) set further forward giving more space
#4
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Taunton
Posts: 1,178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cheers Kev.
One difference that is giving me more grief is that you have a nice thin blanking plate for the BOV location on the new IC, where as I have a hose coming from there going to my recirc BOV.
Nice tidy cut to TB!
One difference that is giving me more grief is that you have a nice thin blanking plate for the BOV location on the new IC, where as I have a hose coming from there going to my recirc BOV.
Nice tidy cut to TB!
#5
\m/ ^_^ \m/
ah, well in that case, you'll need the later manifold or do what i did and blank it off and use the existing setup
which MY was the previous owners car?
which MY was the previous owners car?
#6
Scooby Regular
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Bonnie Scotland
Posts: 784
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I have fitted a STI V intercooler to my MY95 UK, very tight fit, I have the hose for the dumpvalve fitted between the throttle linkage and the idle control valve your are talking about ( samco kit part for STI V ) its a bit squashed but works fine. Mine is held in place by the LHS bracket only & the strut brace, it only rubs on start up but this is solved by a bit of rubber tube round the strut brace. It took me 3/4 attempts before i was happy with it & the samco kit made it much easier. Persevere and you will get there
Daz
Daz
#7
Scooby Regular
Thread Starter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Taunton
Posts: 1,178
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Cheers! I'll keep at it then, will let you know how it goes.
Anyone know about the intercooler mount rod from the gearbox up the left side of IC on a 2002? Does it have the same fitment as the early cars?
Anyone know about the intercooler mount rod from the gearbox up the left side of IC on a 2002? Does it have the same fitment as the early cars?
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
JonMc
Subaru Parts
22
06 February 2016 09:50 PM
ossett2k2
Engine Management and ECU Remapping
15
23 September 2015 09:11 AM