Guys, I know, I know, I've got a couple of thread currently running around the same sort of topic. But I like to keep the topic separate to help others in the furture research particular subjects, yeah right

Anyway, I was mucking around under the bonner today think of ways to reduce the pipe work. And it dawned on me, can I not turn the intercooler upside down so the inlet and outlet pipes are at the top instead of at the bottom.

My thinking is this would significantly reduce the amount of pipe work particular on the hot side, as they would be no need for the pipes to go through the wing and along the bumper. It could just go striaght into the intercooler inside the engine bay.

I'm thinking I might have to chop and change the bumper a bit, and mess arounf with mouting brackets, but not much.

The only real pain is I'd need to lose the air con, but thats on another thread.

Can it be done? has anyone ever done it? Got any pictures that could help?

 

what sort of intercooler is it? I`ve got the autobahn88 fmic and I can`t see why it couldn`t be done

 

Sure it can be done, but you'll have to move the rad a bit back, and re/move the coalcanister, and maybe cut/shift the strenghener going down the centerline forward of AC-rad, and maybe trim the fanhousing of the rad.
And probably have a very tight fit for the pipes between rad and chassi.
If you rotate the manifold at the same time you'll get very short pipes.
AND be able to fit a very straight strutbrace.