FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER PROJECT
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FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER FITTING GUIDE FROM START TO FINISH FRONT MOUNT INTER COOLERS FOR THE CLASSIC CAN BE SOURCED HERE https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...ic-kit-11.html Attachment 49521 Attachment 49522 CLICK ON PICS FOR LARGER VERSION HI ALL, I'm running the group buy for the classic front mount inter cooler supplied by bren@apex, I'm going to be writing the project in stages so will add to this by editing. My spelling ain't that great so any wannabe school teachers practice else were Please note this is a My93 WRX and this is a guide of how i did it so not held responsible for any mistakes if you care to use the guide STAGE 1 LIGHTS AND FRONT BUMPER REMOVAL CLICK ON PICS FOR LARGER VERSION TOOLS NEEDED FOR BUMPER/LIGHTS REMOVAL 1, 10MM SPANNER/SOCKET 2, 17MM SPANNER/SOCKET 3, PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER 4, FLATHEAD SCREWDRIVER 5, CONTAINER FOR BOLTS AND SUNDRIES 6, TORX SOCKET FOR No PLATE NOTE THIS IS A SECURITY TORX HAS HOLE IN IT (I DRILLED MINE OUT AS NOT USING No PLATE FIXING) 1 TEA LADY FOR CONSTANT CUPPAS :thumb: FIRST OF ALL I REMOVED THE FRONT GRILL 2 CLIPS IN THE TOP I USED A SMALL SCREWDRIVER TO PUSH DOWN THE CENTERS AND GENTLY PULLED. THEIR ARE 2 LOCATING LUGS WHICH JUST PUSH INTO RUBBER GROMMETS EITHER SIDE OF THE BONNET CATCH ONCE ALL RELEASED GENTLY PULL UP AND PUT TO THE SIDE UNDO THE PHILIPS SCREW ON TOP OF THE HEADLIGHT THIS HOLDS THE SIDELIGHT AND GENTLY EASE OUT AND UNDO THE CLIP ON THE WIRE OR TAKE THE BULB HOLDER OUT. YOU CAN NOW SEE THE HEADLAMP BOLTS THESE ARE 10MM THEIR ARE 2 TO THE CENTER AND 2 TO THE SIDE REMOVE HEADLAMP BULB CONNECTOR THEN UNDO THE 4 BOLTS AND EASE OUT AND PLACE TO ONE SIDE REPEAT FOR OPPOSITE SIDE FOG LIGHTS ARE HELD IN BY 3 10mm BOLTS THIS WILL ALSO RELEASE THE INDICATOR REPEAT FOR OPPOSITE SIDE PLACE TO ONE SIDE SAFELY UNDER ARCHES THEIR ARE THE BRAKE COOLING DUCTS THESE ARE HELD IN BUY 1 x 10mm AND 3 PLASTIC CLIPS PUSH THE CENTER OF THE CLIP IN NOT TO FAR OR THEY WILL FALL OUT IF THEY DO JUST PUSH BACK IN THE FRONT ONCE THESE ARE OUT THE WAY YOU WILL SEE THE 2 X 10mm BOLTS THAT HOLD THE BUMPER AT THE SIDE NOW LOOK ALONG THE TOP OFF THE BUMPER YOU WILL SEE ? x 17mm BOLT WITH A PHILLIPS CENTER UNDO THESE, UNDERNEATH THE BUMPER THEIR ARE 3 X 10mm BOLTS REMOVE THESE, WERE THE FOG LIGHT HOLES ARE IF YOU FEEL INSIDE TO THE TOP THEIR IS A 10mm BOLT HIDDEN UP THEIR UNDO THESE THE NEXT BIT I DRILLED OUT THE SECURITY TORX BOLTS AS I DIDN'T HAVE A TORX WITH A HOLE IN THE END THINK THE TORX IS A 32? THE BUMPER SHOULD NOW PULL FORWARD LEAVING THE BUMPER BAR BEHIND TO TAKE THE BUMPER BAR OFF IF YOU LOOK IN LINE OF THE CHASSIS RAIL THEIR ARE 2 X 17mm BOLTS EACH SIDE UNDO THESE AND SLIDE THE BUMPER BAR OUT YOU SHOULD NOW BE LEFT WITH SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS READY FOR THE NEXT STAGE ] STAGE 2 O/S/F WING REMOVAL CLICK ON PICS FOR LARGER VERSION THIS ISN'T NECESSARY BUT MAKES CUTTING THE HOLE IN THE INNER WING EASY TOOLS NEEDED 1,10mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2,PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER 3,DOOR TRIM STUD REMOVAL TOOL 4,STANLEY BLADE 5, JACK FIRST OF ALL I JACKED THE CAR UP TO REMOVE ARCH GUARD THIS HAS 2 x 10mm AND FOUR /FIVE PLASTIC CLIPS EASY TO SPOT ONCE REMOVED I THEN STARTED TO TAKE OFF FRONT SPLASH GUARD AND SIDE SILL AGAIN ALL 10mm BOLTS THE SPLASH GUARD AT THE TOP IS HELD ON WITH DOUBLE SIDED TAPE GENTLY PULL AWAY FROM BODY AND CUT WITH A BLADE CAREFUL NOT TO CUT INTO PANEL THE SPLASH GUARD IS ALSO HELD TO THE SIDE SILL WITH DOUBLE SIDED TAPE BUT YOU CAN LEAVE THIS AS IT WILL COME OFF AS ONE WITH THE SILL THE SIDE SILL HAS FOUR HIDDEN PUSH CLIPS THESE BRAKE EASY SO USED A TRIM REMOVAL TOOL THEY POP OUT WARDS ONCE THIS WAS OFF YOU CAN NOW SEE ALL THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE WING ON THESE ARE ALL 10mm ALONG THE TOP OFF THE WING INSIDE THE DOOR SHUT AND AT THE SIDE OF WERE THE HEADLAMP WAS AND ONE AT THE BOTTOM I ALSO UNDONE THE AIR RESONATOR BOX AS THIS COMES OFF AS WELL AGAIN 10mm ONCE ALL BOLTS REMOVED THE WING JUST LIFTS OFF ONCE WING IS REMOVED YOU SHOULD END UP WITH THIS HAD A BIT OF A WASH DOWN WHILE I HAD THE CHANCE WAS QUITE PLEASED HOW CLEAN IT WAS UNDER THEIR :D ] STAGE 3 INTER COOLER REMOVAL CLICK ON PICS FOR LARGER VERSION TOOLS NEEDED 1, 12mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2, FLAT HEAD SCREWDRIVER THIS WONT TAKE LONG UNDO ALL 3 12mm BOLTS AS IN PIC THEN UNDO THE JUBILEE CLIPS ON THROTTLE BODY, TURBO AND DUMP VALVE THEN JUST EASE PIPES OFF AND LIFT INTER COOLER OUT JOB DONE :thumb: WHILE I HAD THE SPANNERS OUT I ALSO TOOK ALL THE BRACKETS OFF AS WELL ALL WERE HELD WITH 12mm BOLTS 2 FOR EACH BRACKET STAGE 4 APEXI AIR FILTER REMOVAL TOOLS NEEDED 1, 10mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2, FLAT HEAD SCREWDRIVER 3,PLIERS FOR HOSE CLIPS WILL TRY AND ADD A STD AIR FILTER SYSTEM ASWELL FIRST UN CLIP THE MAF SENSOR CONNECTION THEN UNDO THE FOUR 10mm BOLTS HOLDING THE APEXI CONE TAKE OFF CONE THEN DISCONNECT ALL HOSES FROM UNIT AND UNDO THE JUBILEE CLIPS AS SHOWN IN PICTURE THEN REMOVE AND PLACE ALL TO ONE SIDE STAGE 5 DOWN PIPE AND TURBO WRAP TOOLS NEEDED 1, 12mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2, SNIPS 3, SCISSORS 4, PLIERS 5, JACK 6, 2" X 25' EXHAUST WRAP 7, STEALTH TURBO JACKET 8, 12 X STAINLESS STEEL TIES FIRST OF ALL I REMOVED THE METAL HEAT SHEILD THEN TOOK OFF THE ACTUATOR 2X 12mm BOLTS AND SPRING CLIP HOLDING THE ARM TO MAKE THINGS EASIER I WRAPPED THE DOWN PIPE FIRST THIS WAS LIKE WRESTLING A SNAKE JACK THE CAR UP SO YOU CAN WORK FROM UNDERNEATH AS WELL THIS WILL MAKE IT EASIER USE THE STAINLESS STEEL TIES APPROX 8" APART TO HOLD WRAP FIRM NEXT I FITTED THE STEALTH TURBO JACKET I THREADED THE SUPPLIED STAINLESS TIES IN A STITCH FASHION THEN CUT A HOLE FOR THE WASTE GATE ARM TO COME THROUGH WRAPPED THE JACKET AROUND THE TURBO AND PULLED THE TIES TO SECURE THIS TAKES A BIT OF TIME AND PATIENCE TO DO.I THEN REFITTED THE METAL HEAT SHEILD ON TOP FOR EXTRA HEAT PROTECTION STAGE 6 PREPARE AND REFIT AND MARK BUMPER BAR FOR DRILLING TOOLS NEEDED 1, 17mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2, DRILL 3,4mm AND8mm DRILL BITS 4, CENTER PUNCH 4,TAPE MEASURE 5, MARKER PEN FIRST DRILL OUT THE FOUR SPOT WELDS HOLDING THE No PLATE BRACKET AND REMOVE FROM BUMPER BAR, THEN BOLT THE BUMPER BAR BACK ON USING THE FOUR 17mm BOLTS TRY AND GET BACK IN SAME PLACE AS WHEN TAKEN OFF. FIND YOUR CENTERER POINT OF THE BUMPER BAR ON MINE THEIR WAS A CAPTIVE BOLT HOLE THAT HOLDS THE BUMPER TO THE BUMPER BAR. MEASURE OUT 250mm FROM THIS POINT BOTH WAYS AND MARK WITH A LINE THEN MEASURE IN 25mm FROM THE EDGE AND THIS WILL GIVE YOU YOUR CENTERER POINT FOR DRILLING MARK CENTER WITH A PUNCH THEN DRILL A PILOT HOLE 4mm THEN GO THROUGH WITH YOUR 8mm DRILL THESE ARE THE HOLES THAT WILL BOLT YOUR INTERCOOLER TO THE BUMPER BAR SEE PIC FOR MARKING DIAGRAM REMOVE CENTRE BRACKET AT BOTTOM 10mm SOCKET/SPANNER/PHILLIPS AUTOBAHN 88 FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER SUPPLIED BY BREN AT APEX PERFORMANCE PARTS STAGE 7 RECERC DV FITTING TOOLS NEEDED 1, 12mm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mm SPANNER/SOCKET 2,10mm SPANNER/SOCKET 3,HACKSAW 4,FILE 5,TIN SNIPS 6,PLIERS 7,DRILL/DRILL BIT 8,MARKER PEN 9,RULER FIRST OF ALL TAKE THE RIGHT HAND SIDE PIPE AND OFFER UP AGAINST THE TURBO AND CHECK FOR CLEARANCE YOU WILL FIND IT WILL RUN CLOSE TO THE METAL BRAKE PIPES BY THE MASTER CYLINDER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TURBO END YOU WILL SEE A GAP AND THE PIPE RUNS VERY TIGHT AGAINST THE THROTTLE BODY SO I CUT THE PIPE AND FILED IT SO IT SAT FLUSH AGAINST THE TURBO THIS ALSO GAVE A BIT OF CLEARANCE BY THE THROTTLE BODY AND THE METAL BRAKE PIPES. MAKE SURE YOU CLEAN ALL FILINGS OUT OF PIPE BEFORE OFFERING IT UP AGAIN NEXT BOLT THE FRONT MOUNT TO THE BUMPER BAR THROUGH THE TWO HOLES PREVIOUSLY DRILLED MAKE NOTE WHICH WAY ROUND YOU FIT THE INTERCOOLER SO IF YOU TAKE OFF IT WILL GO BACK THE SAME WAY ROUND NOW IF YOU OFFER UP THE SECOND RIGHT HAND PIPE YOU CAN ROUGHLY SEE WHAT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED TO STOP THE PIPE FROM FOULING THE BODY,CUT TO FIRST LINE THEN BEND BACK TO SECOND LINE TO GIVE THE PANEL SOME STRENGTH BACK AT THE BOTTOM TRIM TO BLACK LINE THE BEND DOWN YOU THEN HAVE TO MARK THE INNER WING FOR CUTTING THE HOLE TO LET THE PIPE THROUGH IF YOU FOLLOW THE HOLES ON THE PICTURE YOU WILL GET AN IDEA OF WHERE NEEDS TO BE CUT, I DRILLED A HOLE THEN SLOWLY CUT AWAY THE PANEL WITH A JIGSAW AND TINSNIPS THEN FILED INCREASING IN SIZE TILL I GOT IT RIGHT JUST ENOUGH TO PUT HE PIPE THROUGH WITH SOME PROTECTIVE EDGING TO STOP ANY WEAR ON THE PIPE SHOULD IT TOUCH THROUGH ENGINE MOVMENT GIVE THE BARE EDGES LEFT FROM CUTTING SOME METAL PRIMER TO STOP ANY RUST FORMING, THEN COVER THE EDGE WITH SOME FORM OF PROTECTIVE EDGING SEE PICS BELOW OFFER THE PIPE THROUGH THE HOLE AND ADJUST TO GET THE BEST FIT YOU WANT TO HAVE A GAP ARROUND THE PIPE AND ALSO WERE IT RUNS DOWN TO THE INTERCOOLER, YOU CAN ALSO PULL AWAY SLIGHTLY FROM THE BRAKE PIPES THEN BOLT UP WITH THE CLAMPS TO HOLD IN PLACE Attachment 49568 Attachment 49569 Attachment 49570 Attachment 49571 Attachment 49572 Attachment 49573 NOW TAKE THE LEFT HAND TOP PIPE AND LAY OVER ENGINE SO YOU CAN SEE ROUGHLY WERE IT GOES THEN THREAD UNDER PIPES AND AROUND OIL FILLER WHEN I DONE THIS IT WAS JUST TO TIGHT TO THE OIL FILLER AND WAS OUT OF LINE TO BE ABLE TO JOIN THE SECOND PIPE SO I CUT THE PIPE UP FROM THE BEND ON THE PIC AND REPLACED WITH A PIECE OF SILICON HOSE WHICH ALLOWED ME TO SWIVEL THE END ROUND AND GET A LITTLE MORE LENGTH TO CLEAR THE CAM COVER AS YOU SWIVEL THE PIPE IT ALSO TAKES IT AWAY FROM THE OIL FILLER TO LEAVE MORE CLEARANCE Attachment 49574 Attachment 49575 Attachment 49576 Attachment 49577 Attachment 49578 Attachment 49579 OFFER UP SECOND LEFT PIPE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT SOME MORE TRIMMING IS NEEDED AGAIN CUT TO FIRST LINE THEN BEND BACK TO SECOND LINE YOU MAY HAVE TO ALSO NEED TRIM AND BEND BACK A SMALL SECTION INSIDE THE WING JUST ABOVE THE TOW HITCH YOU HAVE NOW INSTALED THE MAIN PART OF THE FRONT MOUNT INTERCOOLER JUST THE DV TO PLUMB IN DEPENDING ON THE TYPE YOU ARE USING YOU SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS FITTED THE APEX INDUCTION KIT AND A SHIELD TO TRY AND KEEP THE AREA COOL WILL BE ADDING SOME THERMAL HEAT SHEILD TO THIS ASWELL TOOLS NEEDED 1,DREMMEL WITH CUTTING BLADE 2,STANLEY KNIFE 3,MARKER PEN 4,RULER FIRST OF ALL I MARKED 10mm MARKS FROM THE FRONT OF THE BLACK GRILL PART ALL THE WAY ACROSS FROM BACK TO FRONT, THEN MARKED 10cm MARKS FROM SIDE TO SIDE THEN CAREFULLY CUT OUT THE BLACK GRILL SECTION AS I INTEND TO TRY TO REFIT THIS FURTHER FORWARD YOU SHOULD BE LEFT WITH THIS FROM THE CORNERS I MEASURED 40mm THEN DREW A STRAIGHT LINE ACROSS AND CUT OUT, THIS LEFT I SMALL GAP AT THE FRONT OF THE INTERCOOLER WHICH LOOKED OK Attachment 49585 Attachment 49586 THEN TURN THE BUMPER UPSIDE DOWN AND MARK UP AS THE PICTURE Attachment 49587 THESE MARKS WILL BE YOUR REFERENCE POINTS FOR TRIMMING I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU MY MEASUREMENTS BUT YOU MAY HAVE TO ADJUST ACCORDING TO YOUR CAR WHEN CUTTING YOUR BUMPER CUT SLIGHTLY LESS AS YOU CAN ALWAYS TRIM MORE BUT YOU CANT PUT BACK IF YOU GO TO FAR THESE MEASUREMENTS WERE HOW MY CAR WORKED OUT AND IS ONLY A GUIDE MANAGED TO TRIM DOWN THE ORIGINAL GRILL AND REFIT BACK INTO THE BUMPER TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL LOOK I TRIMMED THE FRONT BACK TO THE CROSS BARS AND ON THE REAR CUT ABOUT 8mm FROM OUTER EDGE AT A ANGLE TO THE DOWN BARS THEN PLASTIC WELDED BACK IN IT COMES UP SLIGHTLY SHORT SO CUT THE LOWER BAR AT THE SIDES AND DROPPRD IT DOWN JUST NEEDS A BIT OF FINISHING BUT HAPPY WITH THE WAY IT LOOKS TOOLS NEEDED 1,10mm SOCKET 2, PHILIP'S SCREWDRIVER 3, GRINDER/ HACKSAW 4,METAL FILE TO REFIT THE FRONT FOG LIGHTS YOU MAY HAVE TO TRIM SOME OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE METAL BACK BRACKETS DON,T WORRY ABOUT TAKING THE LUGS OFF AS THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE FOG LIGHTS WILL HOLD THE BACK PLATES IN PLACE ONCE TRIMMED PLACE INTO BACK OF BUMPER AND BOLT THE FOG LIGHTS BACK IN USING THE THREE 10mm BOLTS NOT FORGETTING THAT THE TOP OUTER BOLT ALSO HOLDS THE INDICATOR LENS IN ONCE FOGS ARE FITTED AND THE BUMPER ALL SECURED YOU CAN THEN REFIT THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE SIDE LIGHTS NOW YOU HAVE COMPLETED FITTING THE FRONT MOUNT TO GET THE BEST OUT OF THE UPGRADE ITS RECOMMENDED TO HAVE THE CAR MAPPED TO SUIT KIP THANK YOU TO BREN@APEX FOR THE FRONT MOUNT AND SILICONE HOSE JOHN AT PIPEWERX FOR THE MIKALOR CLAMPS AND HEATSHIELD/WRAP IAN (DAONE SNET MEMBER) AND DAD FOR DV ADAPTERS IF YOU HAVE FOUND THIS THREAD USEFUL PLEASE COMMENT OR RATE IT |
ALL TIPS COMMENTS AND ADVICE WELCOME
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EXTRA ITEMS YOU MAY NEED TO SOURCE TO AID FITTING SOME PICS OF THE O/E DV ADAPTORS TO RUN WITH THE FRONT MOUNT STI8 AND STI STIV4/5 THINK THESE ARE YEAR RELATED RATHER THAN MODEL RELATED THIS IS THE LATER TYPE NEWAGE PICTURE 4 IS A CONVERSION SO THE DV CAN BE USED ON THE EARLY MY93 MODELS Attachment 49596 http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m.../bovnew2-1.jpg http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m.../bovnew1-1.jpg Attachment 49597 THIS IS THE EARLY GC8 STI V4/5 Attachment 49598 Attachment 49599 Attachment 49600 IF YOU WANT DV CONVERSION OR ADAPTORS MADE CONTACT DAONE A MEMBER ON HERE OR PM ME AND ILL GIVE YOU CONTACT DETAILS AND YOU CAN DEAL DIRECT NO NEED FOR GROUP BUY ON THESE MADE TO ORDER SO ORDER EARLY IF YOU REQUIRE ONE THEY WORK OUT £20 INC POST FOR EITHER TYPE OF DV CONVERTOR SELLING FOR £25. ON EBAY SO SAVE A FIVER the quality of the work is excellent when going to a front mount you may require one of these to run your std recerc dump valve KIP:thumb: will add to this as I get more info on how to fit will add pics of early type Sunday IF YOU NEED ONE FOR THE EARLY PLASTIC DV YOU WILL NEED A REDUCER PIPE FROM SAMCO DEMON TWEEKS HAVE THESE HAVING SOME ALLOY ADAPTERS MADE FOR THE EARLY PLASTIC TYPE DVS WILL POST PICS WHEN DONE MIKALOR HOSE CLAMP UPGRADE ITS WORTH THINKING ABOUT UPGRADING THE SUPPLIED JUBILEE CLIPS TO THE MIKALOR TYPE YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERANCE AND LESS CHANCE OF BLOWING A PIPE OFF Mikalor Supra Hoseclips... Attachment 49601 Attachment 49602 THESE ARE THE SIZES NEEDED FOR THE UPGRADE 1 x 79-73 2 x 55-59 2 x 79-85 7 x 68-73 Attachment 49603 Attachment 49604 APEXI POWER INTAKE WHEN FITTING THE FRONT MOUNT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR STD AIRBOX DUE TO INTERCOOLER PIPE RUNNIN THROUGH THE WING, SO YOU WILL NEED A CONE FILTER TRY AND AVOID THE OILED ONES AS THIS WILL UPSET YOUR MAF THE APEXI IS A DRY TYPE AND IS ONLY AN EXAMPLE OF WHATS ABOUT Attachment 49605 Attachment 49606 Attachment 49607 BELOW HEAT SHIELD BLANKET....................................THERMO WRAP Attachment 49608 Attachment 49609 Attachment 49610 Attachment 49611 THERMO HEAT SHIELD FOR THE TURBO AND SOME HEAT WRAP FOR THE DOWN PIPE AND THE INTERCOOLER PIPE THAT RUNS OVER THE TURBO IVE READ THAT UNDER BONNET HEAT IS ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SCOOB SO MY INTENTION IS TO TRY AND CUT SOME OF THIS DOWN IVE ALREADY MADE A PLATE TO SEPARATE THE INDUCTION KIT BUT SOME REFLECTIVE HEAT SHIELD WILL MAKE THIS EVEN BETTER I CANT WRAP THE EXH MANIFOLD AS ITS STD AT THE MOMENT AND THE EXTRA HEAT WHEN WRAPPED DOES THE WELDS IN |
Good stuff so far, keep it coming!
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STAGE 3 UPDATE WING REMOVAL
STAGE 2 UPDATE WING REMOVAL
HAVE ADDED THIS TO FIRST THREAD SO ITS ALL TOGETHER THIS IS FAIRLY EASY WITH MINIMUM TOOLS NEEDED THIS TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR WITH PHOTOS SO GO ON HAVE A GO AND GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY :thumb: KIP |
Bloody marvelous mate :)
Just what I was looking for ! Just about to facelift my car and also looking for a FMIC :) |
Originally Posted by Puppetmaster
(Post 6653578)
Bloody marvelous mate :)
Just what I was looking for ! Just about to facelift my car and also looking for a FMIC :) https://www.scoobynet.com/group-buys...ic-kit-11.html PLENTY OF INFO IVE SOURCED INCLUDING OE DV FITTING MOST QUESTIONS ANSWERD FOR YOU WELCOME ONBOARD :thumb: KIP |
Lots of pics, key to a good Project Thread
Excellent! Graham :D |
Looking good, not sure you needed to take of the wing and the bumper suport bar. Take your time when cutting the bumper ;)
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You may find you can get away without taking the wing off. I managed when I did mine.
Fantastic guide though. I wish it was available when I was fitting my FMIC :thumb: |
Originally Posted by *Un-ink*
(Post 6654875)
Looking good, not sure you needed to take of the wing and the bumper suport bar. Take your time when cutting the bumper ;)
Yer not looking forward to cutting the bumper but got me dremmel ready with new cutting blades Im gonna try and squeez the original grill back in if possible cheers KIP |
Originally Posted by 911
(Post 6654726)
Lots of pics, key to a good Project Thread
Excellent! Graham :D I need a bit of advice Im going to wrap the pipe that goes over the turbo whats the best to use and were can i source it, seen a few on ebay but not sure??? KIP |
Originally Posted by gatecrasher3
(Post 6654891)
You may find you can get away without taking the wing off. I managed when I did mine.
Fantastic guide though. I wish it was available when I was fitting my FMIC :thumb: would be nice to have a section on here with stickies of common mods to save trawling the searches thankyou for your comment KIP |
Originally Posted by KIPS
(Post 6654924)
would be nice to have a section on here with stickies of common mods to save trawling the searches
KIP GREAT idea... lets hope something can be done about it ;) |
Good thread mate. When you get your FMIC you'll most likely need to purchase a silicon pipe to join the turbo to the hard pipe. 51mm diameter is the size I needed.
Micky |
Originally Posted by mickywrx
(Post 6655272)
Good thread mate. When you get your FMIC you'll most likely need to purchase a silicon pipe to join the turbo to the hard pipe. 51mm diameter is the size I needed.
Micky Ill add that to my shoping list cheers for info and comment :thumb: kip |
Only too happy to help :thumb:
If you've any questions feel free to ask. PM me or since I've moved out of the dark ages, I now have msn :lol1: Micky. |
Originally Posted by Dan 2
(Post 6654962)
GREAT idea... lets hope something can be done about it ;)
https://www.scoobynet.com/bugs-featu...ng-guides.html KIP |
HKS intercooler for sale. She's sooo lovely!!:D
However, i have bought a new age STI and dont want the hassle of a FMIC and lose my ic water spray so just adding a few mods to it to hopefully reach the 300bhp mark. Anyhow, the piping is off the car but need to wait until my days off to remove the front bumper and bits to remove the intercooler. I have all the original HKS hoses and new all round jubilee clips to hold them in place along with the instructions. The intercooler fits my 94 Import WRX a treat, i'm told that it will fit all classics and probably my bugeye. Roll up Roll up, what will you give for her before she goes on fleabay??:D |
Originally Posted by J_sca001
(Post 6660195)
HKS intercooler for sale. She's sooo lovely!!:D
However, i have bought a new age STI and dont want the hassle of a FMIC and lose my ic water spray so just adding a few mods to it to hopefully reach the 300bhp mark. Anyhow, the piping is off the car but need to wait until my days off to remove the front bumper and bits to remove the intercooler. I have all the original HKS hoses and new all round jubilee clips to hold them in place along with the instructions. The intercooler fits my 94 Import WRX a treat, i'm told that it will fit all classics and probably my bugeye. Roll up Roll up, what will you give for her before she goes on fleabay??:D |
Had a little tidy up on thread today with spell checker still waiting on inter cooler shouldn't be long now, been working out how to go about cutting bumper so every one has rough measurements to follow:thumb:
KIP |
Originally Posted by J_sca001
(Post 6660195)
HKS intercooler for sale. She's sooo lovely!!:D
cheers buddie KIP:thumb: |
Good thread this mate, wish it had been around when I did mine. Hope you don't mind but I have added a link. You may have probs with your DV as I did, I tried a few things till I got it right. The link covers the problem and how I fixed it.
LADS :: View topic - DV problem |
Originally Posted by T5OLF
(Post 6671899)
Good thread this mate, wish it had been around when I did mine. Hope you don't mind but I have added a link. You may have probs with your DV as I did, I tried a few things till I got it right. The link covers the problem and how I fixed it.
LADS :: View topic - DV problem cheers KIP:thumb: just sat and read it perfect ill add this to my front mount inter cooler group buy |
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Had a bit of time today so had a play about with the bumper Ive not added this to above thread ill do that when it comes to cutting the bumper for the front mount :thumb:
Ive had a couple of 3Dr cossie bonnet vents kicking about and come up with the idea of putting some side vents in the front bumper, I had to cut these down and plastic weld them back together (you could say cut and shut) as these would of been to large have added some pics to see what you think Attachment 49612 Attachment 49613 Attachment 49614 Attachment 49615 STILL WAITING FOR FRONT MOUNT SHOULDNT BE LONG NOW AND ILL FINISH THE MAIN PROJECT THREAD THANKS TO ALL FOR THE COMMENTS KIP:thumb: |
looking good :)
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HEAT SHIELDS FITTED TODAY
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Had another free day today so between the rain I went about fitting heat Shields thought this was going to be straight forward but due to after market exhaust with a divorce waste gate pipe there was no way this was going on
so after cutting a bracket down and the heat shield managed to get it fitted hasn't gone on to bad ,have put the bracket to hold the heat shield to the engine so any movement will move the heat shield with it and by not putting it to the body should cut out any re verb through the panels added some pics of finished job Attachment 49616 Attachment 49617 Ive also added a shield between the engine and the apexi power intake but this may move to inside the wing yet will decide once front mount is fitted QUICK QUESTION FOR ANYONE I WANT TO WRAP THE EXHAUST AND THE FRONT MOUNT PIPE THAT RUNS OVER THE TURBO IVE SEEN LOADS OF HEAT WRAP ON EBAY BUT WHAT IS THE BEST ONE TO GET CHEERS ALL KIP |
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:D :D :D CAUGHT ME :lol1:
I tried the chimney one but think that might of interfered with the front mount pipe so got hold of a later one used a bit of autosolve on it got to look good for the photos:thumb: |
Originally Posted by KIPS
(Post 6688967)
:D :D :D CAUGHT ME :lol1:
I tried the chimney one but think that might of interfered with the front mount pipe so got hold of a later one used a bit of autosolve on it got to look good for the photos:thumb: |
Heat wrap I've always used is the stuff they use for canal boats, you can get it off the shelf from any good chandlers!!
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