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Intercooler?
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:52 pm
by boostedblue
Intercooler on SXT, possible?
What ya guys think?
Anyone know someone selling SRT4 front bumperrrr?!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/03-05-DO ... enameZWDVW
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 4:56 pm
by Danteneon
Ummmm.....ok. If you are doing a turbo kit, sure. But please tell me you aren't just installing the IC on a NA engine.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:14 pm
by Swordfish2Cowboy
You can do it, but you have to cut some pieces and parts I think. Use the search function and you'll find something.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:33 pm
by hul kogan
shouldn't be too much of a hassle to use that intercooler. maybe a lil cutting here and there (nothing a sawzall won't speed through) and you will have to remove the core support. removing the core support will greatly decrease your front impact safety, as you can imagine. there are braces that you can get to keep some of the front structural integrity, although i personally haven't read/seen too much about those.
on a side note, are you entirely sure that you need this big of an intercooler? in some instances with a smaller turbo (such as the srt-4 stock piece) you will actually hurt your performance with that big of an intercooler. just some food for thought.
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:25 pm
by racer12306
^^^yeah, large pressure delta FTL
also, this belongs in the forced induction section.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 9:44 am
by occasional demons
hul kogan wrote:shouldn't be too much of a hassle to use that intercooler. maybe a lil cutting here and there (nothing a sawzall won't speed through) and you will have to remove the core support. removing the core support will greatly decrease your front impact safety, as you can imagine. there are braces that you can get to keep some of the front structural integrity, although i personally haven't read/seen too much about those.
on a side note, are you entirely sure that you need this big of an intercooler? in some instances with a smaller turbo (such as the srt-4 stock piece) you will actually hurt your performance with that big of an intercooler. just some food for thought.
The core support is what the radiator mounts to. The crash bar (inner bumper) is what he means, just so no one gets the wrong idea. Sadly there are too many ppl out there that would actually do it.
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 3:06 pm
by excon
Danteneon wrote:Ummmm.....ok. If you are doing a turbo kit, sure. But please tell me you aren't just installing the IC on a NA engine.
I checked out your car. You have an 05 sxt lightly modded... Unless you have a turbo, you don't need an intercooler. Please tell me (too) that you are not putting an intercooler on a non-turbo car.
Do you want it to look like it has a turbo? it's just added weight...
Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 12:59 pm
by hul kogan
occasional demons wrote:The core support is what the radiator mounts to. The crash bar (inner bumper) is what he means, just so no one gets the wrong idea. Sadly there are too many ppl out there that would actually do it.
haha, yes my bad. definitely meant crash bar there
for the love of god people...don't remove your core support, lol!

Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 1:04 pm
by Danteneon

Or the bumper reinforcement (crashbar). Unless you don't care if the car handles like crap
