Front mounted intercooler pic request

[appletree]

If you have any pics of what type of intercooler you fitted to you car and how you fitted it in can you please post them up? Ive got a few but i'm trying to work out the max size i can fit in without swopping to a aftermarket style front bumper.

i'am going to be getting one made up but just wanted to see what people had done to get the best air flow....

[Phill172]

well for air flow, youv seen mine!



but these may help



this was a good link too
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=61564
http://www.e30tech.com/forum/showthread.php?t=47551

[fuzzy]

i was looking at a custom cooler made up to fit the void behind the front grill and the rad ,between the lights. not done it yet though but i was wanting it as big as possible without making it obvious.

[e30_Turbo]

Like this

I've made a bracket to support it from the top but never welded it in, it's trapped between valence and the bar in front of the rad.

When the weather warms I'm gonna spin it over and mount iy upside down, run pipes through and up and restore full beams.

I've had too many near misses now due to me flashing people and them not seeing me, cos I haven't got any!!

Matt, did I email you the pics from mine?

[GrindCulture]

That looks eeeeevil I was never a fan of having the intercooler stuck out up front like this before but it's grown on me a hell of a lot...

[appletree]

heres aftew ive found on the zone and an m3 that was on boosted town.

hope the owners dont mind, if you do PM me and i'll remove them.


M20 2.7 turbo M3 evo

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur ... n%26sa%3DN

[appletree]

great thread phill

Perticually like this one, like fozzy's but upside down think i might just buy one of these instead and a new valance to cut up, £100 job done and 450+ capabiltiy cant go wrong.

[e30_Turbo]

That's the way!

I had one made up charge pipe when I got the IC, kinda made me fit it like I did just so I could use the ali charge pipe.

Next time it's going down!

[appletree]

Ace so is that the same as yours then??

what size is it and were did you get it from please?

Also did you try it the other way to see if it cleared the valance??

[e30_Turbo]

It's a ebay special, although I got it from a James ( M50B25 Turbo ) he was upgrading so we did a deal.

3 inch in/out, 60mm thick, no idea on LxW, measure between the bumper irons

With no valence on you have load of room, you could mount it at any height, either way, I'd suggest seeing if you can get it to sit level with the lower brace as lines up with the lower air slot in the valence, then chop straight up to the bumper, you'll get good flow to the centre of the IC. If you want more airflow then maybe go for a longer/thinner IC that can run under the bumper, for max flow with either IC you'll need to be cutting some metal off. ( I throughly enjoyed doing mine, increasing performance while decreasing weight, nice. )

[e30_Turbo]

I've seen a easy mod too, just bounced into my head! Take some meat out of the inner edges of the bumper iron covers, that allows that IC to drop enough to allow 3 inch pipes and all the headlights, good position to.

[scottidog]

That looks eeeeevil I was never a fan of having the intercooler stuck out up front like this before but it's grown on me a hell of a lot...

That looks sweet!!!!!!

[BadDave]

heres aftew ive found on the zone

That's the one i'll be using on mine.
I think i'll be removing a bit more material from the valance when i do mine tough

Toby Unna's car if i'm not mistaken?

[appletree]

Ya thats tobys car, ive got a volvo an a saab one the same. Shame the end tanks are plastic.

[BadDave]

Ya thats tobys car, ive got a volvo an a saab one the same. Shame the end tanks are plastic.

You could "strap them" if there's going to be issues with them

[e30_Turbo]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-LARGE-Interco ... 240%3A1318

Why bother and take the chance of it blowing apart and sending plastic and shit into the engine, for the money these are it's worth it IMO. Doubt we'll ever outgrow them and they're made well plus I've been buying of Jon (800bhp) for years, he's a good supplier and I'm sure an email would see you a few quid saved as he's a petrolhead himself and loves boost! He sells other bits for e30's too, braces, shifters, etc.