hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Today was the day when I finally replaced my flakey and quite frankly dead stock Side Mounted Intercooler (SMIC) with a brand spanking new shiney one from Miami GT. Install was simple enough, just a little fiddly and time consuming but we got there in the end. Biggest problem was locating imperial threaed bolts and then cutting them down to size to suit. Right on with the pics: The Cooler in all its glory pre-installation My old knackered SMIC in situ Rear face of knackered old SMIC once fender guard and wheel had been removed stock SMIC removed. Notice the rather good job Toyota made of ducting cold air into the surface of the SMIC. Shocking front face of the SMIC once removed and ducting removed! Reverse side of the SMIC - even more shocking the fins had turned into something that resembled burnt ash!!! New Miami GT SMIC in position. Scraped a few fins on the brake disc getting it in, but all is good. Just look how good it looks compared to the lump of crust I removed that some people call an intercooler Bish Bosh jobsaguddun. Spanking new SMIC in place nice and secure with ducting in too. Andyhannah/carbonangel - In future you might want to supply some buffer type stuff to fill in the gap between the stock ducting and your coolers. I made do with some insulation foam stuff, but there was still some small gapping which may allow air to escape.. Took it out for a brief test run, but fog was too bad for me to give it some serious stick. Car felt a lot lot better. Came on boost stronger and just felt a lot more driveable at lower revs. Guess now its actually intercooled, the turbos arent working as hard as they were before!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 nice install....well done when i got my uprated one installed, i noticed a immediate increase in pull - upon doing a dyno run it was confirmed at a massive increase in torque. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Might now get it back upto 320ish bhp bone stock on the dyno then When you see the state of a stock SMIC its a miracle to think these cars even run!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 yeah, yours seems like its completely shagged.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Andyhannah/carbonangel - In future you might want to supply some buffer type stuff to fill in the gap between the stock ducting and your coolers. The stock ducting has some of this (draft exclusion foam) on there, mine was intact but i suppose it degrades away over time? Think im still wining for the most fucked stock smic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 yep and also due to the fact that the stock ducting doesnt fit flush with your coolers, it leaves a bit of a gap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 yep and also due to the fact that the stock ducting doesnt fit flush with your coolers, it leaves a bit of a gap yeah it leaves a gap which my stock foam filled Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Think im still wining for the most fucked stock smic Yep that pic put the fear of god into me, even after pulling my old one out!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSheffield Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Looking good Hadyn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Thanks rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Nice one hadyn. How many bolts where needed in the end? Where they all the same size? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 In the end I think I used 9 imperial thread bolts. All the same size, although I had to get the hacksaw out to cut them down to size to suit. I sourced my imperial bolts from a local bolt supplier... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 In the end I think I used 9 imperial thread bolts. All the same size, although I had to get the hacksaw out to cut them down to size to suit. I sourced my imperial bolts from a local bolt supplier... Dont suppose you know how long the bolts ended up when you cut them down? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 The 4 bolts for the ducting varied from 1/2" in length to 3/4" The four for the front and rear brackets were 1/2" length Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Cheers thanks for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Andyhannah owes me some research and development money now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 If anyone needs any help fitting a SMIC with the front bumper still on, take a look at this thread: http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=73003&highlight=SMIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dandan Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I may have missed something here but why couldn't you reuse the stock bolts? Does the replacement core have different threads to the core it replaces? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Yes the replacement smic was made in america and therefore has US Imperial threads which are incompatible with the UK/Jap metric sized bolts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 Apologies for re-opening this old thread, but does anyone happen to know what thread the ducting holes needs? I know its imperial, but I don't have a helpful bolt shop that will let me try any, and silly though it sounds, I don't seem to have any imperial bolts in my garage!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadyn Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 PM Ric about this Flip. I cant honestly remember thread sizes etc - he might have a better memory than me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayman Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 I used drill plugs in the end and closest metric bolt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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