fitting front mount intercooler help

[richarde7927]

Hi there all i have brought a front mount intercooler for my supra tt j spec manual , i have pulled the front bumper off tonight and i have a question .

Ill take it you have to take the moverable spoiler off the car as its right in the way and also the undertray , that runs from the wheel arch linings to the front bumper ?

 

Rich.

[mwilkinson]

Your right about needing to remove the active spoiler.

 

Not sure about the front under tray though? I would have thought that could stay?

[richarde7927]

I throught that to but the tray starts off low at the back (under rads ) and then bends and rises up to meet the bottom of the large centre hole of the bumper , so with that there the intercooler will not fit in the space , i could cut a section out of it for the intercooler but still leaving most of it in place . just throught i would ask first as there must be loads of members here with a front mounts on . Rich.

[RobUK]

Hi Rich

 

Have a look at this mate, its not perfect but will give you some pointers on installing.....

 

http://www.mkiv.com/techarticles/greddy_fmic_for_stock_turbos/index.html

 

Good Luck

 

Rob

[Robzki]

As a general rule you remove the active spoiler complete with undertray, package it up, send it to me........... I pay you, you then you buy a few beers and enjoy looking at your lovely new fmic. everyones a winner

Edited May 17, 2010 by Robzki (see edit history)

[nevins]

As a general rule you remove the active spoiler complete with undertray, package it up, send it to me........... I pay you you, then you buy a few beers and enjoy looking at your lovely new fmic. everyones a winner

 

Very smooth lol:cool:

[Robzki]

Very smooth lol:cool:

 

I'm trying so hard to get one. must give up soon its becoming an obsession

[nevins]

dont give up fella , some one will sell one soon.

[Robzki]

dont give up fella , some one will sell one soon.

 

thanks m8. I'm putting the thumbscrews on a member here

[Robzki]

ooooh, that sounded so wrong :/

[nevins]

Well it needs to come off for the front mount to be fitted , so cant see a problem with him selling it, make him a offer he cant refuse. Or turn the screws tighter lol.

[richarde7927]

Thank you for the reply's the pictures were a great help , well the kit is on .

 

i did remove the undertray and spoiler complete as there was no way the undertray was ever going back on ,

I also had to remove the :

The top air deflector

The expansion tank

and of course the standard intercooler

 

I have no problem with sell the spoiler and undertrays but im looking to refit just the rubber part back to the bottom of the bumper as i like the look of the car if that part on the car , if i cannot figure a way out to fix it to the bumper ,robzki you have first offer of it . Rich.

[Marty]

How come you decided to fit a front mount buddy? I remember thinking the stock cooler was in great condition.

 

I refitted the rubber part of the active spoiler back on my car, which has a greddy 3row, it's not that much of a pain to do it to be honest, you shouldn't have a problem

[tomgeer]

Apparently you can keep the active spoiler on as long as it's permanently in the down position. I removed mine completely though when I fitted my FMIC.

[richarde7927]

you could not have the hole system on the car as the intercooler pipes and the intercooler sits were the brackets for the spoiler fit , ill get the the spoiler to fit im sure ill have a good look at it tomorrow .

 

I went for the front mount as its was cheap and it can only be better for the engine as the standard one is well hidden in the corner , plus there was a big hole in the centre of the bumber with nothing to look at but the power steering cooler pipes it always looked like there should have been some mesh there or something was missing . Rich.

[richarde7927]

The car has gone from this :

 

To this :

 

Rich.

[Marty]

Looks good buddy

You're right about the gap in the front, does look like it needs something, the cooler looks great in it

I will say though, your cooling will suffer for it you know The stock intercooler system is highly efficient the way it was designed, far better than most front mounts can manage. Cheap front mounts are generally badly designed internally, plus if you leave the gaps either side of it most of the air will take the easiest route and pass around the intercooler instead of going through it.

Take a look at Jay's (jevansio) garage, he's done a cracking job of plugging up the gaps with some shiny metal plate

[richarde7927]

Cheers mate ill have a look at that . Rich.

[richarde7927]

Ok little update for you all , i have not been using the car since i fitted the front mount as i need to relocate the expansion bottle , but on wednesday i had to use the car , so i put a bolt in the end of the pipe and off to work i went . Well about a minute from work i saw the temp gauge on 3/4 and turned the car off , left it 10 mins and then got the car to work had a look at the rad as there was water all over the engine and the rad had split at the top on the plastic part . due to me putting the bolt in the pipe ( i am a knob )

So i brought a full ali rad fitted it and sorted the expansion bottle out and all is now well .

 

 

Rich.