bent fins on intercooler

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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 07:36 PM
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im about to buy a turbo kit, however some of the fins are bent on the intercooler. the ones on the front of the intercooler are from rocks and road debris id imagine, but when the guy im buyin from mounted it he had to bend the mounting bracket and bent some of the fins when he bent it too far. could this cause any problems or is it nothin to worry about?
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 07:49 PM
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Bend the fins back. I like to use a small flathead screwdriver, but there are special pliars designed to do it.
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 07:51 PM
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 07:58 PM
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thats fine to use. the tube is fine and luckly the fins on the outer row don't need to work as well as the inner ones anyway. Be carefull if you have to bend it back too
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 08:04 PM
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It can be fixed. as long as none of the cores themselves are damaged.
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Old Jul 16, 2004 | 08:10 PM
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awesome..thanks for the help and the answer i wanted to hear
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