I doubt many of you are 300z fans, and i don't blame you, pain in the butt to work on! Anyways, here's some pics of a front mount intercooler i'm buiding for one at my shop. You don't see many front mounts on 300z's because of the twin turbo twin t/b configuration. I used a 24x10.5x3.5 precision intercooler core and made the end tanks out of .125" 6061 T6 plate. Air will flow across in opposite directions. The core is split in half. One goes in on the bottom left and out on the bottom right, and the other goes in on the top right and out on the top left. Thought i'd share some pics.

I'm also working on a pretty cool ic/turbo setup on a sfwd car right now, but I want to wait until it's finished to post pics.

 

sick..i cant wait to start fabricating..

 

I build 300zx's, and that is a pretty good looking FMIC, there are a few company's that make kits already they are pretty crappy, and out of shitty IC core's.

I am designing a Single turbo kit for the Z so it can run turbo's up to 76mm, and compete better with the supra's.

good luck and keep up the good work.

 

Seriously, where are you hiding the robotic tig machine?

 

What size filler do you use for that kind of work? 3/32? or smaller or bigger?

Thanks tony

 

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I'd like to know also, the welds look beautiful

 

Tony where do I sign up for lessons

 

Thanks guys, that was done with 3/32 tungsten sharpened a little and balled on the end. 3/32 filler as well.

 

I don't see any wiggins clamps

 

God dam your welds are insane. The welds are so consistent. nice fabrication

 

****, i'm sure you can imagine the intercooler piping involved with twin turbos and twin throttle bodies. Can't afford wiggins in that kind of quantity! lol

 

heres a soon to be 700+hp 300zx (when it gets tuned) taht i did some work on at my shop. i built the dual exhaust on it, and when he gets back from deployment we are changing the twin 16gs for twin 20's i think, dont quote me, i will find out soon enough EDIT Why dont my pics work? they work on vortex, WTF

 

nice welds!

those end tanks look a LOT like the greddy FMIC kit's

 

I'm pretty sure all the greddy stuff is cast alum. All the stuff i've seen anyways.

 

oh yea; they're cast; but they have the V lookin things in em

 

Yeah, not too many diff. ways to do it. lol

 

yup; looks nice


i have a 91 n/t 5spd 2+2 300zx that id down at the moment. its got a blown headgasket. With as cheap as z32 parts are getting i'm seriously considering finding a TTZ front clip and doing a TT swap. i've seen people grab full clips for ~ $1500-2500; sell some parts off it and my na parts and slap on some T28 turbo's; better clutch and a 1 piece driveshaft and I sould be good I already have an AshSpec chip and some software to play with the maps

 

crazy weld...orgasmic i might add (**** gotta change boxers)

 

Extremely nice work Tony. Ive always enjoyed pictures of what youve been up to. I was wondering, what thickness that aluminum is, what machine you are using, and how many amps you were running(approx.)?
One more thing, I am pretty good at aluminum, but have never had any luck joining 2 welds. Like where a horizontal and vertical joint come together. I see on that intercooler, you have alot of those, and they all look great. Any tips/tricks on how to do that?
Thanks in advance, and again, GREAT WORK!
Kyle

 

nice work Tony! Don't forget to add the backplate to the bottom left endtank.

 

Amazing welds. IC looks awesome.

 

front mounts are pointless. they block radiator cooling. the greddy side mounts are good to 700whp-800whp.

 

Nice works, as always Tony.

What welder are you running now a days ?

 

Nice except where are the fog light brackets going to be mounted?

 

These are made out of 1/8" thick aluminum plate. They were welded with a Miller Syncrowave 250. I don't know the amperage, I run the **** around 175 or so, but I know i'm not using that much, maybe 120amps or so.

No more fog lights. This is a "street car" in the sense that our crazy hondas are street cars. No ac, no ps, Motec M600, etc...