I am thinging about getting 31x12x4 intercooler with 2.5 piping or should i go with little skinnier like 3 inch thick
they are pre cheap on ebay and have bar and plate designe

SHOW me what you guys have on your setup and some info on how did you make it fit
And please post some pictures

 

any body

 

Old car with 31x12x3 ebay intercooler




Glad I got rid of it. I don't know if there was a boost leak in my old setup I never caught or the backdoor setup really helps that much but switching to an 18x6x3 core backdoor pwr shaved a ton off my spool time. Plus I didn't like the bumper hacking. In the second picture it's crooked but that was just for mock up.

To mount it I just drilled holes in the top of the core support for long bolts and on the bottom I just took and bolted some brackets comming off the bottom of the intercooler to the bottom of the core support using holes that were already there.

 

I have the same intercooler making 435whp

 

Forget the exact core size, pretty sure its a 3" or 3.5" thick 800hp core.

 

No pics but just did a 32x12x3.5 on an EG and i am telling you now there is no way to fit a 4" core and keep the stock grill if thats what your planning, 3.5" left is 1/4" of grill.

 

so with 3 i could keep my grill on

 

precision 750hp intercooler 31 1/2" L x 10 5/8" H x 3 1/2" D

 

32x12x3 , 3 inch inlet and outlet . , and i dont care the tags showing i dont have them anymore lol

as far as fitment besides the obvious bumper trimming , i just notched the bumper support and bolted the intercooler to the top peice of metal on the support

 

Yup, i have 3" my buddy has 3.5" we both have the stock grill, i have an EJ though, he has an EG and his is VERY thin but it looks great, i will try and snap a photo when it gets out of paint.

 

this looks like a nice fitment without cutting the bumper support

 

i think the bumper support is totally hacked up, in fact i think the top part of the IC is inside the bumper support! it looks that way from the pics at least...

 

sorry i meant without removing it completly

 

 

my support isnt removed either , its the same as the teal car just notched so the top of the IC goes into the support to bolt the intercooler to the top of the support . mine is 3 inch's thick and i had little more then a 1/4 grill left it was to flimsy for my liking which is why i cut it all out

if you plan on running 3 inch thick , go by a cheap belt sander it saved SO much time thinning my grill out to allow the intercooler

 

the part was cut was the bottem/back plate to slide it in. it just looks ugly cause we used a torch to cut it. it was painted afterwards.
i wanted to keep the support just incase someone backed up into it. t he car wont be a total lost some metal bracing it is better then nothing

i used L brackets to mount the intercooler. the intercooler had side mount tabs on it.

 

what kind of intercooler is this
it doesnt look like the eBay one

 

 

so far this is my favorite bumper cut
i was planning to do same thing now i know it looks good

 

yea i hate how everyone cuts them out like the pic above mine.... it just makes it look like you cut the bumper out for the intercooler... with the way i have it cut, it looks more like it was meant to be...

 

Core size is: 10.5" X 24" X 3.5"

 

so u have to do a lot of trmming to fit 3.5", 4" or thick core

 

not big but here it is



barely had to take anything off of the bumper

 

man the opening of that bumper is small. you need to open it up some for that large IC.

 

it is now