in the process of my new build, those of you who are running forward facing manifolds what air/air intercoolers are you running?

 

More than likely custom if not from a custom kit

 

thats kinda what i was thinking however the manifold im looking at is the straight line specialties one and i dont see an intercooler they offer for it...

 

No. chances are if you're planning on doing this type of manifold, you're going to be using this for drag racing only. This means you get your own core and fab up your own endtanks to the configuration you want.

 

this is an off the shelf intercooler we used to do a forward facing air to air setup.

 

Well, there you have it one example. The point being, that you may have to "try" a few fitments first instead of simply relying on the company that made the manifold. I know that may seem weird, but sometimes that's how it is.

 

Thanks guys, guess i need to get the manifold mounted and see where everything ends up and do some measuring then find a good core that fits... yes it is going to be a drag car only...

 

yeah i guess i should have mentioned we mocked up the turbo and intercooler FIRST, then built the manifold..... heh

 

afi makes an Air-Air fmic for the forward facing manifold. might work depending on wich one you have.

 

Just ask them to make you one. I ordered an intercooler from SLS and asked them to leave one of the endtanks closed so I could make my intercooler backdoor so he shipped to me closed.

 

a little diffrent then everybody elses but my intercooler fits without it besiding shoved to one side . I will be water to air eventually yes its a street car

 

that is pretty sick looking, do you feel that the turbo gets optimal flow like that though?

 

^ i just dont like how its sucking hot air from the intercooler in.

if you could put a CAI on that it would be sweet!

i personally dont care if something isnt centered, as long as it works better.

 

its hard to tell from the pics unfortunately i dont have any better ones but mine was setup as sort of a backdoor/side entry together. with an angled end tank and 45 degree charge pipe slash cut to go into the endtank we had a very smooth transition. i used a 575hp garrett core 18x10.3x3.5". like everyone said custom fab would be the only way to go for something like this.