Im asking becuase i already got some big bug or soemthing stuck in the fins and bent em pretty nice . assuming i hit it on the highway
but i took it out the fins with a real fine sharp knife and the thing whatever it was actually ripped the fins a little with the force it hit it with . its not huge or notivable too mch , but just waondering if anybody has any ideas on the longevity of my ic

 

Put a screen over it..........I'll post a pic when I get home tonight.

 

mess screen made of titanium ...

jk, chicken wire

 

damn dude you got like answers for everything . . yea post em then. it dont loko ricey does it ? cuz the only thing i could think was like them grills that people used to make from chicken wire to cover the front end with their body kits. but i think they look cheesy

 

Thanks man! I think it looks good. I cut it just so it covered the fins and wired it behind the IC.....you can't see it until you are right up to it.

 

Yeah that is what i do with all the intercoolers i have had. Just run screen door mesh, or even chicken wire around the intercooler and attach the mesh from the backside. You still get little bug and dirt, but nothing big hits the fins.

 

cool i might try that with the rest of the screen door i cut up the other day for my turbo inlet becuase i couldnt get a filter on it

 

I don't know about that.....you'll want to make sure it's the real stiff steel mesh for your turbo......that cloth type screen would probably rip and get sucked into the turbo The stuff I used for the IC is galvanized, steel, chicken wire- like stuff from Lowes or Home Depot.

 

Gutter mesh or stucco mesh with 3 layers of rust proof paint works well.

 

use a filter on the turbo
it will love you for it

 

When i got my intercooler it was all fugged up. I sat there for 3 hours with a thin screw driver straightening out the fins. But then again it was a $1200 greddy ic, so it was well worth it.
EVIL

 

woudl chicken wire not hinder air flow?

 

Well, here is the best shot I could find. You get the idea. I can take a better one of the front. This is not hindering air flow.




[Modified by Farnsrocket, 4:36 PM 1/16/2003]

 

I may have to try this chicken wire thing. I just got my turbo kit put on and I'd hate to be straightening fins on a regular basis.

 

That looks good! what size line is that for the oil cooler?

 

Thanks! It's -8AN.

 

like this...






[Modified by bambooluv, 6:22 PM 1/16/2003]