I have beautiful PWR intercooler that I bought from nineseccrx (Great Seller by the way) and I am wanting to know how some of you are mounting your custom intercoolers. Are you guys having brackets welded on then bolting them to the chassis brace or somewhere else? Just wanting to get some ideas on the best way to mount this thing. I just don't feel safe using only the intercooler pipes. If you have pictures of your custom mounting, I would like to see.

This is on a 92 Civic Si by the way.

Thanks in advance.

 

i lined mine up where i wanted it to fit and then i used a drill to create holes and then i used screws with a nut on each end

 

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Got pics? Where did you drill?

 

just drill right into your bumper support

 

what about mounting it to the cooler... did you weld on some tabs or what to bolt it up.

 

Here are some of the things that I did. The top of the intercooler came with tabs, and as you can see in the pics, I made some (a friend) made some little holders to support the intercooler and welded it to my car.

 

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damn..thats badass

 

Mine is bolted to the bumper support with brackets made out of flatbar(bumper support was cut beforehand to fit my bumper, then the bumper was later trimmed to fit the ic).

 

wow that looks clean. those are some of the straightest endtanks i've seen

 

I had 2 aluminum cylinders welded to the top of the IC to match the two holes in the bumper support, slipped bolts throught the top of the holes and tightened it down. Works awesome.

 

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That is smart thinkin though

 

I removed the front cross member all together, and welded support brackets on the bottom of the intercooler to catch the lower frame. I used the two tabs that were already welded onto the top of the intercooler and make special brackets that went through existing bumper support holes.

 

Engine vibration, riding on bumps, can make the brackets eat through the aluminum IC.
Put something soft under the IC.

 

If you look closely, there is a foam padding.

 

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... looks sweet!!!... got more pics?... maybe from the front?... anyways,

 

how did you make those sweet-*** brackets? what did you use

 

i mounted mine to my bumper support, i had brackets welded to the ic, and then underneath it we made some other custom brackets to pull it closer to the car at the bottom . . . . not as nice as above though

 

yeah just make sure you put rubber where it could rub or vibrate.

 

Made some aluminum brackets to mount to the tabs, then bolted the bracket up, works great

 

That looks real nice, but you know if you ever get into a front end accident, you can kiss your i/c , turbo, manifold all good bye depending on how hard the impact is because the purpose of that front bumper support that you took off is to protect you from front end collisions.

 

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Jee, I never thought of that. Never. Ever. You mean the intercooler wont protect the whole car? Its a race car, i never drive it, ever, never

 

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He speaks the truth. He towed his car to the NE honda-tech meet.

 

No, I never said that it would prevent the front end from crumbling, just that it REDUCES any serious injury or damages that may happen!

 

if your car is lowered the first thing thats gonna get hit is the top of your hood anyways...

 

- Home Depot aluminium strip
- heated the pieces with MAP gas-&gt; easier to bend