I havent mounted my front mount yet but I have it sitting on jackstands and I ran the piping to it.. I have the FMIC back as far as it can go to make putting on the front bumper as easy as possible.. but the piping does not line up.. In order for it to line up I will have to cut out 3/4 inch on charge pipe, 1/4 inch from the intercooler-chargepipe vertical section at the top, and 3/4 inch out of the pipe from the turbo-elbow.. Or I think I can move the fmic forward about 3/4 inch and make the piping fit without cutting it but everyone says to mount the FMIC back as far as possible.. should i cut or just move it forward?

also does anyone have tips for installing the revhard fmic.. I was thinking of puting the studs in backwards and facing the pointson the studs upward, then raising the jackstands till the IC is in place and using a piece of wood,towel, and hammer to make an endention for a place to drill... how did u guys do it?


[Modified by DIRep972, 12:27 AM 11/6/2001]

 

just move it forward...thats what i did..but i did have to trim my bumper and my weather guard to make it fit.

When I had to mount the intercooler i took off the bumper support from the frame. i placed it on the ground upside down. Then i put the intercooler upside down on top of it with the bolts screwed in. Then i just moved the intercooler a little back and forth lightly which made scratches on the bumper support to indicate where to drill. The other time I did the intercooler on another bumper support i just lined it up and used a pen to and a ruler and measured it out. Hope it helps...and remember..teflon those fittings for the oil lines.


[Modified by b18b98, 7:36 PM 11/5/2001]

 

Ive got beef now with revhard... what great fabricators they are when you have to cut and weld there piping to make their so called "kits" fit your car...

anyways I mounted the FMIC forward and the piping fit great but when i test fit the bumper theres not a chance in hell this think will fit back on.. So tomorow im moving the intercooler to where it flushes with the bumper support and am gonna have the pipes modified...

Here is my question: should i take measurements on the pipes and then cut them and have them welded back or should i just cut them and use clamps and hoses to put them back together?

 

Grrr....
Chris, I thought I told you about this. Remember I had the same problem? Cut the pipes, do NOT move the IC forward. Like I said, you will never get the bumper to fit with this huge intercooler.
All I did was hold the pipe that was too long up to the others that were hooked together, and marked off how much had to be cut (in my case about 2.5")...Then just use an extra hose clamp and silicone connector. You can have them welded together, but I figured that would be uglier, more time consuming and more expensive.

 

Dude.
I had this with my FMAX. They are finally near complete on making new pipes for me. I had to virtually mangle the nice pipe they sent me to get mine to fit. I didn't have to push too hard to get them to make correctly fitting pipes. We will see when they get here.

 

haha I know you told me I was just hoping you just got a bad set of piping.. Ryan, did u face your compressor outlet strait down? or does it go back at a little bit of an angle?

 

i only had to cut the pipe coming out of the intake manifold slightly where it connects to the pipe that goes into the i/c.... everything else lined up near perfect...

 

same **** happened to me and my Rev Hard kit. i just cut about an inch off the intake pipe and used a coupling and clamped it on there. no sweat, just doesn't look as pretty.

 

Damn..i didn't have to cut any of the pipes...it was a direct fit....but my turbo had to be retapped at the oil inlet because there was no fitting on earth that could fit in it....i guess no matter what...with revhard..you'll run into atleast 1 problem..

 

AAAAAAAAAAAH...reliving some nightmares after reading this post when i installed a drag kit..had same problems..had to cut every pipe to make nice connections

 

Mine's pretty much pointed straight down...
How's the install coming along? By now you should be done I hope....I'm anxious to hear how you like it.