I was curious if anyone had fitment issues with their kits. I mocked up the intercooler tonight with variable heights and there wasn't a way where the bumper would slide on easily. I tried moving it a little left, a little right, nothing.



You can see it hugs up real close on the right side, but on the left side there is about 3" of space. The piping seems to line up correctly where it would mount to the turbo and final charge pipe to intake mani, but its hard to say for sure. Also noticed that one of the tab on the intercooler itself is bent.

Any ideas?

This is a 92 Hatch with a B Series top mount kit.

 

im incurring the same issue with my peakboost kit- The piping hits the bumper on the drivers side

 

none of my drivers side I/C piping worked. I had to customize it all myself
But the power results made up for it

 

damn... and i was considering getting peakboost over full-race...

hmm i guess ill shell out the bucks for the fullrace

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Astig &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was curious if anyone had fitment issues with their kits. I mocked up the intercooler tonight with variable heights and there wasn't a way where the bumper would slide on easily. I tried moving it a little left, a little right, nothing.



You can see it hugs up real close on the right side, but on the left side there is about 3" of space. The piping seems to line up correctly where it would mount to the turbo and final charge pipe to intake mani, but its hard to say for sure. Also noticed that one of the tab on the intercooler itself is bent.

Any ideas?

This is a 92 Hatch with a B Series top mount kit.</TD></TR></TABLE>


the standard intercooler in the Peakboost kit is designed to be bolted directly to the factory bumper support. i think this will help to solve alot of your issues.

also, for the EG chassis, the piping kits will require the removal of the side bumper grills.


hope this helps and let us know if you have any other questions or concerns toll free 877-23-TURBO

 

I have no grilles, the intercooler is pushed back as far as it will go.

 

I had to cut the living **** out of my bumper to make it fit. The piping sticks out under the side grills by about an inch.

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Just ran out and took a cell phone pic so you can see what I mean


Some people seem to like it. I think it looks like crap. I plan on getting a new bumper and having the piping cut back to fit properly. It was a very painful experience to mutilate my perfect bumper.

 

I do not want to do this to my bumper, but it seems this is the only way to make it work.

(btw why am I told after I bought the kit that I'd have to hack up my bumper?)

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sound Streamin’ &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had to cut the living **** out of my bumper to make it fit. The piping sticks out under the side grills by about an inch.

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Just ran out and took a cell phone pic so you can see what I mean


Some people seem to like it. I think it looks like crap. I plan on getting a new bumper and having the piping cut back to fit properly. It was a very painful experience to mutilate my perfect bumper.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks for the help, and thanks for the visual. That is pretty much exactly what I am going to have to do. Now maybe is the intercooler neck was angled back instead of straight, it might work easier. I'd have to cut some of the chassis most likely, but at least nobody would see that.

Need help here peakboost!

 

Take the U turns from the FMIC back into the engine bay and cut out the necessary distance off the straight section. From there you can weld the two pieces together or use couplers. This will probably make your pipe from the intake manifold to the cold side of the FMIC off as well but again, cutting a straight section and adding extra piping/coupler will solve the problem.

I also think you should call them up and see what they say. My method is the way I would do it if I needed it tomorrow. If I have 2 weeks, I would send it back to peakboost and tell them what they needed to modify so that their kit fit correctly.

One more thing, without the manifold/turbo in there you are never going to get an accurate idea of what fits or what doesn't. Its amazing how things look like they will not fit correctly, but when you start assembly they all manage to fit nicely. Right now I think you are pulling the trigger way to early. Put a head on your engine before you get too excited.

 

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hmm i guess ill shell out the bucks for the fullrace</TD></TR></TABLE>

I would argue that it might be worth saving the 500 or so dollars by modifying the charge pipes or whatever has to be done. I had no fitment issues on my dc2.......

 

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This is all well and good if you have a way to do this. I can't weld aluminium, and I needed the car to be on the road so I couldnt wait to have someone else do it for me.

They seem to have no problem on the DC2s because thats what the piping is designed for. It seems like they just devised a quick way to "sort of" make it work for the EGs.

 

I'm running a 32 inch wide, 3.5 inch deep FMIC on a '93 Coupe with OEM foglights and 3-inch IC piping, with no piping showing.

Get creative kids, you can make it work. My best suggestion is to flip your intercoolers over and work with it that way. You have a lot more room that way. But then again, the point of buying a pre-made kit is to be plug and play I guess..

 

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One more thing, without the manifold/turbo in there you are never going to get an accurate idea of what fits or what doesn't. Its amazing how things look like they will not fit correctly, but when you start assembly they all manage to fit nicely. Right now I think you are pulling the trigger way to early. Put a head on your engine before you get too excited.</TD></TR></TABLE>

exactly right.

 

Ask Sound Streamin if that is exactly right or not.

The problem is the intercooler points right at the bumper, no matter which way I mock it up. Up down, more left, more right...

Why did I even have to specify what year my car was when ordering if the piping isn't really made for it?

 

Dude, stop and think what you are doing. The FMIC is not going to be modified. It will fit. So you should mount the FMIC so that your bumper will fit on easily with no issues. Push it as far back as possible and make sure its centered. Once you do this, then you can work on the cold side charge pipes. If the pipes need to be modified, thats whats going to need to be done. Bitching won't help. Just call up PeakBoost, explain your problem and then discuss how to fix it. Most likely they will ask for the pipes back so they can fix the issue. Let them do it. While they are doing that, put your head on your block and install your turbo manifold and turbo. Now you can work on the hot side of the charge pipes. If thats an issue, again call up PeakBoost and explain whats going on. You just need to tackle things as they come in a logical order. You are doing things incorrectly which is why you feel overwhelmed. Recognize what is a problem and what is not and then fix it.

 

Ive been putting my kit on this week..and my driver side pipe doesnt fit that well. 94 Teg...but i did buy this kit a year ago..so the piping may be better now...

 

nowtype,

No need to be like that... I made this post to see if others are experiencing the same problems I am having. I just figured for 3 grand I wouldn't need to send anything back or need to modify any piping. I'm not bitching as you say, I'm just not pleased. I've posted many times that I am very impressed with the kit, the attention to detail was superb, and the packing/shipping was outstanding. With every kit being made to order, I just assumed they were making a custom kit for my car. When they needed information like year, model, engine and the intake manifold, I thought I would get just that.

Maybe I'm asking too much?

 

backdoor intercoolers FTW!

 

wow...all I can say....

No peakboost kit here, but I got fog lights and 8 inch tall intercooler on my eg and you cannot see any of the piping. I didn't even have to cut the side grills out originally before I got fog lights.

Tip....Notch the corners of the radiator support wher the piping starts to curve in and then make the curve in more.

Tip...flip intercooler upside down and fab some of the piping to fit better, then take it to a buddy or muffler shop to weld.

I would never cut my grills or my bumper to make the piping fit.

Cut grills FTL

 

I don't think there is a turbo kit in this world that you can just bolt up on a swapped n/a car and not have to touch anything else. You should expect some fitment issues, it was not supposed to be there when honda made the car. Everybody's car is gonna be slightly different and the only way to buy a kit that will fit perfect is to take them the car and allow them to build it around the car itself. I am sure you will get it on there though, don't get discouraged. Once you cut a lil here at there and boost that thing for the first time you will completely forget about the lil problems you are having currently.

 

What if I went with a different intercooler?

The standard is 24x6x3.5.

What if I went with a thinner model? Say 24x8x2.5 or 3

 

i think its impressive that all the rest of the kit fits so well, id be happy with that alone.

 

You don't want to go to a smaller intercooler. Just have somebody modify the piping to fit. It needs 45ish degree bends coming off the core to angle the piping back towards the firewall sooner, then it will clear. No reason to go smaller on the ic.

 

Thanks for your input, Tony.