i've been working on installing my new front mount intercooler kit. i'm getting pretty close to finishing it up so i thought i should throw up some pics of my handy work. everything is in except for the bypass valve and the bung for the vac/boost line. these pics are the last of the final rough in stages. so here we go.
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complete with factory A/C
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/ipsd1/P1012183.jpg)
going with a blow thru setup and you can see i need to work out the air filter tube.
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and here is one overall shot
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now just to figure out where to put the air/fuel ratio gauge. i have a dual pillar pod but i have vac/boost and oil pressure there.
ipsd, Keep up the good work and everything looks great in your engine bay :headbang: :cool:
thanks mercury-man. i do plan on swapping out the throttle body with another non-painted one. then a new blue vac line kit should help. didn't want to go blue but it is what the place i got the kit from had. so blue it will be. i guess i can just say it is ford blue.
ps. i also have another throttle cable bracket. it might get painted blue.
ipsd, did you make your IC pipes ? I am thinking about going with a Blow thru VAM too.
I seem to be having some issues with mine as a draw thru at the moment. Nothing bad just seems like I am leaving something on the table ??? (More HP)
VAM in general leaves A LOT on the table.
no i didn't make those pipes they came with the kit i bought. i just cut and trimmed them. it was a universal kit.
I know VAM leaves alot on the table, but switching to Speed density or a standalone takes alot out of my pocket.
That looks awesome! I just love how pipes look though...
Is that a "Stinger" kit?
I've been thinking about swapping over to megasquirt this spring/summer...we'll see, the list of stuff I wanna do this year is way too long.
looks good, but I would do the yellow a different colour....
put the A/F gauge where your clock is.... that is where I put mine.
Well, the one I have is a Stinger Kit. ipsd who made yours?
Looks like a universal kit off of ebay.
i got my kit off e-bay from just intercoolers it is a universal kit.
more work today. i got my AF gauge ready to install and worked on making my bpv ready to weld onto the pipe. here are the pics.
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i slapped the original hood back on the car yesterday. i say it looks much better this way.
so i went from this
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back to this.
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s188/ipsd1/grayhood2.jpg)
looked good with the body color grill. your hood lines up real nice. i think mine is twiked.