the f1R project is coming along, getting the engine back this week so i can really go to town on it......i got the intercooler mounted though, which was a pain in the A** lol.....heres some pics of how it went in, and how it lines up with the bumper cover, as well as the mounts and the new front bumper support i made.

 

more pics.....

 

a few more.....

 

Man am I ever TO'd with my self for not installing a FMIC when I had my whole car apart for painted. I run two small Ford Probe ICs mounted in front of each wheel, and I think they've got to be a rstriction for me.

You install looks very nice BTW.

 

I agree that it looks good. What are the specs on the intercooler?

 

its a 3 core, 27.5 x 14 x 3

 

too bad the firechickens do not have a nice big mouth like that...

 

Sorry to dig up an old post. But this is exactly what I am currently doing with the exact same intercooler. My question is, how did you determine where to mount the IC on the core support, meaning it's not to high vertically nor is it mounted so low that it's dragging on the ground or is it? I also noticed you don't have it purely straight up and down but more angled forward towards the bumper cover? I am currently scratching my head because the IC is larger than the radiator opening and I'm having a real difficult time deciding where and how to mount it with the most airflow and greatest ground clearence. My car is hammered on the ground and speed bumps and the car don't play well together I'd hate to waste a perfectly good IC.

 

holy old post batman lol......

it doesnt hang down that low really.....its still higher than the bottom of the air damn.

the IC isnt' mounted on the core support, if you look a the pics of the mounts i made for it, its actually mounted on the front frame horns where the bumper support attaches.....it sits between those 2 frame members. the angle does 2 things, gives it a little better clearance where it sits, and it also sits at approximately the same angle as the radiator.

To find the spot (which thank god came out PERFECT) i first took off the nose, made that new bumper support in the pics, then put the nose back on the car loose, and propped the IC up in there and measured....and measured....and measured......and stood back and looked at the alignment in the hole of the bumper cover. you should find the hole in the bumper cover is almost precisely the same size as the core. i got it situated where i wanted it, then took the nose back off and fabbed up the mounts......i endedup putting one brace that goes back to the core support so it didnt bounce around.

where it sits on my car, its a few inches in front of the air dam

 

What did you do about the headlight brackets? I am having an extremely hard time figuring out a way to route the piping on the IC without hacking up the IC or the headlight support bracketry?

 

Here is a link to my cardomain page. Check out the inlet or outlet depending which way the air is going. It interfers with the bracket that supports the headlights. 383 what did you do about this?

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/2368130/8

 

I mounted the IC a touch lower than that, and went underneath the headlight bracket......didnt even fool with it.....then cut a hole in the sheet metal......my tubing as a slightly more than 90deg elbow that comes right off the IC outlet, and goes through a hole i cute just below the headlight bracket

 

Just an idea, but ProCharger has a 1300HP intercooler that isn't as tall as the Race intercooler you have. The tanks aren't as tall so it won't block as much air to the radiator, but the core of the intercooler itself is a lot thicker, which it looks like you have room for. The 1300HP intercooler is a little bit more expensive, but if you haven't scratched yours up too much, ProCharger would probably trade you out.

 

I felt that if I went under the headlights, people behind me would have a spark show. In the pictures on the link I showed I have a total 4" ground clearance. 383 how much clearance do you have from the ground to the underside of the IC? It would really be appreciated.

 

Tell me about it, here's how I handled that...



Please ignore the bailing wire brackets, just temp for a mock up


383backinblack, nice ride and nice job! I do wish the Firbirds had a grille opening, but then it might take away from the "bullet" look of the car .
Man, If I had a place to work on my car like you (besides my driveway/garage), hmmm...

 

the bottom of the IC sits about half way down the height of the air dam, so its really not that low at all to tell you the truth......

my exhaust would hit long before the IC would, and i have a good 3-4" there

 

I decided to send the 3 core with 3" inlet/outlets back to procharger. I am going to step up the 1300hp version with 3.5" inlet/outlet. This unit seems to give a little more ground clearance and it has the outlets I wanted anyways.

 

Hay what did you pay for that one ...I got a guy selling one here for 900 CDN

 

I don't know what full price is, the kit was sponsored as a tech article for Super Chevy Magazine. " A new Danger Mouse" Nov and Dec 2005.

 

I know this is an old post but I am doing this same intercooler right now. Is there anything you'd do differently?

 

No I wouldn't the thing fits like a glove. OJ's glove.

 

I saw your car on YB.com and I noticed that your incoming pipe to the cooler looks to be smaller than the one coming out. Is there and advantage to that?

 

it starts out of the compressor 3" until it does a 90 degree bend toward the IC then I step up to 3.5" going in/out of the IC and it does not step down to 3" until it enters the prochargers supplied TPI inlet as you can see on my cardomain page 8
It was only done this way because we couldn't get a tight enough radius on the 3.5" tubing

 

Thanks. Did you have any problems with it hitting the inner fender? I can't install mine because it hits. The paint is fairly new in the engine compartment and I don't want to beat it up.