I drove up to the Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green and had a great talk with a couple of turbo guru's and decided to pull the trigger on an intercooler.
After MANY measurements, sketches, and searching I figured it out. The install was not that hard. I purchased everything from ebay for $200 to my door. 2.5"- 8 piece- black powdercoated intake piping and a 28x9x2.75" Bar and Plate intercooler from CXRacing. Both products were very good quality.
It was a tight fit and only had to trim an 1" off of the top of the grill, which was painful to cut into an original piece. But, it had to be done.
Impressions> With the exact same wastegate/mbc setup which was 10 psi , it now runs at 7 psi. So I had a 3 psi pressure drop across the intercooler. The ass dyno feels like 7 psi, is equal to the 10 psi from before. I plan to do a little tuning and crank it back up to 10 psi.
I have only shaken it out once, but my first ever 2nd gear scratch got a fist pump.
Front Fit
Top mount tabs
Piping
Turbo Side
Installed
