Front mount on AE101

[aesc]

Hi, well ive just bought a VR4 intercooler for my GTZ and was wondering how im gonna plumb it up. How do i get the pipes through to the front bumper? Do i need to do any modding at all? And what points can I mount it off?

Thanks

[Banga69]

i think you hav eto pipe it between the radiator and manifold.

[aesc]

think you hav eto pipe it between the radiator and manifold.

Yeah i realise that but not sure how to get them past the radiator as there doesnt seem to be any room to get them through. Do they go under the radiator?

[Banga69]

ive seen afew and it goes under the radiator, but the problem is that the clearence from the ground

[aesc]

There was a guy selling some pipes for front mounting an i/c for an ae101 on trademe recently, he reckons they went under the front cross member. That doesnt leave much geround clearance if ya cars been lowered a bit! Im sure theres another way

[rollas22]

well ive got the same problem wit my pipe work for my turbo.
I mounted my large Front mount off the bumper iron, just cut off the cetre support and bolted it on, then made a brace for the botom of the intercooler.

pipe work, there is enough clearence to go just between the radiator and my turbo with 2" then going back out to 2.5". But ive gota 20v turbo not a GTZ.

[aesc]

pipe work, there is enough clearence to go just between the radiator and my turbo with 2" then going back out to 2.5". But ive gota 20v turbo not a GTZ.

Im not sure about 20Vs, but GTZs have quite big radiators, they basically span between the headlights so im not sure how i can get the pipework around it.

[Bling]

Boot mount the radiator, along with ya battery.....

on a more serious note, look at getting a different radiator, that suits the size you have to play with

[rollas22]

yuss i have the same kinda radiator, runs between the headlamps for the total distance. my inter cooler pipes are coming in by the front wheels in the splash guards...

[IH8TEC]

i was looking at mine yesturday, it's an ae92 gtz, shouldn't be much diff, for the return up to the throttle body, the piping should be able to go from the i/c to (assuming you've goten rid of ALL the factory airbox sh*t) to under the guard and cut the whole out that coms up by battery, go through there and up to throttle body,

could be a lil long though, it's the easiest option i could see. and from the s/c, i dont know, i'd have to have another look, mine has pop up lights, so bit more shit in the way,

ask www.mods.co.nz, he has done it to his ae92.

sorry i couldn't help more.

cheers
brendon

[Bazda]

easy, goes straight under the radiator where its indented up, my one goes there on my turbo covnersion as well and hmm there is miles of clearance!!!!, clearance shouldnt even be an issue!

[aesc]

easy, goes straight under the radiator where its indented up, my one goes there on my turbo covnersion as well and hmm there is miles of clearance!!!!, clearance shouldnt even be an issue!

Got pics?

[Lloyd]

I've got my AE92 with the battery in the boot, pipe to the intercooler going around the end of the radiator, pipe from it going around behind the drivers side headlight and to the throttle body... but then again I've got my manifold on backwards

btw, fired it up tonight Bazda and took it for a quick thrash. Its got a soft as actuator in for now just til things are all sorted right and tuned. 4psi, doesn't sound like much but it goes quite nicely

[Bazda]

sweet man!! u gotta get some pics to send to me so i can check it out.

4psi haha must be slower than it was before.

[Lloyd]

lol, not too sure. Still goes alright with only a little boost. Plan for tomorrow night is to wind it up a little and see what we can get. Dont just wanna crank it for fear of blowing the damn thing up. I'll try to get some pics when I actually get it back home Somehow got a small hole in he radiator so thats gonna have to be fixed/replaced before I can drive it home though