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Loki047 03-13-2007 04:10 PM

No i had to lower the radiator, only about 2 inches i think.

RicanmiataRacer 03-13-2007 04:16 PM

hmmm....I would do this but then again I dont want to cut the hood

PaKMaN 03-13-2007 05:22 PM


Originally Posted by Loki047 (Post 92071)
No i had to lower the radiator, only about 2 inches i think.

Pics of the bottom?

krayzrac3r 03-13-2007 06:00 PM

pakman this is more complicated then i thought

VRTSid 03-13-2007 06:35 PM

why not just 2" all around? I have 2.5 all around and when I upgrade any part of this setup its getting stepped down to 2" for clearance around stuff.

greddymx5 03-13-2007 06:46 PM

Why discard the starion ic??? It is perfect for this route...
Mount it upside down and cut the pipes 1.5" from the end tanks...

Loki047 03-13-2007 08:54 PM


Originally Posted by PaKMaN (Post 92087)
Pics of the bottom?

Nope I just cut the tabs off and welded them on lower down.

MiaTurbo 03-13-2007 09:16 PM


Originally Posted by greddymx5 (Post 92122)
Why discard the starion ic??? It is perfect for this route...
Mount it upside down and cut the pipes 1.5" from the end tanks...

that's what I did. but my setup is pretty ghetto, so no pics :p

PaKMaN 03-14-2007 03:54 AM


Originally Posted by krayzrac3r (Post 92101)
pakman this is more complicated then i thought

Not really.

retro 03-14-2007 08:17 PM

Here's how I did it on my NB: (I think this also applies to NA, but not sure?)

Drill out holes in the lower rad brackets to fit the lower sway bar mounts.
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...5_110_full.jpg

Install in lower holes:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...5_111_full.jpg

Fab new upper rad brackets to angle the rad back:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...5_112_full.jpg

Completed Turbo:
http://memimage.cardomain.net/member...5_127_full.jpg

Braineack 03-14-2007 11:50 PM

time to fab a panel for the gap.

greasem0nkey86 03-22-2007 03:52 AM

what's the biggest size intercooler we can fit? i'm thinking of the same setup for the intercooler

found

for a rx7, if it fits, this should do fine

or a starion

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Stari...QQcmdZViewItem

seems like a modified starion would be perfect, just need to find where/how to get/fab the pipes, i think the rx7 one is too big

any pictures of how the starion is held onto the chassis?


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