Stupid intercooler question
 

This must be a stupid question, but in all my reading of this forum I've never seen it come up:

How do you actually mount a generic intercooler to the front of the car? I assume it gets somehow fastened in there, but the cars probably don't have much for mounting points, and the intercoolers don't have miata-shaped brackets. What's a boy with no fabrication tools to do when he gets an intercooler?

When I did my last build I used a starion IC and we had brackets welded onto it, but I would prefer not to have to modify the IC this time.

I used the holes in the front support. I'll go take a pic.

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I'm using a generic mishimoto intercooler and I used a bunch of aluminum bar-stock. I made two "L" shaped brackets to attach the threaded mounting points on the bottom of the intercooler to the A/C condenser mounting points IIRC.

I mounted mine to the holes already in there.

http://www.trackdogracing.com/interc..._Installed.jpg

I have seen a lot of folks use plumbers tape, (I think thats what it is called) Just metal strips with holes every inch or so and just bend it into shape

Home Depot shit, no welding required:

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https://www.miataturbo.net/prefabbed-turbo-kits-3/started-mounting-nestercooler-13255/