
Not even scared left hand side hole, also new style power steering resvior to acomadate the hole.

Battery mounted flat with right and side hole.

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Posted 30 June 2013 - 06:19 PM
Posted 30 June 2013 - 06:45 PM
Looking forward to seeing how tucked up you can get that FMIC. What model is it?
I'm afraid to go that way as I'll probably mess it up when I go off road, but the TMIC heat soak has been killer lately! 102 F yesterday...
Posted 30 June 2013 - 07:40 PM
Looking forward to seeing how tucked up you can get that FMIC. What model is it?
I'm afraid to go that way as I'll probably mess it up when I go off road, but the TMIC heat soak has been killer lately! 102 F yesterday...
Posted 01 July 2013 - 12:24 AM
Your intercooler is very wide, looks like it will flow a lot without much drop! Yeah, I don't need one that big.
Hmm one of the new style intercoolers could fit in a fender maybe... My car actually has a lot of power when it's hot, it's just if I stop for a bit it heat soaks, I see some knock, timing retards, and then the power is gone. I do have some boost taper tuned in to keep the intercooler happy, with an FMIC I could run more boost up top.
But for now I ordered a 300 CFM Spal fan, and water sprayer. If it works well then I will make a circuit to operate it automatically.
Have you thought of some cold air intake? I switched from a cone filter to a box I made from a few Subaru pieces and a stock STi pleated element, and I don't think I lost any power when cold, yet when hot it is certainly much better. My filter is in the stock location and draws from inside the fender.
Posted 01 July 2013 - 04:00 PM
Your intercooler is very wide, looks like it will flow a lot without much drop! Yeah, I don't need one that big.
Hmm one of the new style intercoolers could fit in a fender maybe... My car actually has a lot of power when it's hot, it's just if I stop for a bit it heat soaks, I see some knock, timing retards, and then the power is gone. I do have some boost taper tuned in to keep the intercooler happy, with an FMIC I could run more boost up top.
But for now I ordered a 300 CFM Spal fan, and water sprayer. If it works well then I will make a circuit to operate it automatically.
Have you thought of some cold air intake? I switched from a cone filter to a box I made from a few Subaru pieces and a stock STi pleated element, and I don't think I lost any power when cold, yet when hot it is certainly much better. My filter is in the stock location and draws from inside the fender.
for the cold air intake i all ways just stick a short pipe and huge filter on it. i could make a box but once its tuned like that its ok. it will get a bit of hot air but when moving on hwy speed it gets cooler.
i just make a duct to the side for fresh air, there is allot of dirt in the fenders i dont want to lift the car to see the filter change pain in the but. but a proper made box is the best like you said ! maybe in the future plans.
Posted 01 July 2013 - 04:23 PM
this is my machine shop guys car he got it brand new in 1986 xt6, only paint was done like 15years ago on it. i been dying for him to sell it to me for the past 10years lol its got like 80,000kms
Posted 01 July 2013 - 07:53 PM
That's nice. Could you find out the color code for that blue?
Posted 02 July 2013 - 04:37 AM
that is one CLEAN XT6, Stock Muffler, Looks like riding on stock air suspension. Great car.
Posted 02 July 2013 - 08:03 AM
Lookin good Sir!
Posted 02 July 2013 - 09:46 PM
That's nice. Could you find out the color code for that blue?
ill let you know, its got allot of silver sparkle in it and those stickers are painted right in the paint
that is one CLEAN XT6, Stock Muffler, Looks like riding on stock air suspension. Great car.
yep, the ride hight goes up and down via switch he put in
Lookin good Sir!
not bad so far
Posted 19 July 2013 - 11:40 PM
Posted 23 July 2013 - 05:29 PM
Posted 23 July 2013 - 10:25 PM
are you planning on painting the IC black?... kinda ruins the sleeper aspect of it.. but then again your car is 10000x better than my car so I you can just ignore me lol
Posted 26 July 2013 - 01:50 AM
are you planning on painting the IC black?... kinda ruins the sleeper aspect of it.. but then again your car is 10000x better than my car so I you can just ignore me lol
thats a very good question !.... i asked the same question to the builder of my intercooler when i got it. he told me you cant paint it with normal style paint it needs a special paint from a company which I forgot from who again.
why special painting i asked !.. normal painting will lose power from the cooler... I really didn't ask the details thats why its still not painted lol, ill trust the experts with my expensive buy !
what I really wanted to do was paint the top half white like the bumper skin and bottom half black to mask it in there, i bet from 20 feet away it would have look super stock.
maybe one day ill get it done like that.
Posted 26 July 2013 - 03:36 AM
"what I really wanted to do was paint the top half white like the bumper skin and bottom half black to mask it in there, i bet from 20 feet away it would have look super stock"
I thought that same thing.. a while after I posted lol
Edited by AKghandi, 26 July 2013 - 03:36 AM.
Posted 26 July 2013 - 07:14 AM
Um.....radiators and a/c condensers usually get painted black at the point of manufacture.......and I highly doubt it's any kind of "special" paint
they use. Ordinary spray can paint won't cause any measurable drop in efficiency of your I/C, it goes on in a coat measured in microns.
Edited by SmashedGlass, 26 July 2013 - 07:14 AM.
Posted 26 July 2013 - 08:52 AM
I'd use VHT crank case paint - it is flat black and retains/prohibits heat transmission. Granted your FMIC is out in the air but it would prevent heat soak. Had great results with this stuff and it is durable as hell.
Posted 26 July 2013 - 12:43 PM
How are you handling the fuel level gauge? Are you using the existing sender or replacing it?
Posted 26 July 2013 - 01:19 PM
Posted 26 July 2013 - 06:24 PM
"what I really wanted to do was paint the top half white like the bumper skin and bottom half black to mask it in there, i bet from 20 feet away it would have look super stock"
I thought that same thing.. a while after I posted lol
i think it would make it look not even there
Um.....radiators and a/c condensers usually get painted black at the point of manufacture.......and I highly doubt it's any kind of "special" paint
they use. Ordinary spray can paint won't cause any measurable drop in efficiency of your I/C, it goes on in a coat measured in microns.
yep your right they do come black but the new stuff is all left non painted now days, maybe its something to do with that or not i have no clue at all.
about what i was told i dont know if it needs special or not he's the intercooler specialist not me, i asked him if i could paint that was the reply i got.
I'd use VHT crank case paint - it is flat black and retains/prohibits heat transmission. Granted your FMIC is out in the air but it would prevent heat soak. Had great results with this stuff and it is durable as hell.
i used that stuff on my old legacy turbo FMIC, it was the stuff i was going to use but not this time i guess lol.
How are you handling the fuel level gauge? Are you using the existing sender or replacing it?
what Franz told me to do was measure my sender unit resistance and get the fuel vdo gauge that matches my resistance. its the only thing that wont work on the aim.
on a side note my oem dig cluster does not rear full and i even replace the sender unit twice which did nothing to help. i have a oem gas tank and all oem and still wont work right. so i hope this vdo one will actual read proper for me.
Regular paint can and will insulate the cooler. But Radiator paint does exist (never seen it.....used it on a friend's build but I'm not sure where he got it), and will prevent that problem.
ill call bell intercoolers to see what place and paint he wants me to use i forget what he said.
Posted 29 July 2013 - 08:28 AM
Dang, that license plate just ruins the front end. Think you could get away without running it? I am sure you have laws but?
Posted 10 August 2013 - 05:29 PM
create an exact stencil of your license plate and paint it on the intercooler lol. badabing, badaboom.
Posted 10 August 2013 - 10:37 PM
How much did it cost to build this car?
Posted 11 August 2013 - 05:21 PM
I hate this thread.. Makes me sad that I'll likely never see this kind of build for my loyale wagon :-(
That said.. Badass car man!
Posted 12 August 2013 - 08:18 AM
How much did it cost to build this car?
And crickets...........................
One must not ask such things.........................., simply bask in the glory.
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