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XtremeRS	Apr-04-04 03:07 PM
Member since May 20th 2003 6329 posts,

#68372, "15 Pics!-HRC Universal FMIC/clocked turbo/custom piping install"

Damn, I'm tired..Took all weekend of fabing, cutting, fitting, and welding to get this thing on, but it came out perfect. Much more work than I had thought, but it was well worth it emoji I put on the universal FMIC from HRC, clocked the turbo compressor outlet down, and welded up some 2.25" mandrel bent piping, painted gloss red to match the car. Well, enough jibber jabing, here are the pics!

Here I made some L brackets to mount the IC, welded them to the frame, and painted to match...

Here is the IC mounted on the car..

A closeup view of my custom bracket work..

Here you can see where I cut out the 5 mph bumper support brace..

Inlet pipe coming from the turbo, and around the passenger side. Its a tight fit, but it clears everything there rather well...Had to cut the plastic wheel well gaurd a bit, and bend the P/S pump lines just a hair out of the way..

Driver side piping going up to the engine bay...

Piping coming up and going to the TB..I used the HRC pipe that connects to the TB here..it fits, might as well use it..

Sortof hard to see here, but this is a pic of the clocked turbo outlet facing downward. The pipe turns 90 degree accross and to the passenger side..

Larger view of driver side piping..

Pic of the clocked turbo, and how I mounted the wastegate. There is a round metal "nub" next to the compressor outlet, and I ground that down just a bit to be even with the normal height of where the wastegate mounts to the housing. I then drilled it, and tapped it for a bolt. Drilled the actuator mounting plate for the bolt hole, and mounted it. I then took a piece of metal brace, and bolted that to the stock hole in the wastegate mounting plate, and then bolted the other end of that bracket to the compressor housing stock wastegate hole location. I basically did this so the wastegate would not rotate at all with just having one bolt holding it on. Its very solid, and its not going anywhere..

Painting the piping with gloss red enamel..

Passenger side piping installed..

Driver side piping installed..

Assembled engine bay shot..I'm going to paint the air intake pipe red too..when I get more time..

Final front end shot, with the IC behind my grill mesh..

I'm very pleased with how it turned out, and it took a hell of a lot of work..ran into a few snapped off bolts that hold the pass side of the bumper to the fender..took about 2 hours just to drill them out..and cutting the front bumper opening took some time to get it right..Car feels GREAT..pulls damn hard at 12 psi..Batteries were going dead on my pocketlogger, but intake temps while driving were in the 60's(it was in the mid 40's outside). I know when it was in the low/mid 80's last year, at 13 psi I was getting almost 160 degrees intake temps! Should be very interesting to see what I get now..This should be all the IC I ever need..I hope emoji Enjoy..

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