Intercooler Installation

[ronald_r32]

Can some one please show me some pics of how to install an intercool into an r32 gtst, i think i have it all worked out on the right hand side (looking at the car) but on the left i cant work out how the pipes come through. Also how much of the stuff needs to be removed in the front bar for them to work?

I have done a search and it was not very helpful.

BTW. Intercooler is a Autotecnica cool 8 kit.

[Josh]

Assuming you are looking at the front of the car(RH Drive) - drivers side a hole needs to be cut in the body, passenger side it runs up thru the standard piping. This is assuming your kit is an up and over the radiator type. Cutting the hole is simple as there is a hole marked for if the chassis if it is used for a GTR - at least thats where I ran mine through..

Depending on what frontbar you have determines how much choppy you have to do...

[Josh]

Oh will try get pics too.

[ronald_r32]

like under where the battery goes? Guess this means i need to move the battery lol

[ronald_r32]

oh and its just the standard front bar

[Josh]

No you don't need to move the battery.

The hole comes out underneath, but I guess it all comes down to the design of the kit - thats how mine worked...

My standard front bar needed quite a bit of choppy chop....

[ronald_r32]

but from the way i read your post the pipe will come up under the battery, therefor have to be moved

[ronald_r32]

This is the area i mean. The pipe needs to come up under the battery.

[GTAHH]

Keen to know as well, I have a huge battery so some pics will help me out.

Cheers

[Josh]

Have a look at where your battery is - it is sitting on a right angle sort of shelf - the hole will be made in the side of this shelf below the battery so you don't have to relocate it... keep in mind I am only assuming this is how your kit goes as pretty much all of the kits I have seen that don't return through the factory piping on the same side go this way..

I am working on the pics - actually I will make a rough one in paint so you get the idea.

[Josh]

This is how mine comes out - and I am assuming thats how yours would be too.

intercooler_setup.bmp

[lebostyles]

i installed my intercooler kit on the weekend, you have to holesaw a 3 inch hole under your battery tray. i have a standard type m front bar and i had to chop it out pretty hardcore to suit the cooler and the piping. i will put up some pics of the cooler and how it looks with the chopped front bar. joe

[Josh]

exactly.

[GTAHH]

Cheers, do you need to move the horn or anything? I have the M spec front as well, so most of my chopping needs to be done to the bumper

[ronald_r32]

i see now, silly me. Ok then next question. Where does the intercooler bolt into? Im having trouble working out where it goes and how much of the front bar will need to be attacked lol

Also how long does it take to install. It seems fairly easy (touch wood). Done in an afternoon?

[Josh]

Yeh I did mine in an afternoon/night... you will probably need to bolt your intercooler to your bumper support bar - which will also probably need some choppy chop - BUT this all depends on your kit, I am basing these instructions on installing a china copy kit, It wasn't too hard in the end but did involve a fair amount of swearing.. yours could be different..

[ronald_r32]

well this is my intercooler kit if it helps you out.

thanks

[colgf]

i fitted one to my r33 4 door & it took over a week to fit !!!!! Bugger of a job too...& I had an instruction fitting sheet!!!!!!!

[Josh]

Your kit looks very similar to mine - So it should fit up pretty much the same as mine did. Did it not come with instructions?

Mine took a few hours but I did it in an afternoon/night.

[ronald_r32]

nah it didnt any pictures yet?