Fitted my Intercooler

[garryboy]

I recently bought Vibrios allard intercooler and samco hosing and Fitted it on Tuesday. Quite chuffed as i did it all myself apart from a little welding that my mechanic mate did for me. He let me use his Garage to do it in thank god as it pissing down all day. It took me 8hrs to do.

I managed to squeese the bumper on without removing the slats. But i dont know wether to totally remove them and mesh the space or leave open but i'm worried i'l damage the intercooler.

heres a pic.

After i bought it i was reading about the temp probs he had with it so i was a little dubious about fitting it, but there has been no temp probs at all so far (touches a bit of wood). On normal driving it sits just over quarter mark and in traffic sits just under half way, however this is the winter :???: time will tell when summer comes

I noticed the boost holds a lot more and comes in strong. Biggest difference is the whistle of the turbo spooling up :razz: i never heard it spooling like that before. Is this normal after fitting a FMIC.

I'm well happy with the result and the fact i got me hands dirty and did it me self

And a big thanks to my fiancee for getting it for my Crimbo :wink:

 

[FS Guest]

Yea get your self some mesh to put behind the slats jus to stop stones getting at the intercooler.

 

[M21MFS]

Yep! Mesh all the way!

Tis lookin sweet Gaz! Will have to have another look when Im back in Linwood eh mate

 

[silver-gt]

did you notice any diffrence after you fitted it , you reckon it's agood purchase. and what spec is your car. cheers, steve

 

[garryboy]

Feel free to pop round martyn next time ur down. Pm me before u come down and i'l give u my mobile number.

The car spec at the moment is

GT3 engine
SEB1 chip 150-165 bhp depending on boost
Armvaal adjustable boost device (better than bleed)
Piper x cone filter
Mongoose s/s system with decat
Allard FMIC

SInce fitting the car pulls a lot stronger, And performs better once engine has been heated for long periods. Slight whistlse from turbo when spooling now :? could be loose jubillee clip.

well happy with the result

Cost 170 quid but my fiancee got if for me crimbo and i fitted it myself so was a good experience too

 

[M21MFS]

Nice one mate, will do! Might be down on Sunday/Monday, not too sure at the moment!