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From: Jon Furst
Email: jfurst81@hotmail.com
Date: 30 Jun 2001
Time: 19:57:03

Sorry that it's taking me so long to update stuff. I've been really busy lately and haven't had much time for the car. I took a few shots of the current state of the intercooler installation. The euro bumper needs to be adjusted, and I'm going to replace most of the nuts and bolts with ones of the right length as soon as I can. The brackets are basically finished. I added a small piece of sheet metal at the bottom for ducting air that enters from below the bumper. There will be a piece of foam between the top of the intercooler and the badge panel for sealing. I may also add a small scoop below the bumper for more air, that will have to be determined once the piping and temperature probes are installed. I don't think I'll need it as the holes in the badge panel are pretty large and should provide plenty of airflow. Anyway, I'm rambling.

http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/street/1859/intercoolerpics.html

I'll definately take more pics once the piping is done, including taking the intercooler out to show you guys the hood latch bracing that I did, more detailed pics of the brackets, and how much metal really gets cut out (it's a lot). Everything will be painted at some point as well.

Jon Furst
POS '81 931

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From: Colin I
Email: colin@cingram.demo.co.uk
Date: 01 Jul 2001
Time: 05:09:17

Jon,

interesting mod., I'm especially impressed that you've retained the pop-up headlight mech.

is the intercooler totally above the water radiator, and is it angled so that the top follows the line of the badge panel? what is the spec of the intercooler - w X d X L , no. of rows, pressure drop at Y cfm?

I see you've partly cut away the front cross member - have you done anything to put the strength back in? a guy ,over here in the UK , doing a GTR replica, cut the whole X member out and joined the longitudinals together with a large diameter tube, mounted well porwrad. his idea worked because the GTR replica front end leaves plenty of space behind it.

regards,

colin