Any tips for fitting a 500 cooler to a 4x4 saph?

I'm sure there was a topic on fitting them before but can't find it?

cheers for any help

Bri.

 

best down from underneath so will need a ramp.

you will aso need two extra rubber mounts like the rad mounts.

drain collant and remove rad to give plenty room.

is not that hard really.

bolts into holes already there on chassis legs

 

yep...like rapidcossie says...

 

Do you need to move the rad closer to the engine & will my boost hoses reach the 500 cooler?

Cheers guys

 

or if your clever u can drop the hoses off the rad at top and swing it down place the intercooler up against it and swing em both back up and into place thats what i did saves time but obviously be done on ramp

 

you shoul dbe ok as my hoses had been cut to fit a 4x4 cooler and they still reached when converting to 500 spec

 

sometimes u might even have to shorten it mate as the outlet pipe is very long



they are such a piease fo piss to fit as well


Ben

 

oh now whos a clever bastard

 

Were have you guys fitted your amal valves?

 

lmfao sorry it was more out of last gasp attemtps than anythin

 

they usually work out best!

 

ddit have one.


pro alloy do special mounting brackets but just tie wrap it secure in mean time

 

Hey up Bri

Is it a genuine 500 job?

I fitted mine pretty much as described above, with a few tweaks. RS500's have braces between the rad and cooler at the top - they mount to the two lips on the cooler and the lips on the rad where the bottom of the std cooler bolts on. I copied these in plate to make the whole lot stiffer.

The rad moves back toward the engine, and the cooler bolts to where the rad came from. You'll need a second pair of rad bolts and the rubbers.

After finding out how much the pro-alloy amal bracket was, I made my own No disrespect to the lads, I know their kit is top notch, but I don't have £30 for a bit of ally plate

If you want to look at my car to get some ideas, you're more than welcome

Neil.

 

bri ,the amal valve on mine is tapped to the drivers side under the cone filter .
Put it any where.,even a dumbass like me can do the cooler change,as neil an the others say piece of piss

 

fook me hes bk , how was the holiday fella ??

 

Fooking painfull

 

Well what a week i have had. computer hard drive died. Hit a pheasant @ 70mph, oh and the simple task that was fitting the 500 cooler!!!

Removed old cooler and rad and noticed the rad was goosed, so got that reconned. fitted all back together, relocated amal valve etc, went to pipe it up

Cold side boost hose 4 inches too short
Hot side 1inch too short

Managed to make a temp repair but pipe blew of @28psi (gain of 8psi) Ordered my new hoses stating cooler fitted and type etc. when they arrived hot side just about fit but the cold side was 2 inches too short still.

when fitting the cooler, rad position stayed the same and cooler mounted in bolt hole infront of rad (rad to cooler gap approx 1.5 inches)

On the intercooler the hot side outlet is long and the cold side outlet is short is this right. Pics to follow later.

Cheers Bri.

 

my alloy goodies and amal valve bracket, and also my extension pipe for the boost hose on the cold side

 

My intercooler cold side outlet pipe is about 1.5 inches long compared to about six inches on the hot side

 

wot make of cooler is it mate

 

unknown 500 size 60mm pipes hotside outlet approx 6 inches, cold side approx 1.5 inches. Giving me major grief at the mo and is an 8psi increase normal?????

 

Shoud be the right size

 

looks like it's been cut down,probably to fit a swedish style plenum

 

can't see any cut marks and it still has the swaged ends

 

when you ordered your boost pipes,did you order 2wd ones,as they are longer than 4x4 hoses

(intercooler looks to be 2wd fitment if it hasn't been cut)