righthooker

tips please,in from the top ,bottom ,rad out or what all help muchos apreciated
this is my crimbo prezzie to me
now have a new problem ,the hoses do not seem to line up anymore and the inlet and outlet pipes are sort of too long causing a kink in the turbo side hose as this is trunked at the cooler end and dont push on any more.the throtle side is about 2/3 cm out of line and muchos long,please help

Rhys

Easy mate leave rad in. Just jack front of car up and put the inter cooler up that way and then u can get under neath it to bolt the intercooler in. Easy peasy mate

wimwerf

you have to take the rad out...its not hard to do..

Alps Pacino

ye rad out i took a few pipes of it then swung it under the sump if you get what i mean rather than taking it completely out. its not hard but easier with 2 people as i found out.

Rhys

Rad out how come? i didnt, Though saying that i think my rad was out the same time when i fitted the cooler, but i cant see why u would need to take it out?

righthooker

so thats 2 for rad out and 1 against but defo up from the bottom

Alps Pacino

deffo up from the bottom and deffo rad out 100%, could be possible with rad in but for the extra 10 mins it takes saves fucking the rad dont it

wimwerf

if i didnt take my rad out from my saph 4wd i cant get my rs500 pro alloy in.....

@rhys...do you have so much room then...

Rhys

lol fair enough, I think my rad was out at the same time as i was going to fit my Alloy rad at the same time, just couldnt see that you had to remove it lol.

Righthooker might as well get a nice bling alloy rad while your at it

Gaaables

when i did mine i had to remove the rad as when u put it up from underneath the inlet and outlet pipes wouldnt get by the rad. easy enough though

simonc

I had to remove rad aswell.

Simon.

righthooker

right,rad out it is got the pro alloy i/c on its way ,would have liked to get the full set of rad and turbo cooler,but ufortunatly my 7 year old didnt want the rad and the 11 year old turned down the turbo cooler for crimbo

righthooker

so had a look under the car ,where the rad is fixed are two more bolt holes nearer the front so i take it this is where it bolts on aint gont no bolts though

Charlie Chalk

iTrader: (1)

im sure you dont have to take the rad out!


i remember taking one out a car and leaving the rad in, sure you dont have to

Alvyn

iTrader: (1)

to your 1st q YES

go to the scrapy and remove the bolts from a Seirra that holts the rad in and also the rubber bushes failing that go get some long bolts Iron mongers NOT TILL MONDAY THOU

I also done it without removing BUT for the time it takes you may as well as it is very easy to damage the rad as you wiggle the i/c into it's place

righthooker

do look easyer with the rad out as its the longer inlet and outlet pipes which look a bit long,but aint got any bolts any how

righthooker

please see first post edited and confused

Alvyn

iTrader: (1)

cut the hoses down to size m8

righthooker

if i cut the turbo side hose it will still kink as i can only cut the turbo end which has a bend in it allready as it should have.dont solve the offset though at the other side

righthooker

up

Gaaables

i managed 2 giggle my pipes round and got em on alright, not brilliant but good enough. didnt have 2 cut anything off

righthooker

got the bloody thing on
Had to cut the turbo to i/c hose in the middle to shorten it,and at the end to change the angle.
The cold side i got a focus hose with a bit of a shimy and a shamy in it ,cut it down in the middle and re located the d/v as far back against the throtle bracket as i could.Allowing for the shamy bit to join to the cooler.

What i did find was a hose kit off a scooby with a 90deg bend and a reducer,and a cold side pipe identical to the focus one,this would have meant hoses where all the same colour .
But the kit was 70 quid,where as the focus hose and a conector cost me a tener
This will do me to get the car back on the road ,till i can sort something out