evilevo
09-14-2003, 06:03 PM
I finished installing Buschurs new IC Friday night, been gone all weekend. I started at 4 pm and everything was back on the car at 8:30. I have never taken the front bumper or the I/C off before but it was easy.
The black pipe to the turbo is a bitch to get on. I managed to get it on leaving the starter in place.
I had to use a dead blow to move the left/right hangers on the I/C slightly in order to get it to fit on the car correctly, no prob. I decided to stay with the stock upper I/C pipe instead of upgrading to Buschurs upper I/C which in turn required me to fabricate items to make this work. I used the stock lower I/C mesh hose and cut a 2 inch straight peice and used it to join the stock lower I/C pipe to the new I/C. It was tight as hell but it fit. Iused hose clamps to secure it even though it was so damn titght.
Once in there was a bit of cutting of the under tray. Look at the stock I/C and how it attatches to the under tray with plastic screws that lock. The screws lock under the stock I/C. That was all cut out in order to drop the new I/C in.
All in all a basic install. Nothing is going to be a perfect form fit. There is going to be some adjustment to be made here and there.
Test drove it and noticed a little lag, not much. Pulls like hell all the way to redline. I havent by any means even begun to unleash this I/Cs potential but give me some time.
Look at the front shot picture. Is it me or is the I/C tilted? Looks like the left corner is lower, not level. When I stand in font of it it looks crooked.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic1.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic4.jpg
http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic2.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic3.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic5.jpg
I took these pictures with my Nokia 3650. Not bad huh? Sloppy cutting job on the under tray.
The black pipe to the turbo is a bitch to get on. I managed to get it on leaving the starter in place.
I had to use a dead blow to move the left/right hangers on the I/C slightly in order to get it to fit on the car correctly, no prob. I decided to stay with the stock upper I/C pipe instead of upgrading to Buschurs upper I/C which in turn required me to fabricate items to make this work. I used the stock lower I/C mesh hose and cut a 2 inch straight peice and used it to join the stock lower I/C pipe to the new I/C. It was tight as hell but it fit. Iused hose clamps to secure it even though it was so damn titght.
Once in there was a bit of cutting of the under tray. Look at the stock I/C and how it attatches to the under tray with plastic screws that lock. The screws lock under the stock I/C. That was all cut out in order to drop the new I/C in.
All in all a basic install. Nothing is going to be a perfect form fit. There is going to be some adjustment to be made here and there.
Test drove it and noticed a little lag, not much. Pulls like hell all the way to redline. I havent by any means even begun to unleash this I/Cs potential but give me some time.
Look at the front shot picture. Is it me or is the I/C tilted? Looks like the left corner is lower, not level. When I stand in font of it it looks crooked.
http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic1.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic4.jpg
http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic2.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic3.jpg http://home.columbus.rr.com/idkimagez/ic5.jpg
I took these pictures with my Nokia 3650. Not bad huh? Sloppy cutting job on the under tray.