TURBO TOYOTAS Install( lots of pics)
04-08-2009, 09:21 PM
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aftermarket axles ? you talking bout the box ? thats all my bros stuff for his srt-4 powered 1st gen neon. I still need to get some stuff i clocked the turbo ill take pics of that when i go home. still at work so when i get home ill add more pics of what i have in particular. I installed the downpipe. Does anyone know how to install the intercooler ? I have 4 bolts and washers and two spacer things with brakets. a lil confused i can weld the washer things to my bumper and just have the brakets bent were I want them. but im sure this is not how they go so Input on that please, Ill install it when I get home.
04-08-2009, 09:52 PM
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i installed my interecooler a different way since i dont have those install brackets.. i drilled hole on top of my crash bar and used a bolt to that goes to that fitting welded on the intercooler
04-09-2009, 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ace83
i installed my interecooler a different way since i dont have those install brackets.. i drilled hole on top of my crash bar and used a bolt to that goes to that fitting welded on the intercooler
op what i did was drill one hole in each bracket so that a bolt will fit in and bolt them to the intercooler. I marked dead center of the intercooler and made a center mark on the crash bar. this will give your alignment. align the two marks and try your best to get your spacing front to back...once your comfortable with the spacing (as long as the pipes will allow for that spacing) bend the brackets up to the crash bar. It will help if you have a friend hold the intercooler up for you or use a jack to hold the intercooler inplace (dont crush the damn thing....lol). reach your hand behind the crash bar and youll notice a crevice, from the front the crevice is denoted by the sorta weld line and a sort of crease, with the intercooler inplace where you want it mark that crease line onto your brackets and mark on the crash bar where the brackets layout. drill a hole in each bracket on the side that touches the crash bar. next drill two holes wher the brackets layed out, right in the middle of the crease line. Now just bolt it up, you can get a nut behind the crash bar in that crevice and hold it with your fingers. slip a bolt in the bracket and into the crash bar...not really hard imho...if you need pics i got a couple of shoots of the front.
04-09-2009, 02:00 AM
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i thinckso ill try it tonight when I take a break from the RX7 my girlfriend just gave me. Its not the most cleanest one but its the one I have wanted for a while. I am removing the motor out of it tonight since its just a 13b NA and m planning on doing a RHD 13bt swap once the scion is done and running how i want it.
04-09-2009, 02:31 AM
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Originally Posted by scikotictc232
i thinckso ill try it tonight when I take a break from the RX7 my girlfriend just gave me. Its not the most cleanest one but its the one I have wanted for a while. I am removing the motor out of it tonight since its just a 13b NA and m planning on doing a RHD 13bt swap once the scion is done and running how i want it.
nice project on both sides....your a busy guy 
04-09-2009, 01:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ace83
i installed my interecooler a different way since i dont have those install brackets.. i drilled hole on top of my crash bar and used a bolt to that goes to that fitting welded on the intercooler
notice the bolt inside that hole that we made, thats bolts to the fitting on the IC, looks clean!
04-09-2009, 05:32 PM
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ya I like that idea too, but would having the brackets beneffit any ? since the motor and all will be flexing so those IC pipes will constantly be moving.. . unless I get stiffer motor mounts. Ill probably try it this way and see how it goes. Does anyone have more indepth pictures of the intercooler pipes in sequence ? So i can check out the couplers used so I can order some soon. I clocked the turbo yesterday and installed the down pipe everything looks good. I didnt have time to get to the intercooler since I was done with the RX7 at 2 AM. Those things are a pain in the ___ to start when they have been sitting for a while or are flooded. this one was both. Ill post pics when I get home from school.
04-09-2009, 06:08 PM
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Ya ill check it out when I get home. Ill do it first thing before messing with the 7. Ill post pics with what I do. But I am guessing I can probably cut on both sides of were the braket is just enough and tack those threaded spacers in and then just drill a hole a bit bigger were I want the IC to bolt up. that way its easily removed if needed to. ill see what happens. I like Aces Idea too. Ill stop by the store on the way home and see what I can get together.
04-12-2009, 03:34 AM
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ok tomorrow I will mount the intercooler for sure and set up the charge pipe with the HKS BOV. been too busy working and messing with the rx-7. I was supposed to get some time on it today but swapped a motor out for a friend. ill keep you guys posted,
04-14-2009, 05:32 AM
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ok I am done with my intercooler and I am about to take more pics. What I ended up doing was welding the extra tabs that I had laiying around to the front of the bumper and bending out the brakets to fit it. so now it bolts in and its easier to get off if i need to. I went over it with a bed liner spreay to clean it up and it looks nice. I am possitioning all my intercooler piping and I will take more pics tomorow with a better camera.
04-16-2009, 01:36 AM
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ok so I have found some time for the scion here and their and I took some pics of how I am coming a long with it. I used the left over of my throttle body coupler to put the other pipes on it to get a better idea of how everything will go. do the intercooler pipes rub on any of your guys set ups ? cause its really tight in a few areas on mine. it could be because of the couplers im using though too. let me know if I am wrong anywere or If something needs to move. does everything look like it should ?
04-16-2009, 01:41 AM
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oil lines should be on their way soon. I need to send some stuff back to todd. and order some more. what brand of couplers should I go with though ? pwr or any other suggestions ?I am going to send the pipes off to get coated a crazy color. will see.