Stingraycrazy

:) Man I'm siked! My buddy Marty Just finished my intercooler! :thumbs: I went over to his house last week wondering if It would ever get done and let me tell you, It was worth the wait. He showed up with it today all polished up and ready to go and said "Just don't stand there with your mouth open, lets get it mounted". :yesnod: :smash: The fit was just like my cardboard design. Its cool seeing a plan come together. Thanks go to my kindergarten teacher for the cardboard arts and crafts instruction. :lol:

The Intercooler will be forward of the motor laying flat between the frame extension and scooping up the air from under the car. Two 8" fans will also be mounted on top of both 10X12X5" cores. I designed a special 13” tall vertical radiator to fit in front of the Intercooler to keep things cool (still a work in progress and I'm not going to rush him). The hot air charge from the turbos will go into each side of the Intercooler and merge into the 4" outlet in the middle. A GReddy type "S" BOV will be fitted on the top of the Intercooler at the merged center section. Now I can get busy fitting and running the turbo plumbing. Here's a few pics to get a better idea of the setup. Happy Holidays to all you guys... :crazy:

Monty

Stingraycrazy,

That's an awesome looking intercooler; I am such a sucker for TIG welded aluminum. Clever installation and design too. You are definitely doing it first class, but I have to agree with what some others have said - you're going to have a problem keeping it down to 600hp. As mentioned, you'll probably only need a little over 5lbs of boost to make that. The lightest wastgate spring is almost 7psi. If you're running 2-port wastegates, you'll probably need to keep the top port open to atmosphere to keep the boost that low.

You're building a very nice car, that's going to be fun to drive. I really like your attention to detail.


[Modified by Monty, 9:25 AM 12/24/2002]

632C2

Great looking job! Like Monty, I love looking at well done aluminum TIG welding. I do some aluminum TIG welding from time to time and the only thing that saves me is my grinder! I can't get that "surgical" look. I hear the guys in the trade call it "laying dimes" and that is exactly what a great job looks like. The whole project looks to be first class.

Steve

Stingraycrazy

Thanks guys, it came out just like I planed it. Scary! Marty is a wiz when it comes to welding. I can't wait to see my radiator :crazy:


[Modified by Stingraycrazy, 8:05 PM 12/24/2002]

J Z06

That looks terrific!

It'll have show as well as GO :cool:

:cheers:

BrianCunningham

Nice work separating the air flows :cheers:

Stingraycrazy

Thanks guys, I love the sparkel of polished aluminum... :crazy:


[Modified by Stingraycrazy, 4:39 AM 12/25/2002]

bowtie racing

AWSOME fabrication !!! Tell us more about that billet waterpump.

Thanks!

Twin_Turbo

Meziere has a billet mech. waterpump. This one is electric too. I think I'll go w/ the belt driven one.



Marck

bowtie racing

Thanks Marck ! Good looking piece. Do you have any flowrates ? I have allways loved billet parts and billet electric waterpumps but havent had guts to try one -because i dont believe they live on street. But Mechanical billet would be my choise.

Stingraycrazy

Sorry for not getting back to you Bowtie, the pump is a Hawkes billet high flow. I picked it up new in the box off EBay, one of the best EBay picks I've made. I just hope it runs as good as it looks... :crazy: