yeay..fun time with intercooler piping, 3sgte intercooler piping fabrication pics Options

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this is my "fun" time.
fabricating intercooler piping.
somehow, i find it relaxing.

this is supershannons 3s equipped ST (formally RJB's)
im fixing the hack job that was called a swap, including the intercooler piping, and a bunch of other stuff that needed to be taken care of.
all 2.5" stainless, welded with 1 joint for a bit of flexibility on the hot side, and 1 joint on the cold side.
here are a couple pics.



once the welding is all done, i'll prep the welds a bit more, and prep the whole pipe, so that they will be ready to polish if they choose to do so.
you can see in the pics the start of preping the welds, the first weld off the turbo is just ground down with a angle grinder, the 2nd by the alternator has been ground with the grinder, then prepped a bit with a roloc disk

no, im not clocking the turbo.
IMO, unless you have an IC with the inlet and outlet on the same side, you gain nothing by doing it.

more pics to come

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so, i fabbed up the intercooler brackets, and got the intercooler mounted, and some of the cold pipe made up, i made up a couple bolts out of the threaded rod and bolts RJB used to mount the intercooler to the crash bar before, the intercooler was pushed way out to the front of the crash bar, and he had to cut away parts of the bumper to fit it over the IC and piping.

a pic of the bolt:



the bracket welded to the frame ( i cleaned and painted these, this stuff will rust pretty quickly without protection)



the IC mounted:



yup, i think the brackets will hold just FINE....


haha yes, that is me, STANDING on the intercooler.