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Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Fri May 06, 2011 11:45 pm
by watkins
Yeah I can always adjust the mount or make a new one. At this point I dont think it will be an issue though

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:06 am
by theholycow
I probably should have angled the mount a bit better, but the tension on the bushing doesnt concern me because it takes up much of the slack of the blown bushing.
Wait, which bushing is blown?

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 7:13 am
by potownrob
i have no idea what's going on right about now

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:32 am
by watkins
theholycow wrote:
I probably should have angled the mount a bit better, but the tension on the bushing doesnt concern me because it takes up much of the slack of the blown bushing.
Wait, which bushing is blown?
The small one on the end of the V6 9000 arm

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 8:48 am
by theholycow
potownrob wrote:i have no idea what's going on right about now
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Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:29 pm
by watkins
Im finally getting in to doing some actual power modifications. Recently I rerouted some vacuum lines to bypass a valve for slightly more rapid spooling. More importantly I shoehorned a shiny new piece of aluminum in behind the bumper.

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This is how it all was when I started. Nothing to see.

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Bumper off. Its pretty clear that theres 153,000 miles worth of bugs, rocks, and road debris damage to the intercooler. All the nifty black paint has worn off the exposed bottom and most of the fins are bent. This is no good! All those random wires and tubes are for power and ground to the air horns I no longer have and washer fluid for the headlight wipers I also no longer have. Pardon the mess.

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All gone! Very easily removed the old one. The lines (hot on the passenger side, cold on the driver side) is pretty obvious. I had to remove the trim around the hoses as well as cut off the mounting ears that they attached to so I had enough room for my new bits.

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The new intercooler in place. The top is supported by a strip of metal that is bolted to the mounting points for the aforementioned removed headlight wipers. Its quite rigid, but to minimize vibration, two bolts were threaded into the bottom holes with zipties looped around the oil cooler line below/behind the intercooler. I don't have a shot of the new piping since its nothing special. Both sides consist of a cut down 2 ¼ – 2 inch 90 degree silicone elbow and a short piece of 2 inch aluminum tube. Everything is held in place with T bolt clamps.

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Everything bolted back up. I would have loved to have the intercooler down in the bumper opening more, but that would have involved a ton of piping (money), relocating the oil cooler, and a lot of time fabricating brackets instead of using a single strip of metal.

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I decided to go an extra step with the install and force the air that enters the bumper opening to go through the intercooler rather than finding any way around it. The first part was to keep air from going above it.

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Simple enough. I happen to have a big sheet of 3/4” insulation foam hanging around, so I cut a piece to fit between the bumper and the intercooler mount. Its a friction fit, so there wouldn't be any brackets or anything else to worry about. I used magic to spray paint the styrofoam-like product black (pink would have been tacky) before final installation. Next time I have the car in the air/on ramps/whatever, Im going to work on more ducting on the sides and bottom that Ill squeeze in from below.

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Heres a comparison shot of the new and old. The new one is much shorter, but it is both taller and thicker. Its also bar and plate rather than the original tube and fin, so flow is much better.



Having done some driving since the installation nearly a week ago I can say that the difference is incredible. Intake air temps used to be about 30 degrees above ambient or higher during normal driving. Often the difference was significantly more. Intake temperatures are now down around 20 degrees above ambient. The worst Ive seen so far was 24 above. Because of this the car pulls harder for much longer. Heat soak should no longer be an issue, as it was to a significant extent with the factory intercooler.

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 6:19 pm
by 94Corolla5Speed
I vote turbo badge to be at the bottom and center of the grille piece.

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 5:21 am
by potownrob
does the intercooler black magic foam insert keep air from getting to the radiator?? sorry, too curious not to ask :oops: 8)

edit: that radiator has seen better days too :lol:

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 7:31 am
by Rope-Pusher
watkins wrote:Image
Bumper off. Its pretty clear that there's 152,972 bugs in the intercooler.
Fickset

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 1:39 pm
by watkins
potownrob wrote:does the intercooler black magic foam insert keep air from getting to the radiator?? sorry, too curious not to ask :oops: 8)
Nope. Its not really in the way of anything. A lot of air goes through above it from the grille. The bottom half still gets the post-intercooler air. Yes, that's warmer than the air up top, but its still cooler than the coolant.

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:14 pm
by watkins
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Im one festive son of a gun.

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:59 pm
by potownrob
WINNING!! :D

edit: i dare you to rock the lights at the next SS meet

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:34 pm
by watkins
They have to come off to use the rack and I doubt ill have interest in putting them back on before next december

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2011 11:10 pm
by AHTOXA
Nice. Someone suggested that I put that stupid raindeer nose and antlers on my jeep. I mentally tortured them in the most heinous ways.

Re: Watkins' Viggen Pics and Projects

Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2011 9:23 pm
by watkins
I find those repulsive. The Easter bunny is OK though :roll: