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December 31, 2007, 04:31:27 pm

KTZed

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« on: December 31, 2007, 04:31:27 pm »
IC from a Nissan Silvia SR20DET
2" Aluminum tube from scrap yard
Fuel filler hose from random ford truck gas tanks
Total cost was about $75  :D
Had to make new lower rad mounts and trim the rad support in a couple places so I could move the rad right over to the pass side.
And BTW its a rad from a non AC gasser I believe, same width as the fan shroud.
It cut an easy 200F off of the EGT's...that means its time for more fuel :twisted:



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Reply #1December 31, 2007, 07:57:26 pm

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« Reply #1 on: December 31, 2007, 07:57:26 pm »
in the words of cartman, "sweeeet"
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Reply #2January 02, 2008, 07:33:44 pm

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« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2008, 07:33:44 pm »
Quote from: "KTZed"
It cut an easy 200F off of the EGT's...


200 degree's????  Man I need to get one too!
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Reply #3January 02, 2008, 09:31:21 pm

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« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2008, 09:31:21 pm »
Very simple, just how I like things.
Nice work!
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Reply #4January 02, 2008, 11:19:44 pm

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« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2008, 11:19:44 pm »
Isnt this near imposible to find in canada? Nissan Silvia SR20DET

You guys out west have those floating around the scrapyards?

Reply #5January 03, 2008, 06:20:09 am

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« Reply #5 on: January 03, 2008, 06:20:09 am »
A photo is worth a million words, as they say. Thanks for the pics, this is very useful and I welcome the idea of using aluminum tubes. The problem is to locate an IC at a reasonable price. I had to pay about $200 for a brand new TDI IC.

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Reply #6January 03, 2008, 08:37:19 am

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« Reply #6 on: January 03, 2008, 08:37:19 am »
SR20DET Intercooler should be fairly easy to find at least in western Canada. For those not familiar with the trend here lately, anything over 15 years old can be imported from other countries and since we're closest to japan here on vancouver island, there are about a million skylines, silvias, fairlady z, toyota landcuisers, mistu delicas, etc. etc. running around. Not to mention the number of people swapping SR20 engines into 240sx's (and upgrading their intercoolers).
Im not sure I totally recommend this IC however as it was kind of a pain to fit...if I had found one that was a little thinner and had inlet/outlet on the same side it would have been much easier to fit in front of the rad...at least with small bumpers.
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Reply #7January 03, 2008, 11:55:54 am

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out west
« Reply #7 on: January 03, 2008, 11:55:54 am »
emmmm westurn canada with mild weather....emmm

Reply #8January 03, 2008, 02:13:57 pm

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« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2008, 02:13:57 pm »
Hmmm. Someone could make some fellow td/tdi nuts happy and a few quid on the side if they could track those funky i/c down and sell 'em....
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Reply #9January 04, 2008, 12:15:48 am

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« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2008, 12:15:48 am »
a bit smaller but with similar piping would be the ford 1994-2001 diesel range from escorts and mondeos... probably cheaper tho as well...
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