Tapage
Club 4X4 Panamá
Well .. been a while since last upgrades thread .. actually 2010 was the last one and this was suppose to be the 2011 thread .. anyhow ... it took me a while .. actually much more than planned finish it .. ( all targets for 2011 upgrades ).
As usual reference .. last upgrade thread ..
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/397209-marilu-upgrades-ver-2010-a.html
Was an old intention put a top mounted intercooler in Marilu .. actually I kinda like 'em, coz to me it's always more important keep my front clear for AC performance ( important topic down here ). I wish 80 / 60 series have more space in front to punt an front mounted intercooler along with huge fans and still keep your factory AC condenser mock up ..
Here how this journey start back in 2011 ..
As I was working in the idea of the intercooler decide pull the trigger with Graeme's turbos .. that was a long wait too .. coz that Turbo was sitting in one corner of my work bench for almost 2 years ..
Meanwhile I broke Tencha's front ARB, more stuff on Tencha ( including hydroboost and other mist stuff .. ) so all of those " issues " put pauses in my Marilu's project ..
Good thing it's had time to collect all necessary parts to accomplish my mission .. and I never loose my path ..
It's Mazda's RX7 Intercooler .. after more measurements decide that was the good one for the mission but the adapter flange to the intake .. damn that was the complicated part ..
Initially I was exploring the idea of an adapter from the intake manifold ( rectangular shape ) to the IC outlet which it's round .. well hard to realize that wasn't gonna happen in my case due to short space between engine and hood .. actually 70 series what have more elevated body have plenty more space .. what make much more simple few things ..
Day come when I have all that I need and I start with the turbo swap ..
It took me good 20 hours of hard labor on one weekend ..
that include clocking G turbo unit and some fab ..
My idea was one shot .. turbo swap and intercooler
G Turbo on my manifold ready to go ..
Putting the complete assembly back in place was huge PITA ( working alone .. )
night caught me so I decide to continue next day .. coz my exhaust was other huge pita ( 3" from turbo flange ) to remove and put back on ..
Didn't have many pics of the IC process but will post ( have few in my phone ) the real interesting part there was the put and weld of the adapter to the IC
well looks like I did it well .. ( I'm not good with measurements .. )
Few things come in the process as due to height of IC I wasn't be able to use the stock accelerator cable bracket ..
As usual reference .. last upgrade thread ..
https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/397209-marilu-upgrades-ver-2010-a.html
Was an old intention put a top mounted intercooler in Marilu .. actually I kinda like 'em, coz to me it's always more important keep my front clear for AC performance ( important topic down here ). I wish 80 / 60 series have more space in front to punt an front mounted intercooler along with huge fans and still keep your factory AC condenser mock up ..
Here how this journey start back in 2011 ..
As I was working in the idea of the intercooler decide pull the trigger with Graeme's turbos .. that was a long wait too .. coz that Turbo was sitting in one corner of my work bench for almost 2 years ..
Meanwhile I broke Tencha's front ARB, more stuff on Tencha ( including hydroboost and other mist stuff .. ) so all of those " issues " put pauses in my Marilu's project ..
Good thing it's had time to collect all necessary parts to accomplish my mission .. and I never loose my path ..
It's Mazda's RX7 Intercooler .. after more measurements decide that was the good one for the mission but the adapter flange to the intake .. damn that was the complicated part ..
Initially I was exploring the idea of an adapter from the intake manifold ( rectangular shape ) to the IC outlet which it's round .. well hard to realize that wasn't gonna happen in my case due to short space between engine and hood .. actually 70 series what have more elevated body have plenty more space .. what make much more simple few things ..
Day come when I have all that I need and I start with the turbo swap ..
It took me good 20 hours of hard labor on one weekend ..
that include clocking G turbo unit and some fab ..
My idea was one shot .. turbo swap and intercooler
G Turbo on my manifold ready to go ..
Putting the complete assembly back in place was huge PITA ( working alone .. )
night caught me so I decide to continue next day .. coz my exhaust was other huge pita ( 3" from turbo flange ) to remove and put back on ..
Didn't have many pics of the IC process but will post ( have few in my phone ) the real interesting part there was the put and weld of the adapter to the IC
well looks like I did it well .. ( I'm not good with measurements .. )
Few things come in the process as due to height of IC I wasn't be able to use the stock accelerator cable bracket ..
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