I just pieced together a turbo kit and I am noticing some issues with the intercooler placement. here’s my setup:
drag manifold
Some JDM Nissan T3 turbo
Precision Turbo Intercooler (27" x 6" x 3.5")
Stewart Warner Boost, EGT w/probe, oil pressure guages
walbro 255 LPH pump
still looking for dsm injectors.
But anyways, i am noticing that there are some A/C lines right behind the bumper and i dont see how my intercooler will fit. Was just wondering if anyone has managed to keep their A/C with a turbo on a G2 and how can these lines be routed out of the way? Any suggestions cause I would really like to keep my A/C even if its a lil more work.
i have yet to see a turbo’d da with the a/c still. but im sure it can be done somehow. as far as intercooler if ya had a side mount you could stuff it in the side part of the bumper or engine bay. but anything can be done if you put ur head to it. but will your a/c compressor clear the turbo mani and turbo, and piping? And imo if you got a turbo roll the windows down you’ve still got a a/c just gotta go faster lol.
ive pulled out AC in my other G2 but my new G2 the AC works so good, and im just loving it, thats why I would like to keep it. The downpipe will clear the compressor…the only problem is that those AC lines behind the bumper looks like they are too far out and will interfere with the intercooler. Im thinking I could use a pipe bender and bend them back, or have them re-routed, so if anyone has managed to use a FMIC with AC, Id really appreciate some advice.
Yeah man, I have a/c w/ my car. I actually had the precision 700hp intercooler, but i got rid of it for a drag. Reason being because i would have had to hack the crap out of my bumper/support to make it fit.
What I did with the drag was drill 2 holes through the bumper support and then stick bolts down that then connect to the IC tabs. The drag intercooler seems like it was made for our cars. As for the hardlines, they are pretty flexible; I was able to bend them how I wanted but I dont suggest moving them that much! HTH!
First of all, those “ac lines” are power steering cooler lines and you don’t have to mess with them if you take out the plastic grille material in the bumper opening. Secondly, the only way to keep the ac is to either route the piping like drag does it, or take out your windshield washer resevoir and route a small diameter pipe through the opening and over to the turbo from above. I’m not sure, but it MIGHT be possible to take out the power steering cooler lines and make the opening for them big enough to route a pipe, although I’ve never seen that done before. Anyway you slice it, it’s a cast iron bitch and very few G2ers go that route.
First of all those lines are NOT powersteering related! There are p/s lines w/ fins but he is talking about the a/c lines i would assume since he said a/c lines.
Secondly you don’t only have 2 options; you can cut a hole through the chassis and run a pipe throught there.
I went this third option and cut out a 2.5" hole in my chassis and my 2" mandrel bend 180 fits beautifully w/ no cutting, then I just put a 90* silicone coupler off the turbo and welded a 2" straight piece to the bend and it works. Hope that helps man, don’t be discouraged, if I did it, i’m sure you can.
i actually did something similar to k9n, but i cut a hole through the radiator support. the only thing wrong with the way i did it is that you’d have to run a shorter length intercooler to keep the intercooler fairly centered. for instance, my intercooler is only 24.5" in length. but, if you don’t care about symmetry, then you could run as long an intercooler as you want.
also, my intercooler is 3" thick, but i cut a good amount off of the bumper support and the grill is completely gone. i never came close to that AC line, even with my previous intercooler with a full bumper support.
one more thing, i dunno if its a common problem among g2s, but i had a very hard time keeping my car from overheating whenever the AC was on. without the AC on, i never ever overheated. but then again, i’m over here in houston, tx where humidity is king.
just on a side note, if you find that you need to put auxillary fans in front of the condensor, i have found that you can fit a 10" slim fan on the passenger’s side and a 9" fan on the driver’s side.
I’ve had my a/c out for so long, I forgot those lines were there. :bang: As far as the “hole through the chassis”, are you talking about removing the windshield washer fluid resevoir and squeezing the piping between the compressor and the fan? If so, that must be quite a tight fit, right?
Thats where he’s talking about, just in front of the A/C compressor. The fan is gone, he put 2 pushers in front. I wouldn’t believe it if I didn’t see it myself and help out here and there. He’s got a Frontmount, and 2 FALS in front of the radiator and the A/C condensor… Without a single cut to the bumper or support! At least not a cut you can see, he shaved some plastic from the back side.
All he removed was the PS (including the lines that run to the front), I’m not sure about the resevoir.
Looks sweet, I can see u removed your rebar also. what size intercooler do u have and do u have pics of it mounted? did u have to cut out the grill to mount it, and what bout the p/s and a/c lines?
the intercooler im using is a spearco unit. I dont remember the specs of it but its 20" in length. The bumper support was cut including the grill to accomodate the intercooler.
The power steering and a/c lines remained untouched.
