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Mieran
19-07-10, 06:56 PM
Another pic request thread :roll:

I need to see as many as possible.

Preferably without the bumper and maybe state the dimensions too?

Thanks :thumb:
General Baxter
19-07-10, 07:00 PM
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/baxters83/Picture102.jpg
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a191/baxters83/Picture091.jpg
Benn
19-07-10, 08:26 PM
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Updates%20Oct09%20on/IMG_8767.jpg

Long and slim line. Didn't have to cut the bumper.
Mieran
19-07-10, 08:35 PM
Cheers for the pics, keep them coming.

Benn, did you have to modify the front panel at all?
Mike
19-07-10, 08:39 PM
http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/TWOC%20Rebuild/273.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/TWOC%20Rebuild/275.jpg

http://i80.photobucket.com/albums/j181/mikenova/TWOC%20Rebuild/274.jpg
Benn
19-07-10, 08:57 PM
Benn, did you have to modify the front panel at all?

Yeah, its been cut and boxed.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y232/bennh2/Updates%20Oct09%20on/Frontend3.jpg
MattBrown
19-07-10, 09:02 PM
That one of them chineese tx autosports ones benn?
david dixon
19-07-10, 09:11 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/nova-turbo/My%20nova%20pics%20new/novaintercooler.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/nova-turbo/Nova%20v6%20z32se/nova32v6t4.jpg
joff-turbo-nova
19-07-10, 11:49 PM
Pics of mine ....

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/WIP14.jpg

http://www.elsamak.karoo.net/WIP15.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y15/joff-turbo-nova/PVS2a.jpg

Joff
Graeme
20-07-10, 06:26 AM
Was there any addition strengthen done were Joff with removing so much? I've done something similar and about to plate it back up, just wondered if I should put some box section in there before its plated back up
Andy
20-07-10, 07:11 AM
Ive still yet to see one behind a early mk1 one piece bumper (sport type)
I would be interested to see one hidden and then on show if there is any as im looking for ideas as to where to locate mine
andybishop
20-07-10, 07:59 AM
There's some pictures of my hidden intercooler and radiator on my build thread, all designed to fit behind behind standard bumper, pretty sure it would go behind a early bumper too.
joff-turbo-nova
20-07-10, 09:45 AM
Was there any addition strengthen done were Joff with removing so much? I've done something similar and about to plate it back up, just wondered if I should put some box section in there before its plated back up

I think I used something like 30mm heavy box section from one chassis leg to the other and then welded to the cross member and front plate.

Joff
MattBrown
20-07-10, 10:09 AM
Was there any addition strengthen done were Joff with removing so much? I've done something similar and about to plate it back up, just wondered if I should put some box section in there before its plated back up

I would dude, get some 2" angle, and put it in as a L shape, to sit the cooler in:thumb:
craig green
20-07-10, 10:16 AM
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c323/turbocraig/NovaGSi-WIP_pics/Novabits4sale019.jpg

Just to add. I appreciate people want to build sleepers or not destroy bumpers by hacking holes in them, but if you dont give an intercooler sufficient airflow, you may aswell not run one or run the risk of melting your pistons. Do the reaerch but there is maths behind intercooler size & the required airflow to it.
blue_peg_16v
20-07-10, 10:23 AM
Ive still yet to see one behind a early mk1 one piece bumper (sport type)
I would be interested to see one hidden and then on show if there is any as im looking for ideas as to where to locate mine

c20tbo used a charge cooler for that reason the courtenay ones only have a small rad and will easily fit in the front end
GDN16v
20-07-10, 10:25 AM
Just to add. I appreciate people want to build sleepers or not destroy bumpers by hacking holes in them, but if you dont give an intercooler sufficient airflow, you may aswell not run one or run the risk of melting your pistons. Do the reaerch but there is maths behind intercooler size & the required airflow to it.
Exactly, no point having an intercooler the size of youre front end if 90% of it is covered by your bumper.:thumb:


c20tbo used a charge cooler for that reason the courtenay ones only have a small rad and will easily fit in the front end

Problem is that in a tight compact engine bay like a nova with a c20let in they warm up very quickly even though they are water cooled to a point!
Graeme
20-07-10, 11:10 AM
Cheers joff, i have some 2 x 1 box section that i think i'm goin to try
mayhem
20-07-10, 12:02 PM
my mate's, it runs perfect with phase 2 chips.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/0d998611.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/df95c0d2.jpg
Mieran
20-07-10, 04:02 PM
Thanks for all the replies.

Mayhem thats a proper sleeper lol
Shaun
20-07-10, 04:47 PM
look in here mate if you want more piccies

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?t=127989&highlight=intercooler
Andy
20-07-10, 04:59 PM
my mate's, it runs perfect with phase 2 chips.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/0d998611.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/df95c0d2.jpg
what intercooler is that mate/where from?
Thats the kind of look im after achieving.
Does anyone have any pics of them sat below those bumpers? Sorry to hijack Mieran
blue_peg_16v
20-07-10, 05:05 PM
looks like a frontera one ?
ben doodar
20-07-10, 05:18 PM
umm looks like a frontera one to me, think i might sight mine up in that position tonight.
mayhem
20-07-10, 06:21 PM
its an EDS one iirc.

we went for a spin in it last friday... i need a let in my life now :(
david dixon
20-07-10, 06:57 PM
Thats fontera for sure but regal were buying them new from calsonic and selling them as the new eds for a while!

David.
blue_peg_16v
20-07-10, 07:06 PM
mines an eds one and its nothing like that
brucer
20-07-10, 07:07 PM
mines a forge intercooler
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/DSC02444Medium.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/DSC02438Medium.jpg
http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/08052010084.jpg
Benn
20-07-10, 07:08 PM
Just to add. I appreciate people want to build sleepers or not destroy bumpers by hacking holes in them, but if you dont give an intercooler sufficient airflow, you may aswell not run one or run the risk of melting your pistons. Do the reaerch but there is maths behind intercooler size & the required airflow to it.

I remember you saying that about mine. But mine sits right in the middle of the "mouth" of the bumper cut out. Getting plenty of air.
david dixon
20-07-10, 08:13 PM
mines an eds one and its nothing like that

Yeah i used to have a eds one in my green one and it didn't look like that but i know a couple of lads who ordered a full eds front mount kit and got a fontera cooler so sent them back again, this was a couple of years ago though.

David.
david dixon
20-07-10, 08:14 PM
this is how my eds cooler use to sit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/nova-turbo/General%20pics/IMG_6560.jpg

David.
Graeme
20-07-10, 08:17 PM
Iirc Mtech sell a cooler that looks really like a frontera one, the one with the larger tanks
david dixon
20-07-10, 08:39 PM
isn't that just the later fontera cooler though? it has more rounded off end tanks?

David.
blue_peg_16v
20-07-10, 08:44 PM
this is how my eds cooler use to sit

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v84/nova-turbo/General%20pics/IMG_6560.jpg

David.

similar to mine but mines a cavalier one
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/loon/100_0230.jpg
mrT
20-07-10, 08:54 PM
just get a chargecooler...works a lot better and what i'd go for if i was to build a big power let all day long mate, intercooler is to much hastle to fit imo for the results
blue_peg_16v
20-07-10, 08:58 PM
i want a charge cooler to replace my front mount
eddgsiturbo
20-07-10, 09:10 PM
similar to mine but mines a cavalier one
http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm71/richardmee/loon/100_0230.jpg
any pics of this with the the bumper off? and did u have to cut the front so it fits? this looks like the same intercooler i got for mine, would be good to see how u made it fit coz i been tryin to figure it out. lol
mrT
20-07-10, 09:30 PM
be aswell bud, easier to fit in probably better as u know the i cooler is only good when flat out which doest happen often..or does it haha
david dixon
20-07-10, 09:45 PM
i think i would stick to a intercooler because when i change my turbo it'll be a 35r and to have enough room it'll be over the box which means no chargecooler.

David.
ste porter
21-07-10, 02:52 PM
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs161.snc3/18850_104326976260599_100000498918169_109652_51105 86_n.jpg
ste porter
21-07-10, 02:53 PM
http://photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs137.snc3/18450_104326972927266_100000498918169_109651_30905 30_n.jpg
c20tbo
15-12-10, 01:40 AM
c20tbo used a charge cooler for that reason the courtenay ones only have a small rad and will easily fit in the front end

Car was initially built with charge cooler but suffered heat soak on a roasting track day, i got pro alloy to make a bespoke intercooler and rad setup to sit behind the bumper and ran that and chargecooler.:thumb:
dj_wudgey
15-12-10, 10:41 PM
my mate's, it runs perfect with phase 2 chips.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/0d998611.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v205/sw16v/df95c0d2.jpg

sleeper ftw!! id prefer to use a charge coler just wouldnt prefer the price lol
The Simps
16-12-10, 12:41 AM
I have a chargecooler setup somewhere I think I would sell.....
The Simps
16-12-10, 12:52 AM
EDS one like bluepegs on my old nova...


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20LET%20Build/16-08-073.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Nova%20LET%20Build/16-08-07.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v310/TheSimps/Nova/Photoshoot%20Day/DSCF0315resize.jpg
dj_wudgey
16-12-10, 01:56 AM
that looks sweet simps!!
The Simps
16-12-10, 12:31 PM
I'd love to know where it is now. I've heard up north somewhere. Last I heard it had colour coded bumpers and porsche wheels and the guy was snapping driveshafts and the front cross-member had cracked (despite being thick box section and 4/5mm plate!).
dj_wudgey
16-12-10, 03:13 PM
well i hope its still going strong matey as it looks well nice!!
tony k
16-12-10, 03:21 PM
heres a pic of mine its benn repositioned now but not too much
theres enough room to put my oil cooler behind it aswell,mines been done like benn`s little box section,so the intercooler can sit in

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/31072009028.jpg

http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/01082009031.jpg
http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb221/tonysturbonova/01082009030.jpg
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Benn
16-12-10, 07:03 PM
I'd love to know where it is now. I've heard up north somewhere. Last I heard it had colour coded bumpers and porsche wheels and the guy was snapping driveshafts and the front cross-member had cracked (despite being thick box section and 4/5mm plate!).

All about how you drive innit.
Andy
16-12-10, 07:08 PM
I'd love to know where it is now. I've heard up north somewhere. Last I heard it had colour coded bumpers and porsche wheels and the guy was snapping driveshafts and the front cross-member had cracked (despite being thick box section and 4/5mm plate!).
A lad had it round here for a while then sold it on.He colour coded the bumpers and put porsche wheels on it,looked sh1te.He bought it from you (james cuj)
The Simps
16-12-10, 10:37 PM
A lad had it round here for a while then sold it on.He colour coded the bumpers and put porsche wheels on it,looked sh1te.He bought it from you (james cuj)


The guy James sold it to is who I'm on about. I kept in contact with James but the trail ended there.