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Pics of installed intercooler
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    Pics of installed intercooler

    Installed the cooler this weekend at the shop. The install went great, no problems at all. Mind you I haven't put the front bumper cover back on yet, so there may be some cutting needed....



    Had to take out the horn on my 91 GT to get the air filter to fit the way I wanted it to...



    Blowoff valve installed - it was necessary to cut the tubing in half, as sent it was much too long:


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    Pics of the tubing going to the cooler from the drivers side:



    Mounting location for the cooler tab:


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    This is where things got a little tricky... on the passanger side, the rubber tubing goes over the bumper mount. What you need to do is bend back the brackets so that there are no sharp edges hitting the tubing. We just used a crescent wrench and bent everything back. Also note the aluminum bracket that attaches to the bumper mount and then to the cooler tab:



    Passanger side pic:



    Pic of the tubing going into the engine bay from the passanger side:


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    Nice, glad to hear it went well. It looks like you will be running a blow through mass air setup so I was wondering why you are recirculating the bypass air? You could just plug the bung in the rubber elbow and point the bypass hose in some convenient direction and blow the heated bypass air to atmosphere.
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    I honestly didn't know that I could do that John, I was just following ATI's directions :) But I guess it won't make much of a difference either way.

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    Actually, venting to atmosphere is supposed to make the intake charge temperature lower because your not introducing the already heated air back into the inlet pipe. Never measured the difference so I don't know how much it reduces the temps but it does make sense.
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    That makes alot of sense.

    So technically I can just take the hose going to the rubber inlet from the bypass right off?

    And just let the bypass vent the air straight up into the fender? If so thats good news, I can fit my horn back in there :)

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    Yes, just unhook the hose end you show in your second photo and point it somewhere convenient. Make sure you plug the plastic bung in the rubber elbow so your not sucking in unfiltered air. Also, I would make sure you point the bypass tube away from the intake filter and not toward the ground either. You will be amazed at how much air flows out of the bypass, even at idle so you don't want to kick up debree and dust from the ground.
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    Originally posted by John91coupe
    Nice, glad to hear it went well. It looks like you will be running a blow through mass air setup so I was wondering why you are recirculating the bypass air? You could just plug the bung in the rubber elbow and point the bypass hose in some convenient direction and blow the heated bypass air to atmosphere.
    Good suggestion John. I'm going to try this also. Thank for the tip.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sybersport
    Installed the cooler this weekend at the shop. The install went great, no problems at all. Mind you I haven't put the front bumper cover back on yet, so there may be some cutting needed....



    Had to take out the horn on my 91 GT to get the air filter to fit the way I wanted it to...



    Blowoff valve installed - it was necessary to cut the tubing in half, as sent it was much too long:

    I have the same bypass valve on my car. Are these good bypass valves?
    Do they sell an aftermarket one that will fit in the same location?
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    How much louder is it with the bypass valve venting rather than recircing? I was going to try this but never got around to it.
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