Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #105 – September 28, 2010, 08:55:19 PM Quote from: gumby;337078pics of the broken boss? is it sumthin i could weld back together for ya?It's the front boss on the inline intake. My new welder has a mini-spool gun, so I could weld it up myself I'm sure. Just need to pull things apart to do it. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #106 – April 24, 2011, 05:23:39 PM Well, the weather still hasn't decided to behave long enough here, but a couple things have been getting done on the car.First, I fixed the aforementioned broken fuel rail boss on the intake. Hooked up the mini-spool to my new welder and built things up, and drilled and tapped a new hole. That problem solved.Now yesterday, I was feeling froggy and decided to do this to the car...Because I was finally getting around to doing this...You really can't see the bottom of it, because it's obscured by the bumper and oil cooler, but the inlet/outlet are bottom-mounted.This pic shows how close it is to fitting between the headlight buckets in the header panel. Somehow I eyeballed the centering placement on it, and there is basically a paper's thickness of room between the IC and the header panel. I'll probably knock the header panel down a touch when I get ready to remount it again.Now it's a matter of plumbing things. I need a bunch of 2-1/2" tubing, and perhaps a couple more couplers. I have a bunch silicone couplers, 45's and 90's I got cheap a while back, and now will put them to good use.Being the contrary S.O.B. that I am, I'm not running a rotated intake, so there may be a long run of IC tubing, but it really won't matter when it's all said and done.Anyway, racing the rain and weather around here this weekend, so the new mounting brackets are all I got done, but now it means I actually need to finish things so I can drive the car again. :hick: Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #107 – April 24, 2011, 05:42:13 PM Nice work. Any progress is still progress. As you know, you have to take where you can get it. The weather sucks here, and when it was decent, I had so much other to do the Sport was left alone. Not cool. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #108 – April 24, 2011, 06:40:44 PM Well well, its about time!Dodging the rain was quite a task this weekend for sure. Good to see some work on the 83 again. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #109 – April 28, 2011, 10:45:25 AM Well, I have a pile of 2-1/2" bends and tubing on the way, so after I fix the g/f's Lancer, I'll be making IC tubing. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #110 – May 10, 2011, 09:08:47 PM Well, I finally had some spare time to work on this. Got the whole concept scoped out, and just need a couple more bits to be able to do all the finish cuts, etc.I'll get more pics when I get back to messing with it. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #111 – May 10, 2011, 10:03:33 PM You gonna run the compressor outlet over the v/c, or clock the housing and run the pipe low?Your air filter location ROCKS! same as mine Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #112 – May 10, 2011, 11:42:24 PM Actually the best way it looks to me is to run a silicone "U" off the turbo as it sits. I looked at clocking it, but it didn't make me happy. On the driver side, there is a "U" bend that comes out of the intercooler and wraps around the core support, and runs right on top of the lower rad hose brace. It will run low behind the rad, and then shoot up to meet that silicone "U". Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #113 – May 12, 2011, 04:49:34 PM Didn't you think about water - air IC? I think it's better for our cars, because you don't have to cut any hole for pipes. There are only relatively thin hoses. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #114 – May 12, 2011, 11:51:14 PM Quote from: Trinom;359786Didn't you think about water - air IC? I think it's better for our cars, because you don't have to cut any hole for pipes. There are only relatively thin hoses.Nope, I didn't have to cut any holes for this. The addition of a pump, a water tank, etc outweigh any "advantages" over an air-to-air IC for a street car. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #115 – May 14, 2011, 05:25:51 PM Looks cool.Any idea how much power it will add? Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #116 – May 15, 2011, 10:58:14 AM Don't really know, and not too concerned. I'll finally be able to work on nailing down my tune better, though. Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #117 – June 08, 2011, 11:41:22 PM Ok, got the final mock-up of the IC tubing done this past weekend. Had to wait for a couple pieces to show up (they sent me some wrong stuff).The parts are now off at the powdercoater (for silver) and when I get them back, I'll be able to button this all back up and get the car on the road again.Other thoughts I was thinking...I was contemplating removing the existing under-the-floor SFCs I have on the car (from back in '97-98), and using that material I had for the '80 XR-7 to do through-the-floor SFC's. With the cage and the SFC's and other reinforcements, the car is very stiff as it is. This would clean things up a bit though, and make things look better overall...as well as make it even more rigid. :hick: Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #118 – June 08, 2011, 11:47:58 PM I added the BOV mount after I mocked things up (and after I took pics). Quote Selected
Chuck's '83 TBird Reply #119 – June 09, 2011, 08:36:18 AM Looks great Chuck. Are you planning on going racing? I'm sure it handles the curves well. Quote Selected
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