rangerlover

so heres my problem, I live 20 miles north of Houston texas. its 95+ degrees 6 months a year it seems like so I need ac and the factory fan shroud. ive never been able to keep a electric fan turbo car cool here when its 100+ degrees and nasty humidity so these are the reasons im keeping ac and clutch fan. after looking at the options only way I could get it done was to go under the headlights.

rangerlover

don't know why the pics are turned

rangerlover

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jaeravenal

nice job, also with the luxury of AC WEEE

Zuphoria

Are the headlights still functional? i wouldnt think there was what much room under there.

ThoBackZ

That is an Awesome job you did. Im in the same boat. What kinda of intercooler did you use? I would love to keep my Ac. Could you pm any more pics of your install.

86tcoupe

I have wanted to intercool mine but man that looks like alot of work.
Are you still using a factory air cleaner?
seems to in the photos
because changing mine gave another 20hp.

The 02-05 Mitsu evolution employed a misting device(sprayed water like a fog ) on the intercooler at start up ,we asked the tech line what is this for extra ponys?
They explained they had trouble with hot soak startups in the south in high heat
it might be something you would want to try.
also they had a soliniod on the firewall that bled off 2psi boost in the line to the waste gate it could be rigged to a micro swt.

rangerlover

yeah the headlights work but I made a bigger hole in the bottom hinge and ran the pipe through it. ill take more pics soon thanks everyone, its a huge amount of work but worth it to keep ac.

rangerlover

i bought a universal kit from a guy on ebay, i would go 2 inch next time but the 2.5 still fits just very tight.

rangerlover

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rangerlover

had to remove bulb on passenger fog light but i don't use them anyway

rangerlover

im waiting on 3 good silicone boots so i can get rid of the autozone ones

ThoBackZ

Awesome!!!

86tcoupe

it looks like it is complete hows the performance improvement ?

rangerlover

no pinging with boost around 11, before it sounded like the crankcase was full of rocks. heres the driver side headlight with gutted hinge

rangerlover

ran 87 octane past few days still no detonation, intercooler was well worth the effort. plug gap is 30