nose mounted intercooler?
 

If I mount my inter cooler in the nose, where the intake is mounted, and i cut two holes on the hood for air flow, will rain damage the intercooler?

When I go to install one I'm thinking it would look pretty good there, and it would keep the condenser and radiator from being blocked.

Maybe vents instead of holes?

Im about to do the same thing as you what type intercooler u got...? i got the starion.... greddy blow off valve and i got this like valve that works with the boost and the returned from the fuel pressure regulator... it gives more fuel pressure... the way it works depends with the boost... the more boost gives you more fuel pressure... everything for $250 not bad huh? with this mods i hope i run low 12's... do you have electric fan...?

i bought a used z32 intercooler for now. i'll see how that works out. got off ebay. havent received it yet. blitz bov, no e-fan yet, but also on my to do list

if you have any difficulties with the e-fan installation or something else let me know ill help you out i just did mine and damn you feel the diff. better cooling... engine revs nice... and you gain some horses... its worth it....everything... i just took my nose off and found the way too do it... front mount dough...im gonna go with 2 inch piping for the intercooler... u know i dont want lag...
ill be doing the ic installation next week ill let you know with the details or ill post them here...

Outstanding, I definately will get the fan done, but top of my list is exhaust. I need to get it to pass california smog anyways so I'll replace my cat, and the muffler (has a BIG hole in it). Then after I pass smog rip the whole thing off, throw it in the back of the garage (I'll need it in two years for re-smogging) and put on a 3" no cat no muffler exhaust.

definately let me know how it goes, try to take some pictures, I was looking in there and it looks crowded right under the A/C compressor. I'm not sure yet how the piping should go from the turbo to the intercooler then back to the throttle body. Without getting rid of my A/C

Yeah my ac works too so i dont wanna get rid of it... ill le you know with the pics...