I pointed out that I have Had many things hit my truck in the exact area where he mounted his intercooler.The only thing stopping them from taking out the AC condenser was the grill itself. He says its fine and plans on continuing to run it like that. :bloated:
BTW, its a Mid mount turbo kit (custom made) mounted after the y-pipe.
Something else i also thought of. Having the turbo THAT CLOSE to the transmission (y pipe is mere inches away from it) wouldnt a large turbo end up causing heat issues with the tranny?
OH and :tdown: to rice killer, why do people like this have to give truck people a bad name?
if there a cover going over it with some nice tasteful mesh to help protect it its fine…and yea the Rice Killer has got to go…cause whats gonna happen when rice kick his ass…
What’s wrong with it? It looks like the grill will fit just fine, might need a bit of triming. And air will flow through it anyways to the radiator.
As for heat, you can make a double-layed heat shield if it is even an issue. That is assuming it’s an automatic, even then it probably would be a non issue. Unless it’s absurdly close.
bah, I don’t think its a good spot, but it sort of does look cool at the same time, hang on let me get the vid of him dynoing, and yes that guy is from the tampa area, I think I have a picture of it somewhere
thought yall might like to see it- about 5 monthes in the making-
still gotta fab up an exhaust but that wont take but an hour- just dumping it right now- and also need 2 get a 90degree fitting for the oil drain- aint driving much @ all right now
all work and install done bye yours truley.
TO4E 60 trim turbo
Intercooled
Procharger inline fuel pump
Hellsbents10 Base tune
Cartech Adjustable FMU
Greddy Type S BOV
Evolution 38mm w.g.
Tilton Oil pump
i call it a mid mount- its right after the y-pipe- not like sts systems that are way the fuck in the back of the car.
I think the placement is fine. Even with the stock s-10 grill on there it still would be just as efficient as an intercooler that’s behind your average oem bumper.
And i wasnt clear in my first post.He is leaving it like that, as in Nothing covering it. no grill at all. I wountdt care that it looks like shit, i was more concerned about it being out in the open without ANY protection
As for placement, if you look in this pic, you can see the turbo sits quite close to the tailhousing of the tranny itself (which in my recollection, isnt that far from the gas tank also :bloated:
i saw that blazer on s10forum…personally in his video he made where its watching the guages it didnt even seem that fast. are the blazers that much heavier then the trucks cuz it seemed comparable to mine. anyways i dont like the placement of it. expecially when he had to cut into the grill and lights for it to fit. theres plenty of room for one below the bumper.
that turbo is going to blow oil very fast. Fittings or no fittings you need to have the oil drain oriented so that it has a clear path below the turbo and above the oil level in the pan. No more than a 30 degree clock in position as well
