Wednesday, July 1, 2009

Intercoolers

When I first got the intercoolers they looked like the first picture, pretty beaten up and poor looking.











To give them a nice look I sprayed them down with black crinkle paint that they use on truck bed liners and then used a sander to sand off the raised portion on the outer ring and the Maserati symbol . Given how hard it was to sand off the paint, I don't think I have to worry about them degrading for a long time.











Then, I cut the intake tubing to fit the intercoolers in and put them in the intake path. I welded a 1 inch diameter pipe onto the intake piping on the pressurized and non-pressureized path and connected in the two bypass valves I bought.










After this I tightened all the hose clamps and I'm ready to fire it up!

3 comments:

  1. Wow, Bob. They look really fantastic. Nice stuff! I can not WAIT to put some miles on her...

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  2. Did you get the pump installed and get fluid in them already?

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  3. no, they are just an obstruction in the intake track for now

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