Intercooler Decision

[UTB05S]

im not sure about anyone else, but coolers that are offset to one side (ie the factory cooler) kinda bother me. im currently in the market for a replacement cooler for my xr6T and was wondering if there was a cooler on the market that utilised the factory pipes but was in the centre of the car? ive done a search through this forum but havnt come up with any options.

also is it possible to mosify the mounts and/or pipe length on somehting like the wog cooler to achieve this? im an aluminium welder and can easily do this just dont want to go to the trouble of making my own cooler for my daily and having the car off the road while I build it and plumb it up. just wanting to know if there is somehting behind the front bar that's in the way so this cant be done?

any help would be great.

cheers

Andrew

[dalts]

process west is a site sponsor their intercooler fits center,mine at the moment is a 600 hybrid which I fitted center for that reason and made the piping with alloy bends

lee

[YPURV4]

I think you will find that most people dont have theres off set by choice you see (well I know with mine) there is a air con line that sit on the left side under the bumper that stop's people from moving the intercooler into the center.

The air con line takes and sit so far across that is why most cooler's are offset, I have heard of people bending it out the way but it is a high pressure line so I didnt want to risk it.

IF any one knows how to get around this please post how, as I want a cented cooler aswell and bigger to

[dalts]

yeah the air con is the prob,we let the gas out then moved it,ford charged us $75 to refill it good as new now

lee

[ExAreSix]

Bend it.

But seriously, it bends out of the way just fine. Unless you bend it back on itself, it won't split.

[JimmyXR6T04]

although my cooler is offset, it still looks pretty much in the centre due to its size, it's only the end tanks that don't quite look right.

[86gav]

Yep just bend it, we were kinda concerned when we did mine but we found out it bends just fine. But im told u only get one go at bending it.

Cheers

Gav

[UTB05S]

yeah moving the air con line sounds the go, I liked the process west kit except the fact that you cant keep the snorkel to the air box. still may buy the cooler from them and maybe modify or make new pipes for it.

[RAP1D]

Yeah you gotta bend it or move it. Moving it would be the best option.

It aldepends on the width of the cooler though, mine's 780mm wide end tank to end tanks and just fits with some trimming of the bar and pushing the aircon lines back.

It feels a bit sketchy bending the lines back... I was prepared for the BANG

Mines a bit off centre but Im not too fussed

[UTB05S]

yeah that looks quite nice...im not looking at going such a big cooler so hopefully ill be able to fit it in the centre.