Hot Side, Intercooler and Radiator

Now with the Hot Side of the Turbo set up fabbed, the placement of the intercooler settled and the radiator located and mounted. It is now time for cold side, this will require the aquistion of the FiTech unit so the cold side plumbing can be done exact to where we want it. For now she waits...

Radiator Time

The decision to enlarge the factory radiator core support to allow for a larger radiator was made early on. Now with the larger opening and the turbo head location determained it was time to source a radiator for the job. We went with a spec dirt track race radiator but elected to made a modification to allow even more room for the turbo head. Once again Trent at Proformace was up for the task.

Intercooler to turbo plumbing

As we all know restomods cna sometimes be challenging, this is also true when adding power adders to projects and wanting the mods to look clean.  Working colloaborativly with Trent at Proformance is great. He was challenged to make the intercooler pipe routing clean and minimal.

Intercooler Placement

The customized front valnace provided the location of the intercooler in general. However there were some alignment geometry challenges. Trent at Proformace was able to make the needed modifications to get the intercooler in the location desired. Seeking a clean look and good cool air flow were the goals.

Winter Update as we close out 2018 and move to 2019 Custom Hot Side

Well it's time for an update!

Trent over at Proformance took on the task of doing the one off fab work for making a single turbo kit. Trent has a wide range of experience and was happy to jump in. With a mock up motor and couple ud attempts at purchasing headers and a ready made turbo kit it turned out that 21.5" between shock towers is super small. Thus it was time to pull in someone that had the skill and ability to fab a custom set up to the specifications needed for the build. After much conversation a driection was selected and the work began. The following images are some of the work Trent did.