ebay intercooler

Discussion regarding Turbocharged and supercharged MX-5s

Moderators: timk, Stu, -alex, StanTheMan, greenMachine, ManiacLachy, Daffy, zombie, The American, Lokiel, Sean

User avatar
Lokiel
Forum legend
Posts: 4126
Joined: Thu May 28, 2009 2:39 pm
Vehicle: NB SE
Location: Brisbania

Re: ebay intercooler

Postby Lokiel » Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:21 pm

saboteur wrote::
You will need two 2.25" to 2" reducers and clamps to suit.


You'll also need to fabricate a couple of top brackets to support the intercooler - aluminium brackets are sufficient and simple enough to make. The lower hose reducer connections give it plenty of support.

There's a good write-up here: http://www.mazda-speed.com/forum2/index.php/topic,25097.0.html

I'd recommend buying or borrowing a reciprocating saw for cutting the OEM intercooler pipes. I used a hacksaw and it took forever - I then spent ages filing the pipes straight since my cuts weren't perfectly square.

This is a reasonably big job but it's not rocket science and anyone should be able to do it - it'll save you around $400-500 if you buy the eBay intercooler, hose reducers, clamps and aluminium and fit it yourself.
Don't worry about dying, worry about not living!
Garage Thread: http://www.mx5cartalk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=76716

lizard
Racing Driver
Posts: 653
Joined: Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:37 pm
Vehicle: NB SE
Location: Ueno Japan

Re: ebay intercooler

Postby lizard » Wed Feb 15, 2012 8:12 am

Thank ordered last night pick up today :lol:


Return to “MX5 Forced induction (Turbo/Supercharger)”

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 9 guests