ebay intercooler advise please

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:18 pm

hi all
plan to upgrade the intercooler on my Se . can any member advise me which is the most suitable one to buy
thanks

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:24 pm

Any of the A$130 intercoolers is fine - they're made by Cooling Pro so they're a "tried-and-trusted" piece of kit.

You will need to fabricate a couple of braces to mount the top of the intercooler to the existing top mounts. This is easy to do using 2 aluminium brackets (aluminium is easy to bend where you need it).
You will need 2 hose couplers which you can buy from Supercheap and get 4 matching clamps while you're at it because the OEM clamps are REALLY hard to get off, they glue them on I reckon because I still have 2 of mine stuck on the OEM intercooler which is sitting in the shed somewhere.
You won't need to bolt the bottom of the intercooler, the top mounts and hose couplers keep it solid.

HINT: If you have access to a reciprocating saw, USE IT! I did mine with a hacksaw (using a hand blade for much of it) while it was still on the car and had to spend AGES filing the edges straight.

billybunter · Postby **billybunter** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 4:36 pm

hi lokiel
how about this ebay one 400091356961

Lokiel · Postby **Lokiel** » Sun Mar 06, 2011 11:46 pm

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Yep, those are the ones I was referring to - mount it up the opposite way to what is displayed in the listing though, otherwise it will hang too low.