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Here goes my Solo Intercooler Install Sunday Afternoon... (PICS)

Well, i was supposed to go up to LA to LSD MOTORSPORTS (mike)'s house to do my ---- on saturday... well i guess i can say i didn't have the parts i needed and was bout to head up with just an intercooler n hope to get it done. didn't wanna get stuck incase we didn't finish and at the same time i didn't wanna drive for 2 hours there n 2 hours back in a damn sparco seat... So the day Started off early sunday morning. did most of my driving around saturday, picked up welder at a buddy's house, pipes in santee which is 40 mins from my house, napa for connectors, home depot for cutting wheels then all i had to do sunday was go get my cutting/grinder machine from my other friends house. it was a damn long ass weekend but here it goes... on to the pics.

First thing we did was strip the bitch down nakid, didn't wanna damage the fenders or anything during the install so off they went
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After that we mounted the bitch, the intercooler was pretty large n i am in love with it, pretty cooling if u ask me, going from a sidemount to this thing is awesome.
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Here's my friend holdin the pipes together n me tacking it before goin at it with the welder, he was bitchin cuz the welder was popin and burning his arm lol
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After the pipe was kinda welded up, things are startin to come together.
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Finishing the Lower half, cuttin n grindin, i tried to do as least amount of connecters possible as to my last kit had like 5 per charge... that ---- was rediclous when one popped off cuz i never knew which one it was...
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Here's after we finished the bottom hot pipe to the intercooler, didn't come out to bad.
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Preppin the passanger side under the battery, didn't wanna relocate it n drill a hole through the battery tray like everyone else so.... drill a hole through the framing under it was a perfect idea... worked great.
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Well after those few pics the battery died and my sister was gettin mad at me for gettin her camera dirty cuz we were usin it as we were goin n my hands were basically black. So here's a lil after shot of the front with the bumper now on.
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Hot pipe, welds grinded down n jb weld over them for xtra security...
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Cold pipe grinds welded down n jb weld over them as well...
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Over all engine bay shot..
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Down where intercooler is located..
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another angle of the ic behind the bumper.
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Bonus pic of my new puppy cuz my other one ran away/got stolen =x
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So yeah thats about it, over all it was a long but fun day. when we first finished i couldn't mash it cuz i made some ghetto reducers off the intercooler end tanks cuz there 3 inch but my piping was 2.5, i picked some reducers up the next day so everythings in and workin great as of right now. feels real nice and i kno its doing its job... any input, props of flame is appreciated... more projects to come.