Anyone got a side mounted IC on a 5th gen?
Any pics of how you got it mounted up?

I ran a search and didn't find anything.

 

many people have run sidemount intercoolers i ran one on the fourth gen,so putting one on a 5th gen is no problem ive seen it done many times.

p.s. i have a dsm smic for sale!

 

Mine is going to be side mounted a week from today...

There's two inlets, one on top and one on the side. I have mine mounted on the passenger side behind the bumper and in front of the wheel. Top inlet goes through the hole for your air intake and the other one kind of goes into the engine bay from beneath. It's a tight fit, but it should work (although my IC pipes are a bitch and I have yet to get it worked out).

I don't have any pics and it's hard to describe. As far as mounting it, I had to break some tabs off to get it to fit, JB welded some rubber strips so it didn't rub against the frame and added a bracket on top and a stud of sorts on the bottom... It's ghetto, but it works. I am doing a test fit tonight and tomorrow to finish off my IC piping and I'll take few pics.

 

Here's a pic of a similar setup from the top...



I'll get more of mine tomorrow.

 

I've got one locally actually. Friend has it. VW Mk4 SMIC, been pressure tested to 30psi.

Thanks. More pics would be great. Especailly of any brackets you fabbed up to hold it on.

 

Bracket Top, Stud Bottom (See the scratches on the frame by the motor mount? That's why I JBWelded rubber strips so the SMIC wouldn't rub or break).


Top Bracket close up


Bottom stud close up (this is actually a bolt from the other side with those sharp, gear looking washers and a nut to keep it in place) Add a few washers and a nut to mount.


You get the idea...


Rubber strips (one on top, one on the right side)


Mounted


Top View


With charge pipe in place


Bottom View


The turbo to IC piping is going to be a pain... That's what I'm working on today. I'll post another pic when I get it figured out. I have to relocated the clutch cable/line (don't know what it's called) and I think my charge pipe is a just a few inches too short...

 

Thanks for the pics man. I hope I can get everything done with the Mk4 smic I have. It's got plastic ends tanks but it looks almost exactly like the DSM one.

 

Awesome post man, I was tellin g2racer about mounting the smic in that location, your pics are exactly what I wanted to see.

 

what does DSM stand 4? what r DSM things

 

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