Intercooler Inspiration

[dlipka]

Hi Everyone.

After 30 years, I finally got my TTA – shipped from Sweden to Australia. I am looking for intercooler inspiration. This car has been heavily modified and was running a Tony Deqik intercooler which got damaged in the shipping process (due to its impractically low connections). As I am sure many of you appreciate, packaging in a front mount intercooler is problematic (from a plumbing and air flow perspective – I really don’t want to cut more holes in the car). Having a custom intercooler made is not really an issue (I work in this industry), but I am really not sure what is the best approach.

One option would be to create a larger version of the factory intercooler (complete with custom duct etc). Can anyone explain to me how the factory intercooler was originally mounted in the car – some photos would be great – I have the original intercooler and duct (the car came with a lot of spares), but I don’t think that I have bits to mount it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Derek

 

[Jan Larsson]

Congrats on your new ride ... if that is Daniel's heavily modified TTA (I can check the VIN when I have time) you have a well built car on your hands.

Would you have a radiator shop close that could repair the damaged intercooler ?

 

[njtta150]

I should be able to get you some pics of the stock one tomorrow.

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[TTA#299]

They do hang low

 

[guy arnold]

why not a precision turbo stock location stretch.they still build and sell them, nice fit. should be the same as a buick

 

[jarredsoon]

That Precision Stock location stretch intercooler will not fit the TTA. I bought one and tried no success and sold it.

 

[guy arnold]

wonder why not. tta and buick are the same. and im almost certain back in the days i put a stock modified stretch on a tta for a customer. do recall why it wouldn't work?

 

[robert lee]

^^^^^^^
First you would have to remove the swaybar... even then it would hang less than 3" off the ground if you fabed a way to bolt it up, plus if i remember right the top Rad hose was a issue as well as the hood...

 

[TTA#299]

I’m running a Tony dequick