Picked up a 99-03 7.3l psd aluminum intercooler of eBay for 150 shipped,



On my 91 7.3l I have the ats 093 turbo kit....there is no way to make the snail hat work without having pipes crossing all over the place....so I puchased one of the intakes racinndrummin makes for the idis (very good price BTW) here is a pic of that



To make the IC fit I had to cut the center core support/trim out, trim part of the grille mounts, cut/bend the bottom corners near the radiator, cut a little bit of the fan should away untill I could make it happy.











I mounted it by welding studs up top with bushings and nuts, then welded tabs on the frame down low and screwed that to lower IC mount.

For the piping I clocked the turbo, and ordered the 3" builder kit from Columbia mandrel bends. Went to silicone intakes online and got a 2"-3" 90* boot, two 3.5"-3" reducers and a 3"-3" boot.







Had to trim part of my hood to make turbo boot clear. Still need to put 2nd layer of paint on pipes, make a new coolant filter bracket, and a new intake tube.

Haven't been able to drive it yet but I will post boost/egt/mpg results when I can

 

looks good. i like the pipe routing. looks like it will be out of the way for the most part. what do you have in mind for the new intake tube?

 

Same style as the other I had, just shorter and little bit different angle, with the AEM cone air filter

 

Lookin good man... Finally getting some cool air into that thing... Definately interested in the EGT/Boost comparison numbers...

 

Wondering if it's worth it? LOL

 

Im sure it is... Just curious on how much difference...

 

it will be. i can tell how much difference cold air makes even without an IC on my truck. in the mornings it is nice and cool and i can hit 5psi easy with my exhaust leak and truck has more ooomph. when it gets hotter out truck looses boost and ooomph goes away as well.

 

Looks good man.

And I agree with 94idi, my truck performes better in the a.m when its cool outside. When it hits 95+ degrees I cant get 10lb.s out of it and the "ooph" goes downhill

 

yeah, and i think to my self, i could have the "power" of the a.m. air all the time with an IC

 

There is a way to clock the turbo and still use the snail and not have to cut up the hood to do it. When I get a chance I will get a couple pictures. You rotate up the turbo about 50-60 degrees use a 90 deg boot off of that, rotate snail about 90 deg counter clockwise till just before it starts to hit turbo. Install 90 deg boot off snail aiming towards drivers side valve cover behind AC if you have it. You will need to do a different air filter. By doing it this way no need to cut into hood and if cost is a factor will help to cut down some of the cost and use stock intake and snail.

I Have both my batteries on pass side and have AEM cone filter at drivers side battery location and since I have serpentine belt setup it allowed me to run the intake piping right over the AC pump easily.

 

Forgot one item have to cut off one of the protrutions on the side of the snail to clear turbo.

 

I cut all those off the snail, twisted it with every combo and every way seemed it would create a mess piping. I'd be interested in seeing your pictures!


In western WA we don't have to worry about a.m. Cold air power....it's always cold here LOL

 

looking great man!

 

Thanks man, now it's your turn to intercool your rig!

 

Here are a couple of pictures of the routing.

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