I have just bought one of the ebay intercoolers, I also have a vortech T-trim, i have looked hard at all the pic on here with people installing intercoolers and there is only a few with a vortech....

my question is what are the pipe bends do i need to get this to work, i was going to order a exhaust kit from summit with U bends and some stright pipe, ..But it is the bend that come off the T-trim and go past the ABS unit what am i looking at ....

thanks

 

See if you can clock the T-Trim so the outlet points towards the frame rail similar to my YSi in this pic:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...46654889DnlSPu
It exits just under the frame rail. From there, it will basically go into a U-bend into the front of the intercooler, which should be positioned very similar to your OBX intercooler:
http://community.webshots.com/photo/...46654889PgySIa
Then, it will exit the cooler into a 90* bend pointing it towards the rear of the car, then another 90* bend to point it upwards and go through the hole in the frame where the battery tray goes. From there, it will basically made to fit to the Throttle Body like a reversed CAI if you will.

You could also exit the intercooler into another U-bend and have it come straight up in the center of the car between the radiator and the engine assuming you have enough room, which you will not unless you've relocated the radiator like I have on my car.

Hope this helps.

 

DO you have any problems with the oil drain on the YSI...i like the idea...i iwlll look at it and see what i can do..

thanks

 

Man, that looks GOOD!

I hope mine looks that good...minus the COG system when I get done with it.

Jerry

 

Car isn't back together yet so I don't know. It's Chris Sikora's (Z8's) bracket setup and he is obviously very successful with his car. His bracket setup requires me to clock the blower this way, and several people are using it, so I'm not worried about it.

Thanks jrutland, it'll look even better when it's finished! lol

 

do you have any pix pf the oil drain out of the blower to the oil pan....DO you no if there is any diff in the brackets...or is it just a thincker unit...

 

Birdie thats how I plan on routing my piping with my D1SC install, Tight u bend to the FMIC out the other side vortech mono bypass, up through the bottom (Were battery was Located) and into the TB with a Reversed Trickflow elbow. The only thing that need to be done is to do something with the Coolant reservoir . I will figure somthing out, lol

I am about to have SD concepts do my bracket assembly and all, how much is Chris's peice, he does have the second fastest LT1 in the world.

 

No pics of the oil drain, the line isn't made yet. Chris' bracket is quite a bit different, uses a mechanical tensioner cause of the cog belt, and I believe slightly different in design overall. It spaces the blower 1/2" more forward and requires the use of the ATI balancer and ASP pullies. It is extremely sturdy compared to the stock Vortech pieces.

You'd hafta talk to Chris on the pricing. I'll warn you it's not cheap, but it's well worth it. I'm also 99% positive it won't work with anything other than a Vortech blower, and even then probably only the YSi.

Also, for the coolant resevoir, I'm using an aluminum radiator overflow container. They have several of them at Summit or Jegs, some in plastic if you want to save money.

 

How did you relocate your radiator, do you have any pics of that, with a Relocated radiator I bet you have a ton of room to work on that motor.

I see a lot of the Ls1 boys run there pipe like what your talking about.

 

Anyone have a parts list of what they used when they did there fmic....would like to order every thing in...so i just can fab thing up