so do I, it's still in front of the radiator.

 

i have seen a few grand nationals with the ic set up the way that you are speaking of. seemed to work fine for them!

 

i had that heat soak problem in mind thats why I was seein what everyone thought or knew by personal experience. I think im gunna just try the way of that picture i posted.

 

GN's do it that way stock.


however, move the radiator back if you are gonna do custom mounts. your IC will still be in front, but not seen that well.

less heat is better, of course, but it really wont make that much of a difference.

 

um no. GN's mount laterally with a scoop picking the air up from underneath the radiator. (You can see the scoop sagging down rather far if you look under one - mine was curbed all to fuck).

Putting it behind your radiator won't make THAT much of a difference. The air flowing through it will probably be 50* hotter than if the IC was in front, but that's really not that drastic of a difference when it's cooling the air down from 300* to 150* instead of the 120* if it was in front of the radiator.

Only do it if it's a last resort, but, it is considerably better than no intercooler at all. Saying 'HELL NO DON'T DO IT' is kind of ignorant, since it will still help cooling the air charge dramatically, but it isn't the 'ideal' mounting spot.

Putting an IC behind a radiator instead of in front of it is not going to 'heat soak' it. Unless your engine is overheating, the water flowing through your radiator should only be about 180* (I'm guessing - I don't know rotaries temps), and the air flowing through the radiator will be cooler than that. Like I said, it's not ideal, but it will still work.

 

how is the IC too big for V-mount but, small enough to fit in that space? you could just put the IC in the normal location and paint it black or get the Skyline IC that is already black from the factory.

 

aight, you got me on that one, i figured some people would know that without an explanation.

the IC is behind the radiator, right in front of the crank. but it does have a scoop. i'm sowwy i didnt essplain it better massah! dont sic the hound dawgs on me!

 

bottom mount it like merkurs .

 

cool. that could make things easier i was looking at the pictured setup between the radiator support and the bottom goes too skinny to fit my IC in there. So im just going to do it after the radiator. Ill do some heat test and compare with people who do front. 180* sounds about right as for rotaries i wouldnt know dont drive one any more.

 

merkurs don't have fucking intercoolers you ******fucker.

but it's mounted horizontally beneath both of the two. it really has nothing to do with what dan is attempting to do.