somebody's going to be busy this weekened

[Hotshot8792]

I think the pictures speak for themselves . . .

[RaidenKing]

SEX. Post pics of her when you get done.

[Igovert500]

beautiful. Dimensions? And I know you mentioned it, but I don't remember, did you say you already have a buyer lined up for your DSMs??? If not I'll have the $$$ September or REAALLY early October to be spending on my car again.

[Hotshot8792]

Originally Posted by Igovert500

beautiful. Dimensions? And I know you mentioned it, but I don't remember, did you say you already have a buyer lined up for your DSMs??? If not I'll have the $$$ September or REAALLY early October to be spending on my car again.

Dimensions are 31x14x2.75, this is the larger core that Custom Coach sells for our cars, capable of effeciently flowing 1200 CFM. As far as the DSMs, i had already sold them to a 3SI member who lives 2 streets over from me, and i had already installed them for him. If I still had them, i would have been more than happy to sell them to you.

If you still want to tackle the project, it cost me a total of $330. I bought both of the DSM sidemounts from dsmtrader for $80. I then took them to a guy i know (in your case, your welder) and he had to cut one of the end tanks off, reverse it, plug up a hole and drill a new one. Then he took the stock piping off of my stock intercoolers, cut them and welded them on the DSM intercoolers. Of course, you can just buy mandrel bends if you want, they will work just as good and you can sell your stockers. And finally i lined up the DSM sidemounts, marked where new brackets should go, took them back to the guy doing the welding, and he welded new brackets on, and i had DSM sidemounts. Remember though, when doing brackets, you only need one bracket bolted on the car per sidemount. There is no need to have all three if its going to be too much trouble. One bolt per intercooler worked fine for me.

[Linebckr49]

shweet! are you gonna keep the stock IC pipes or get new mandrel bent piping? do you prefer mandrel over regular bends (non-uniform radius thru bend)? i know some guys that DON'T like mandrel b/c when the pipe is bent, the outer pipe wall becomes thinner than the rest of the bend causing a potential instability. either way you go, mandrel bends give you about 15%-20% better flow and look better IMO.

[talskinyguy]

Do you know how to weld? The cold side of mine refused to fit until I chopped it up and welded it back together so it would fit, so just a heads up. Good luck.

[xXxRocker5150]

are you trying to hint that those intercoolers are air to water cooled or w.e.???? Cuz that water bottle is pretty misleading other wise

[talskinyguy]

Um, no, he is showing you the size of the IC in relation to something you can hold in front of you.

[YogsVR4]

Color me jelous!

[Hotshot8792]

Originally Posted by Linebckr49

shweet! are you gonna keep the stock IC pipes or get new mandrel bent piping? do you prefer mandrel over regular bends (non-uniform radius thru bend)? i know some guys that DON'T like mandrel b/c when the pipe is bent, the outer pipe wall becomes thinner than the rest of the bend causing a potential instability. either way you go, mandrel bends give you about 15%-20% better flow and look better IMO.

yes, i am using mandrel bends, i can't exactly use stock piping with this. I ordered a bunch of mandrel bends from custom coach as well, which should be in today. Prior to ordering the mandrel bends, i measured to see how much of what kind of bends i needed and then ordered them, so all i have to do is fit them, weld a couple of them together and attach silicon hoses to where i want to be able to remove the pipes if i have to remove them. I'm using 2 inch inlets per turbo and a single 3 inch outlet.

Originally Posted by talskinyguy

Do you know how to weld? The cold side of mine refused to fit until I chopped it up and welded it back together so it would fit, so just a heads up. Good luck.

nope, can't say i've ever welded before, but i do have a couple of friends who can, and they said they'd take care of me. I'm assuming your talking about the cold side of your intercooler piping. If so, i didnt order a piping kit, i had to order individual bends because i notided that the piping kit would not fit around the auto tranny, so i had to create my own piping.

Originally Posted by xXxRocker5150

are you trying to hint that those intercoolers are air to water cooled or w.e.???? Cuz that water bottle is pretty misleading other wise

what talskinyguy said. I was too lazy to go grab a coke can and luckily i had a bottle of water nearby so i just decided to use that instead


I will probably hold out until i get my body work done (parts are in the mail right now) before i post up any pictures.

[Hotshot8792]

ok, i'll give ya'll a small taste

after drilling holes and boring out sheet metal, which is a pain, i've finally mounted it. Here are pics. Sorry that the garage is soo messy, i just have tons of crap lying all over the place.

[Linebckr49]

nice rug! i bet it makes the mechanical experience almost luxurious . but you're mother would certainly not be happy

[xXxRocker5150]

^hahah... hey hotshot, I thought you said you're still using stock SL pistons rite???? If so are you gonna' do a swap with that too???? and thanks for the clear-up talskinny.

[Igovert500]

Is it just me or is that touching the ground?

[Linebckr49]

Originally Posted by Igovert500

Is it just me or is that touching the ground?

snap! i agree, it DOES look like its touching the ground. 14" from top to bottom...i'm sure there will be clearance issues. so what's the word Hotshot?