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Fair warning expect a bit of a lag though unless ur running a tune to compliment it
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09-23-2019, 10:54 AM | #4 | |
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So the brace had to be left off correct? |
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09-23-2019, 10:37 PM | #6 |
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I ended up bending mine out and forcing it in as I didn't like the idea of complely leaving it off. Fitment on this POS is horrible. When the top of the cooling fan is in the grooves and the intercooler is bolted in the bottom the tabs on the cooling fan don't reach the brackets on the intercooler. It also makes hard contact with the front cross brace and the condenser so I'm sure I'll have rubbing issues eventually. When I contacted VRSF they first told me it could be installed from the bottom with the bumper cover on which is total BS. It can't be done. The intercooler is really about a half inch too thick at the top to fit properly and give correct clearance with other components also. If I wasn't in a bind for my car I would have sold it and bought something else. I even offered to send this one back at my expense and they could send me a smaller cheaper one but all I heard was crickets. Tomorrow I'll try to rig some sort of support up for the cooling fan at the bottom and start going back together with it. I'm sure it performs well but the design is piss poor in my opinion. I don't care how many they've sold or how they say it fits as I know better.
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09-24-2019, 07:49 AM | #7 |
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This is the finished product. Cooling fan is in stock location and down as far as it will go. Intercooler is up as high as it can go and butted up to stock mounting tabs. Basically the fan can't go any lower and the intercooler can't go any higher.
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yup the fit is extremely snug!! is maximizing use of the space though and providing a bigger surface to cool the air through so....
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I'd rather have it fit properly and still get better than stock performance. Who cares how big it is if it rubs a hole in your condenser? It's so fat that the bottom of the cooling fan is about an inch away from the intercooler core. That's extremely inefficient. If this were a tool, I'd probably find it at Harbor Freight.
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As a personal observation (and YMMV) I'll never again buy from a manufacturer that only has e-mail for customer support. Last edited by cecaa850; 03-04-2020 at 01:59 PM.. |
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Almost all the ones I've looked at say they fit with no modifications. However, looking at some of the stepped ones, I can't believe they would fit in the same space as the OE.
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Again, the 3" stepped ones will fit and probably cool better than what I have BUT no matter what they tell you , you'll have to modify or remove the front brace. If not, you can cram it in there but the brace will eventually rub a hole in the intercooler and the intercooler will rub a hole in the condenser. |
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