TIII in my Omni GLH

[Mike Radowski]

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Originally Posted by iTurbo Well so far it seems like the TIII itself will fit, but no room for an intercooler. What are you guys doing for the radiator and intercooler? I've heard the VW Scirocco radiator may fit better, but I've never seen one before. I really don't want to give up the NPR!

i have posted this before, but everything fits fine. i run a modified large NPR, and a summit electric fan:



everything is now in my rampage.

[Mike Radowski]

The radiator fits but needs to be relocated to the center of the car. A custom upper rad hose(or tube like my car) is needed.

I cut my 2.75" angled IC outlets off and made them straight 3". This gave me a better routing for my IC pipes, and let me move the IC forward to where the grille used to be. The IC "fit" under the rad support, with the radiator behind it. The problem was there was no room for the fan(even a slim electric one) between the intake and radiator. I moved the IC to the grille, and put an electric fan between the IC and rad.

I used the 8v alternator and non a/c bracket, and made a custom tensioner and a shorter belt. Not sure if it was necessary, but it got rid of the crappy stock tensioner(overcomplicated and bulky).

[Mike Radowski]

www.franknbeans.com/turbo3.htm

[iTurbo]

Thanks Mike. I've been comparing pictures of your engine bay and mine a lot in the last few days. I've already moved the stock radiator to the center. I can tell the 14" Mr. Gasket fan I have will hit the TIII intake manifold the way it is now. I also have a 14" Derale fan that is a little slimmer, but my NPR is definately going to have to be moved forward a bit. My NPR is unmodified right now although I have cut the lower mounting pegs off to get it as far forward as possible without cutting the center support out. It doesn't *quite* fit under the radiator support and the top of the radiator and intercooler are angled slightly toward the engine. I may cut one or two of the core tubes off the bottom of the NPR and hopefully that will allow it to sit straight up and down under the radiator support and also allow room for the TIII intake manifold.

Do you think the 2.75" piping I have will fit around the passenger side engine mount without hitting the sprockets?

[turbovanman]

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Originally Posted by Mike Radowski www.franknbeans.com/turbo3.htm

Thanks for the pics and effort documenting that,

[Mike Radowski]

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Originally Posted by iTurbo Do you think the 2.75" piping I have will fit around the passenger side engine mount without hitting the sprockets?

It will be tight but you should be able to fit it.

[jake]

T3 in the Omni all the way, and keep the Spirit body for later, if you can store it, or put the t3 in the Spirit and then watch E-bay and the forum for a t3 top end and put that in your Omni later (since your 8v is getting worn). I think the prices on t3 stuff has really dropped do to lots of people taking the hybrid route. I'm currently working on a t3 in a Charger, DOHC L-body are really nasty pieces.

Mike Radowski - Have you had any over heating problems? Are you running a oil cooler? Did you have a problem with the Cometic head gasket? thanks

[Mike Radowski]

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Originally Posted by jake T3 in the Omni all the way, and keep the Spirit body for later, if you can store it, or put the t3 in the Spirit and then watch E-bay and the forum for a t3 top end and put that in your Omni later (since your 8v is getting worn). I think the prices on t3 stuff has really dropped do to lots of people taking the hybrid route. I'm currently working on a t3 in a Charger, DOHC L-body are really nasty pieces. Mike Radowski - Have you had any over heating problems? Are you running a oil cooler? Did you have a problem with the Cometic head gasket? thanks

no problems
no cooler
no problems with the 3 or 4 layer cometic.