Top Mount intercooler

[V8GremlinX]

has anyone ever done one on a shadow, i really don't see much room for a Front mount one, any details on putting a top mount on would greatly be apreaciated, also the pro's and cons and any pictures
Rich

[V8GremlinX]

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[89DodgeSpirit]

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[Shelby VNT]

TTT is a way of bringing a post 'To The Top' of the list after it slowly drifts down due to a lack of response. It took me a bit to figure it out as well.

Now then, I think a top mounted intercooler is a bad idea. You'd need a cowl hood with at least a 3 or 4" cowl bulge. Have you ever had your hood up after some normal driving and felt how hot the valve cover got? I think an intercooler sitting above it would be heat soaked pretty bad. Not to mention it'd be tough to get some air flow through it.

Instead, why not dual intercool your car with two smaller intercoolers mounted each side of the radiator core support bar. Or cut the core support out and put one large intercooler in there and then find a way to build a different support to re-enforce the hood latch area.

Or....get a longer, narrow intercooler like an SRT-4 has and put under the front bumper behind the facsia. Be creative...

[V8GremlinX]

thanks for your help
just curious, if i had no air cond. it would be a problem, but i wanna keep my air so im looking at all angles
Rich

[scott]

there is room in a shadow for a nice frontmount...bill baker has a big npr in his...i have a small npr in mine...I'll take some pics if i can...i'd stay away from top mounted if you can and figure out how to get a front mount...with time you can get it to work out.

--scott

[V8GremlinX]

i would really be thankful fi u could take some pictures
Rich