this has been in the works for several months and will now see the light of day. first off, credit goes to waldig for the idea/design, this was all his idea and we are glad he asked us to produce it. we made a few tweaks here and there but the main idea is from his videos he posted with the how-to last fall. we have been running the supercooler since last october and is the mod that broke us into the consistant 11's (went 11's 4 out of 5 runs we have made since installed at 2 different tracks/conditions, the other run was a 12.0x).
i assume everyone has seen the videos so i'll just touch on the tweaks.
brackets are 3/4" thick and are consistantly bent on a industrial brake, TIG'd and are overkill strong
inlet/outlets tubes are bubble beaded to ensure a proper seal so no one leaks or sprays down the track
the radiator inlet/outlet tubes that come on the radiator are meticulously ground off, deburred, cleaned, sucked out and flush mounted before welding. the rad is then pressure tested to 30psi (far more then it will ever see on the car). any leaks, even those present only over 25psi are taken care of. the radiator has leaks from the factory and we correct those.
the supercooler has a 5/8 inlet and 3/4 outlet so there won't be any issues durring install as it matches up with the oem IC fluid lines. the inlet (now on the drivers side) hose is replaced from the hose junction by the passenger headlight to the supercooler. running the line to the drivers side is a 2-3 minute process since the bumper is already off the car at that point.
a new powersteering cooling line is included also to make room for the supercooler, our cai filter, and the grill to all fit properly. (not pictured yet, i'll zap pics of the new p/s line tomorrow when i make more up).
we finished 2 more of these today, one is going to Germany tomorrow, the other is here chilling
also big thanks to importlab for the installed pictures as i forgot to snap them last year when we installed ours.