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xxDarkSidexx
Ford Powerstroke Intercooler
9/18/2004

IMPORTANT: This is NOT Banning's car. This car belongs to someone else. The pictues and descriptions were emailed to Banning so he could post them to this site.. The following information was taken from those emails, or posts on one of the many Turbo Buick message boards.

My PS IC was a huge problem but well worth it for power, and learning experience. I have a be cool radiator and its about 2" to 3" longer then stock. So i had to relocate my battery, relocate tranny lines(converted to AN line) and had to fab up some new oil lines, which isn't hard it just takes time.

Results, much quicker spool up time from the better/bigger flowing pipes(2.5"). Dont know time improvement because im redoing my motor. Came out very happy with the PS IC. I can't give any sort of detailed idea about were to cut because were i cut is going to be different from were you should cut (cus of the be cool radiator).

So good luck, and be sure to get a BOV, tial makes a nice quite one. This has been covered time and time again on this forum but all i can say is what i personally have experienced. Having a BOV releases all the back presure thats still inside your pipes the moment you let off the accelerator. Not having one will send all the backpresure back to the turbo which kills the life of a turbo. Heres the kicker.....my buddy with a GN and same turbo as me doesn't have a BOV and his car is LOUDER then mine when he left off the gas....go figure that on out. Like i said im just saying what ive experienced.

 

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