{"id":197,"date":"2006-08-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-08-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-01T16:56:46","slug":"bel-air\/intercooler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/project55.co.uk\/?p=197","title":{"rendered":"Intercooler is in"},"content":{"rendered":"

The plan for this weekend was to try and finish the wiring off and then make a start on the intercooler and other bits and bobs. I had a chunky fusebox for the fans and headlights so that I could wire directly from the battery feed box on the frame. I put it round the back of the wing out of sight, but couldn’t get the drill in so I’ll leave it hanging for now and drill it from the inside next time I have the wheel off. I laid the intercooler out on the floor and worked out how I was going to mount it. I originally planned to make a frame all the way round it, but after getting it in position on a jack and some wood I figured out I could use the grill mounts. I made aluminium straps to mount from them, and two more to hang it from the back of the core support. It’s no lower than the chassis, but it looks really low, will have to see how it survives. I also had to change the vehicle speed sensor plug on the trans loom, so I spliced in the electronic speedo feed at the same time and taped it all back up. <\/p>\n

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Next on the list was the horns. Neither of them worked, but after a bit of a clean up one of them croaked into life and after a few more tests sounded normal. I blew a load of muck out with the air line, and filed the terminals down to bare metal and got them both sounding good. I gave them a clean up and then tried to get them to fit on what was left of the filler panels. They were too big with the original brackets, so I drilled them off and made new shorter ones from some chunky aluminium angle. They fitted neatly now, so I covered up the filler panels with masking tape and marked the position ready to drill them. With that all done I gave the horns and the filler panels a coat of black paint and left them to dry. The last thing I did was the transmission dipstick, which was a complete pain in the ass. There is no room to see what you are doing, and I couldn’t get more than a quarter turn on a spanner. It’s for a V6 4L60 so needed a load of re-shaping on the bracket but it ended up looking good. <\/p>\n

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The plan for this weekend was to try and finish the wiring off and then make a start on the intercooler and other bits and bobs. I had a chunky fusebox for the fans and headlights so that I could wire directly from the battery feed box on the frame. I put it round the back of the wing out of sight, but couldn’t get the drill in so I’ll leave it hanging for now and drill it from the inside next time I have the wheel off. I laid the intercooler out on the floor and worked out how I was going to mount it. I originally planned to make a frame all the way round it, but after getting it in position on a jack and some wood I figured out I could use the grill mounts. I made aluminium straps to mount from them, and two more to hang it from the back of the core support. It’s no lower than the chassis, but it looks really low, will have to see how it survives. I also had to change the vehicle speed sensor plug on the trans loom, so I spliced in the electronic speedo feed at the same time and taped it all back up. <\/p>\n

\"Intercooler-in.jpg\"<\/p>\n

Next on the list was the horns. Neither of them worked, but after a bit of a clean up one of them croaked into life and after a few more tests sounded normal. I blew a load of muck out with the air line, and filed the terminals down to bare metal and got them both sounding good. I gave them a clean up and then tried to get them to fit on what was left of the filler panels. They were too big with the original brackets, so I drilled them off and made new shorter ones from some chunky aluminium angle. They fitted neatly now, so I covered up the filler panels with masking tape and marked the position ready to drill them. With that all done I gave the horns and the filler panels a coat of black paint and left them to dry. The last thing I did was the transmission dipstick, which was a complete pain in the ass. There is no room to see what you are doing, and I couldn’t get more than a quarter turn on a spanner. It’s for a V6 4L60 so needed a load of re-shaping on the bracket but it ended up looking good. <\/p>\n

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