V7 STI fmic mounting

[Jawdn]

My mates doing a fmic on his v7 and we can't figger out where the intercooler is ment to be placed. Do you have to cut parts out off the car to make it fit?

[Guest]

what brand intercooler kit?

i just mounted mine on v6 and spent hours chopping up the bumper to get it to fit just right. ended up drilling bumper support and packing it down about 60mm hacking the chassis everywhere the pipes went through. it was luxury sports didnt fit at all anywhere.

[grego0o]

 Jawdn said:

My mates doing a fmic on his v7 and we can't figger out where the intercooler is ment to be placed. Do you have to cut parts out off the car to make it fit?

Don't cut anything unless your 100% sure... You should only need to move you radiator overflow bottle, the front bumper support may need trimming but this will be a wof issue so do so at your own risk... The bumper will be the most work, you'll need to cut a decent amount out if the intercooler is 600x300 sized. Google up some branded ones as it might show you a bit more

[Guest]

just trim away weight reduction is the way ;D

test fit it i cant count how many times i put the bumper on but i wanted it absolutely perfect. paint all edges you cut so they dont rust and make sure the pipes dont touch steel or they will wear through. just take it slow she'll be right ;D

[Stoffa]

remove the bracing bar that runs between the chassis rails, it just unbolts, my mate trimmed his up after many discussions with his cert guy.

the non sti's dont even have that bolt on bar, so its not a chassis piece.

be VERY careful cutting anything, I ended up cutting away part of the crumple zone on my V5 and had to buy a secondhand chassis rail and use about an inch of it to weld a patch back in to get a cert.

If your planning on getting a cert later its worth spending the time now to figure it out properly

[Guest]

what he said ^^check with the legal team

i didnt think abouth cert but i wont need one just a warrant so i just didnt trim anything structural

i had the support im non sti v5/6

[Stoffa]

 evowrx said:

what he said ^^check with the legal team

i didnt think abouth cert but i wont need one just a warrant so i just didnt trim anything structural

i had the support im non sti v5/6

the support Im talking about is only v7 sti onwards, its a thick steel bar that braces between the rails not the bumper frame on a v5/6

you can just cut out some of the bracing and reuse the bar.

I was warned never to let my rego deregister completely as with my bit welded back in it may fail getting reregistered. but as its legal now its fine.

front mount isn't something that needs a cert but if you ever want coilovers or anything else that needs a cert you may fail at a later date

[Guest]

had a massive big bumper support with foam pad thing in our forester 2000 too some crazy frontal impact protection. i just left it out

[NTYCME]

was all fitted up and done on saturday

ill try get a pic

[Guest]

got money on it looking good ;D