which top bracket did you use? mine came with 2 different top bracket. one that is straight and one that is offset. i used the offset since the mounting point on the IC is center and the bolt on the car is off centered. maybe your IC pipes aren't lined up correctly. i think it only took me about 2 hours to do mine and the hardest part is getting the hose on the IC. you can heat the hose up a little so it can bend easier but it should not kink at all. you should only have to straighten the hose maybe 5 degree from the original angle. the bumper fit nicely, but i didn have to cut the under tray (look at the pices on the first page).

i'm from Carlisle. stop by and i can help you.

 

no I mean I used to live in York, I have fam there

 

ahh, i didn't even look at you current location under your avitar.

 

after reading Buschur's post about cleaning the inside of the IC, i decided to do mine and got a chance to take some more pics. when i did the original post, i didn't know there was going to be a much headed debate about this IC, so here are some more pics to clear up some misconceptions.

i also weight the IC and it turned out to be 22 lbs with the backets on.

the front view



driver side hose



passenger side hose. notice that on both side, the hose have to be straighten a little. this is where most people have the problem. but notice there are no kinks in the hose.



top bracket



bottom bracket



the welds, not bad for a 12 years old kid, huh. not a perfect roll of coins but good enough to keep the boost in.




outside cooling fins



inside cooling fins



another shot of the inside cooling fins. some of the inside fins are bent because i was using compressed air to dry out the IC after i cleaned it.

 

more pics.

 

Do you have a link to the upper IC pipe.

How would you say it fits?

 

we need to start a donation fund to get honda-guy a set of jackstands before we see him as a headline story on the news.

 

^^^^^ wow that isnt very safe.

 

i have Injen upper IC pipes. the lower pipes is XSP and it came with the the IC when i purchased it.

 

hey, i could aways use a donation.

all jokes aside, i do have two jack stand under the car, each next to the jack on each side (you just can't see it in the pics). the front jack is holding up the engine since the tranny is. i try to be very cautious when working under the car or when the engine is running. i witness my friend lost a finger when the glove got pulled in by the timing belt and crushed his fingers. i had to drive him to the hospital.

edit: you can see part of the jack stand leg on the first pics next to the passenger side jack. oh, and the rear wheels are on ramps with the ebrake on.

 

My problem is with the connecting ports of the IC and the bottom brackets, I dont even have the bottom brackets bolted down they wont reach. Also The LICP JUST fits, I have the couplers extended as much as posible. I will take pics for you guys if you want........I will do that tonight.

 

i monted the bottom brackets first, then i had to bend the top bracket a little so it would line up with the bolt.

 

O I see LOl good idea ....lol

 

Im getting the Injen upper and intake did it fit good?

How do you have it routed to the IC

 

So it's pretty safe to say this intercooler is better then the stock intercooler? Will it perform and cool better then stock? Who wants to donate to my fund (dyno time: about $70 an hour), I will buy this intercooler and do a before dyno (stock intercooler) and after (ebay intercooler) dyno test. This should put an end to all this bickering.......