Those top supports for your intercooler pretty sturdy? Just wondering cause of the one thats bent funny.

Very impressive job though hail.gif hail.gif

 

^^^ Yes they are.

They are stainless steel and sturdy, they are bent funny so it adds more support from bending. Plus what you don't see in the pictures is 2 brackets underneath the IC as well. One on each side. There are 4 brackets holding it, I could stand on the IC and it wouldn't move much. wink1.gif

 

very impressive man, thats alot of work you have put in.

 

sweet!
how close is the piping to the manifold?
i prefer to go "under" the downpipe for heat reason, but can see what kind of clearance you have the way you made it

 

Denis, about 1.5" . The manifold is heat wrapped, plus I will be heat wrapping the pipe running right across as well.

 

Hey Tanc, is your IM, TB, Rail, and other parts just painted? Or are they powder coated/ceramic coated/other? I was thinking of painting my IM with aluminum colored paint. Mine just looks terrible to me, what do you think?

 

The IM is just painted black to cover up all the welds I needed to do on it.

The TB came that way.

The stock fuel rail was also painted to get rid of all the nasties on it.

The 2nd rail is polished aluminum.

 

Any special type of paint like high heat or anything? And if I pull my intake manifold, do I have to replace the gasket?

 

You can use HI Temp paint. You might have to replace your Gasket or you might not, depends if it sticks to the IM or the Head and rips.

 

My buddy used the Mustang TB on his Beta swapped engine. I think he may be using the stock TPS though, I'm not sure. As far as I know from him it wasnt that hard from him to modify it to fit. Its about time people start using it though.