What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

[Khalid_1]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

t-bolt clamps will aid in holding everything together nicely . been running my dd ty this way for years and never had the hump hose slip off / blow off the throttle body ever . iirc 4'' clamps are required to make this work .

Any sketch or photo on how that looks like?
It maybe the only solution for me to consider.

Thanks in advance,

Khalid
91-Sy

 

[warmpancakes]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

I had the upper IC off today. I thought of this thread, and took a couple of pics. The white towel was an attempt to get some contrast between the black brackets and the black background. Pics are kind of sucky, but you can get the idea. Clicking the bar for full size helps.

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holy shit a middle bracket., Thought those were like bigfoot, :tup:

 

[DaveP]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

holy shit a middle bracket., Thought those were like bigfoot, :tup:

All three of my SyTy's have the middle bracket. It has to be there or it blows off. I'm sure others have come up with solutions, but the middle bracket works for me.

The pic is of DesertSy. While I don't recall where the middle bracket for it came from, I can guarantee you it wasn't on the truck when I purchased it. Very few of the detail parts like brackets, correct fasteners, emissions equipment, plug wire holders, etc were on it. What a mess.

The middle bracket is the easiest to fabricate. If you make one, be sure to weld the nut to the back side. It would be almost impossible to reach back there and start a 'loose' nut on the bolt. The welded nut is the only practical solution.

 

[Khalid_1]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

Originally Posted by Gnocide
you can go without that bracket as long as you have the 15mm bolt that goes through the L bracket AND INTO THE inter cooler to the left of the thermostat housing.(behind the alternator)

that is how atr style inter coolers are bolted in

Thank for the info. Maybe this is the way I have to go with if the bracket is really missing. I will check ATR site for how their IC is bolted with the 15mm bolt.

Thanks,
Khalid
91-Sy

OK...could not access the ATR web site. Seems like it is under construction.
Anyway, as many are interested in this topic, I checked and found that the horizontal bracket is in place but it is missing the vertical rods/brackets that keeps the upper IC in place. The only connection now is the horizontal bracket which is connected to the first hole under the IC. I think it would be more stable if it was connected to the middle hole. I am going to fabricate a piece of metal which will have two bolts welded to it (on the far edges) and re-connect the hotizontal bracket to the middle hole. So effectively, the middle bracket will be connected to all the holes.

This is a photo of what I have at this time. I think the mechanic that placed this made a mistake of connecting the horizontal bracket to the R-hole instead of the middle (my opinion only).

 

[Damian]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

There you go.

 

[Khalid_1]

Re: What stops the Turbocooler next to Throttle Body

Hi All,

Well, here is what I did.
I removed the bolt under the IC and pushed the L-shaped bar to align with the center gap under the IC. It was not easy, as I think that L-Shaped bar had been bent and I had to work hard in fitting the bolt to fit in the middle gap. Once that was done, I noticed that the IC opening and the TB opening are not aligned and you can see that in the following photo:

So, I connected everything and took the Sy around the block and as I was accelerating I heard a weese and then a bang under the hood and I lost the turbo power. I released that it must be something associated with the TB and IC and surely, once I arrived home and opened the hood, the plastic rubber between the two had come out of space even with the clips.

I had to return the IC to be connected only to the L-Shaped bar as previously (i.e. connected in the first hole) and what I did was to buy extra clips and just install them over the plastic rubber piece connected the IC and TB. So far it had held the plastic piece and the two parts. Here is how it looks like:

It maybe the $2 solution to stop the IC blowing off from the TB everytime a pressure is built up with acceleration.

If I faced any different situation, I will update this thread for the benefit of all.

Khalid
91-Sy