hey guys, just stickin the intercooler into the 1ggte rolla at the moment, and took the bumper off to make it a bit easier to fiddle around, and well it looks good

and its gonna give better flow without the bumper, and theres a wonderfully placed hole on each side where the i/c piping can go.

so this brings me to my question:

will i get defected or not pass a safety cert if i don't have a front bumper?

cheers guys, andrew

I am sure you can get around having no bars. But you would need to get rid of all the sharp edges etc...and may even have to have bumperettes

cool :harhar:

bumperettes? what be these?

cheers for the response :dance:

aww :dance:

stoopid adr's. do you know which one it is just so i can check for myself, thanks nick :harhar:

Is that where the cooler will be sitting? Thats dangerously low...

not that low really, its over 150 mm

but yeah, thats where

:dance:

 

thoughts? opinions?

 

i reckon it looks tuff :harhar:

I reckon it needs to sit ALOT higher....one rock and gone

ive seen a fair few about that height...and its fairly tough, it mite lose a few fins but i think the core would take alot to split...

how high are people thinking?

coz it can't go any higher really coz of the thermo fan

 

plus if it goes higher it will block even more of the radiator, and i wanna fit aircon in there somewhere...

I would want it sitting so the pipes can come straight out of those bumper bar holes and into the cooler...that high

why not up a bit like my pic ?

That's a great spot...MAKE THAT HAPPEN...

 

It may seem strong to you, but you hit a fist sized rock, or bird at 100km/h and it's not so strong.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

YAY 1900 posts :dance: I'm such a whore :harhar:

in a prefect world that would work

but thermo fan is an issue...

i could go have a look and see if it would work, but i don't see me gettin aircon in there if that happens :dance:

 

 

fist sized rock....

ouch i wouldnt wanna hit one of those on anything on the car

radiators hit birds and live, and i reckon this thing is tuffer than a rad

I'm thinking about it tho :harhar:

Radiators have grills and headlights in front of them.

 

And you are quite likely to hit things lower on the front....where the intercooler is gunna be sittin

can we meet in the middle and say somewhere like so that bottom of the cooler lines up with the bottom of the lowest bar

if ya get me

i think that would work yeah?

That would be a good spot I think...make everything else work around the cooler