3.3TT - Agency Power Intercooler-DIY GUIDE- READY FOR PURCHASE

[ZyroXZ2]

Take off the engine cover, and buy carbon fiber radiator support brackets. Problem solved.

Methinks you haven't worked on your own car. Those support bars are aluminum and are already lightweight (and hollow).

 

[Howlingmad]

Methinks you haven't worked on your own car. Those support bars are aluminum and are already lightweight (and hollow).

Me thinks you havent weighed them vs the carbon fiber ones. The carbon fiber ones are significantly lighter (relatively speaking)

 

[Howlingmad]

This of course is if you are REALLY that concerned about a few pounds.

 

[ZyroXZ2]

Me thinks you havent weighed them vs the carbon fiber ones. The carbon fiber ones are significantly lighter (relatively speaking)

Methinks you are over-estimating. Let's just supposed each bar is 1 lb lighter (which would be a lot, relatively speaking, lol), I'm still 5 lbs short. Hence, CF hood, which would naturally shave more than 3 lbs.

 

[Howlingmad]

They actually do shave 2 pounds. Look at you go. Now take off the engine cover (at least a pound) and dont get the large fry with your burger a few times and bam! Made up for the small weight difference. You aren't adding 100 pounds. Even without doing things to save weight itll be unnoticeable

 

[ZyroXZ2]

They actually do shave 2 pounds. Look at you go. Now take off the engine cover (at least a pound) and dont get the large fry with your burger a few times and bam! Made up for the small weight difference. You aren't adding 100 pounds. Even without doing things to save weight itll be unnoticeable

Despite what you may believe, I ain't no fatso as it is, lmao

Though, you're forgetting about physics: the extra weight is literally at the nose of the car, the farthest point from the center of gravity. I've had my run on the track: everyday driving and you'd be right to subtly mock me. On the track? There's a reason those cars cost so much damned money and why engineers are working on them all the damned time

2 pounds can equate to tenths of a second on a long, winding track Though, I haven't taken the Stinger to the track, yet...

 

[Howlingmad]

At the point that you're chasing tenths though, there are a lot of other things to do that will help more than 3 pounds on a stock ish car. If we were talking about a well built and prepped time attack car then hell yea, that 3 pounds is rough. I redid the tube front end on my LS1 s14 to save 5 pounds some years ago, but that was a well prepped race car. I'm sure the new owner doesn't appreciate the effort though since he uses it as drift car and put 2 turbos on it, but I digress

 

[ZyroXZ2]

At the point that you're chasing tenths though, there are a lot of other things to do that will help more than 3 pounds on a stock ish car. If we were talking about a well built and prepped time attack car then hell yea, that 3 pounds is rough. I redid the tube front end on my LS1 s14 to save 5 pounds some years ago, but that was a well prepped race car. I'm sure the new owner doesn't appreciate the effort though since he uses it as drift car and put 2 turbos on it, but I digress

I think you were so eager to argue that you lost the whole point, lol

You said I'd need to swap the support braces and I'd be done implying I don't need to go with a CF hood to negate this. Knowing how light those braces are, I conjectured that would be insufficient. The new intercooler is 8 lbs heavier according to Nick's massively epic forearms, so even saving 2 lbs leaves me 6 lbs to find.

Never anywhere was I struggling on how or where to save weight, but that a CF hood would be an immediate balancer (if not more than which is a total bonus). Besides, the cost of those braces doesn't quite justify their value even in the weight department. Not only does a CF hood look badass, but it can be see from the outside, and also saves weight. I think I'll continue to wait on a CF hood with proper vents, or maybe the Seibon having an open vent option.

EDIT: Also, for anyone who's going to link me those two other uglyass CF hoods, no thanks, lmao... In fact, the best looking one so far IS the CF version of the stock hood. It just needs functional vents...

 

[Angel]

@NICK_KHAR Any dyno sheets of airflow and IAT temps compared to stock?

 

[BertBert2019GT]

I’d like to contribute to this install guide:

- The driver side “clip style connector” is a snap ring clamp. The ends of the snap ring are housed in, and connected by, a black plastic piece. Do not break this black plastic piece.

The clamp is released by inserting a small flat head screw driver into each end of the black plastic piece to pry back the snap ring. The plastic piece ends are designed to hold the snap ring in place once pried back far enough. Pry back both ends of the snap ring to release the clamp.

- Had to trim the bottom passenger side of the front air shroud to accommodate top passenger side of intercooler. Reference photos: cut marks indicated in white