Slant 6 Turbo 68Dart Project

RustyPlymouth said

looking good man. fwiw i pretty much covered my stock radiator with my intercooler and haven't had any over heating problems yet. it does get warm when i get on it for a while but not anywhere that would be of concern. did you have to modify the grille?

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All I had to do was not mount the three center legs to the radiator support frame. I bent them at a 90* angle (all three) to clear the intercooler and what would be the piping spots. That was all I had to do. Everything else bolted up just as it should. Luckily I got more than half the radiator uncovered, and if you look through the intercooler and the rad, you can still make out the engine, so I assume it doesn't block too bad.

Also since the mounting and everything is done, I can actually unbolt the intercooler and slip it up out of the grill if need be. But this will give me an idea of it overheating or not. Easily reversible then I find somewhere else to mount it.

Right now, without driving it yet, it sits at 185ish in town, 190 on the freeway and sometimes really close to 200 if it's 90 degrees outside and I'm pushing the speed limit on the freeway. So we'll see if it changes.