Ok so here's my vague attempt at an AH Fabs V2 fitting guide. It's very rough but should be enough.
I used the Forge guide for removing the SMIC's, bumper etc. This can be found here:
http://www.forgemotorsport.com/media/S3FMIC.pdf
This helps with the removal process.
So the unusual bits I needed/used were:
- Angle grinder with 1mm cutting disc and sanding disc to clean up cutting and drilled holes (remember safety glasses/goggles)
- Drill with 8.5mm drill bit
Fittings:
- 2 x 63mm 90 degree alloy bends
- 2 x 63mm 90 degree silicon bends
- 10 JCS Hi Grip clips - I used 70-90mm but I'd go a size down if I done it again
- I used one of the hoses from the standard SMIC setup that was around 4 inches long and had a ~30 degree bend in it. This was to bolt to the map sensor pipe to the 90 degree bend on the passenger side.
Here's the piping I used (I replaced the upper boost hoses, also no pipe from the standard SMIC setup):
So once everything was off. I cut the crash bar to suit the IC. You can see I kept 20mm around the front edge. You could cut it straight across instead of following the curve but for ease I done it this way.
Measure twice, cut once! The bar is still very strong, or strong enough at least. The cooler mounts to the underside of the crash bar with M8 bolts. I used stainless fittings as I didn't want rust. I used a 8.5mm drill bit.
Here's the cut out:
Here's the cooler mounted:
Then I fitted the pipes. Pretty much as the photo showing all parts above. You need to re-use the pipe from the SMIC setup like I say.
Next up was mounting the horns. The Forge guide and some on here say you can get away with the standard horn bracket but I could see no way to do it so I made up a bracket from 3mm alloy. Excuse the roughness, I took the pic before I cleaned it up!
Then mounted both:
I simply zip tied the air temp sensor (for the dash) to the crash bar mount as you can see above.
Ok so now you're ready to refit the bumper (which is an ****). I had to cut the mounts for the fogs slightly but every fitment will be different here so its a trial and error case really.
I also adjusted the two bottom mounts as Tuffty did in one of the first two pages on here. The captive nut ones. I cut a channel as wide as the captive nut and moved the mounts about 15mm forward. I also added a central screw as the bumper sat very ******. Here it is before I did that:
And the final end result:
Pretty happy with it. Looks very OEM and I'm getting much lower IATs. With an ambient temp of ~20c, IATs are around 25c. I'll do some proper logging when I get a chance.
