side mount intercooler ?

[Gti_Jamo]

Turborevs is prob better and slightly cheaper all in. Never heard of draft racing performance before.

You wont lose any oil changing the intercooler.

[james2]

i dont no james but i have got the same job and yes you have to take the bumper of as it is on the front driver side corner my main worry is how much oil will i loose when i unbolt it and how easy are the pipes to get to

the pipe are easy to change ,got all blue silcone one ,you sure i cant get under car and remove it.Dont worry about loosing oil its best cleaning it out.I hate the way oil gets in them. :embarassed:

[golf-sib]

SMIC is a waste off time in upgrading, the stock unit is very good, problem is the lack off air flow entering/going through the IC, which is why a FMIC benefits, as it has a bigger area of the core exposed. It was proven on the Australian autospeed magazine tuning on the PD engines as they are far more on boost compared to the petrol counterpart.

[GJSEB79]

right just might got like a slight oil drip coming of mine so if i just disconnect bottom and top pipes no oil is going to pis out of them are they an as far as i am aware you will need to take bumper of to get to top fixing on intercooler

[Gti_Jamo]

right just might got like a slight oil drip coming of mine so if i just disconnect bottom and top pipes no oil is going to pis out of them are they an as far as i am aware you will need to take bumper of to get to top fixing on intercooler

Its normal for oil to get into the pipes especially over a long period of time but it wont be much oil. Yeah bumper off i'm afraid.

[james2]

ill give it a try with bumper on i like doing things the hard way.   You might get a bit of oil out the bottom pipe ,it got me when i first changed my boost pipes and made a small mess on the carpet ,that what you get for laying under it and removing it .

[GJSEB79]

right think i am going to get mine order now to replace the pancake pipe will i have to take inner arch of to get to this and i take it these pipes go to the egr valve is this correct sorry to sound stupid but this is the first time i am going to attempt this 

[james2]

I cant wait to order 1 it will look nice with my blue hoses and uprated polished alloy pancake pipe.

[james2]

all pipe to intercooler and pancake pipe are easy to change just slide under car i did them without a car jack.

[Gti_Jamo]

ill give it a try with bumper on i like doing things the hard way.   You might get a bit of oil out the bottom pipe ,it got me when i first changed my boost pipes and made a small mess on the carpet ,that what you get for laying under it and removing it .

You may well get the old one off with the bumper on but as soon as you begin to fit that new chunky beast up there you'll need more space.

right think i am going to get mine order now to replace the pancake pipe will i have to take inner arch of to get to this and i take it these pipes go to the egr valve is this correct sorry to sound stupid but this is the first time i am going to attempt this 

The pancake pipe joins to the charge pipe that goes up the back of your engine. Yeah defo need the inner arch off.