Were you able to keep your power steering/??? What kind of paint did you use to paint intercooler. Im thinking of painting mines black to keep the sleeper look.Can you show me how you painted intercooler

 

The slim fan should be fine. A part of the shrouding for the AC condensor fan needs to be cut for the wastegate to have room and the main AC line that runs between the fans needs to be bent out of the way. So, yes, I am still using the stock fan and I just had to cut a little part out of it.

Also, I forgot that the upper bracket that holds the radiator on needs to have a little part cut out where the screw goes in so that it can be pulled back a little bit.

 

Power steering is fine since the compressor housing is on the other side and the filter goes up away from the drivers side.

I just used a basic can of black spray paint and I sprayed just one thin coat of paint so as not to upset the heat transferring properties. I also just sprayed the side that shows. I didn't bother with the side that people never see.

 

How does the turbo feel on your gsr bro???

 

I have a thicker radiator bro as you can see on the top with a pic of my engine bay. Will i be able to squeeze it in to fit. I barely have room right now from the header

 

You may have to struggle a little to get the fans back in, but the radiator should move forward a little when you modify the bracket to give you more room. The turbo and manifold don't take up as much room as you think. Do-able, yes. With some possible modifications, probably.

Pretty damn good. I don't open it up much but even with normal driving, the extra torque and power are amazing. It will throw unsuspecting passengers back in their seats. It has some torque now, so freeway driving is ever so fun when before I was flooring it and waiting for the gerbils to run faster.

 

I think i might just pay someone to install it. He is knowledgeable. He charges 250

 

Too bad your not in bay area or i would pay you

 

That sounds pretty cheap for at least 8 hours of labor. :eh:

 

This guy is pretty experience . He did 15 engine swaps on his garage several turbo installs. Was it pretty hard to install schmoo. Do you have a vafc. I have vafc2 which i will be keeping with the setup.
How many miles do you have on your gsr??? How does it ruN????