Hello Every Body Its Me Nismo619 Once Again But This Time Its A Good Question Has Any Body Ever Installed A Intercooler On There 1982 1983 280zx Turbo ? If So I Need Some Real Good Advice And What Pipes To Buy And Help On What To Cut And Not To Cut Please If Any Body Has Ever Custom Made An Intercooler Setup For The 1982 280zxt Please Let Me Know On This Thread , Any Pictures, Any Diagrams Any Help At All Will Help Me Decide How Much To Save Up .. P.s. I Will Have More Pictures Of The Engine Bay The Interior Of My Car Up Some Time Next Week Thanks , Ken Aka Nismo619

1982 280zx Turbo 2+2

 

Since 81 - 83 turbos are all the same physical setup... it doesn't matter the year... and lots of people have put IC's on their 280zxt.... try Google Images, it works wonders. I have some pics on my cardomain page about my IC install.

There are several IC kits for the 280zxt for the nice price of $1k - $2k.... which is obsurd since you can buy big *** IC's on ebay for $200 these days, or $50 from junk yards. You will need to use your own skills to fab up the piping, or have someone do it for ya.

Easiest way: Buy some mandrel bends from ebay, and weld them together to make them connect up...

 

Cheapest way go like stated above, I done the same. Bought and NPR intercooler off ebay for $250, ordered mandrel bends from JCW and fabed ever thing myself. Its not that hard if you can weld your own pipes up......

 

http://stillen.com/sportscars_produc...cat=157&dsbp=1

that is a website for and intercooler for the 280z....i dont know if your need that or if iit helps but if u install one let me know how it goes

 

HAHAHAHA.. Damn.. yeah fab your own it is ALOT cheaper..

 

i did my duaghters on my own out of copper piping 2 inc. and it was alot chepper and its all polished.(of cores. im a polishing freek) i bought a supra inercoler for $50.00 and the pipe and elbos coast me $50.00 time was about 3 hours with doing all the polishing. way cheper.

 

Soldered up or silicone couplers?

 

I just painted the stock J-pipe. That's better than any intercooler! oh ya... Maybe I'll put a sticker on it too.

 

black silacon cuplers with hoses clamps

 

to doctor budda do u have any diagrams u can send me ? any written notes ? please send me them if u can i need al ittle more help thanks , nismo619

 

This isn't brain surgery... just buy some pipes, connections, and an IC that will allow easy hook up, and install. There are lots of pics on the internet about 280zxt ic installs.

 

Pull the radiator and AC condensor if you have one.

If your Intercooler has the inlet and outlet on the same side, cut the hole on the driver side big enough for the intake to the turbo and both the inlet and outlet for the intercooler. This can be a VERY tight fit and you will need to be VERY careful about how big the piping is you end up using to make this work.

One 'short-cut' that used to be used back in the day, was to put the air filter right on or nearly right on the intake side of the turbo behind the radiator. This way, you only have 2 pipes going through the radiator support.

The best way, is to have your IC inlet and outlet on opposite sides of the core that way you only have to run two pipes through the driver side and one pipe through the passenger side of the radiator.

This can make it harder to route the pipe back to the intake manifold though since it has to cross in front of the motor somewhere.

 

thank u for the honest help looks like i have to do this on my own and just suck up the facts that i have to make up my own diagrams on how to make this when i do make this work i will post it on the internet for yall to see and copy i assure u all i will have an intercooler on my car thanks yall , Nismo619

 

ok ill send you some picks of what i did and how i did it for you shoot me your email and ill get it all stared for you zextremenv@yahoo.com