Bigger cooler, stock GSR Bar

[(2much)]

Hey all,

I have been plumbing my cooler, and i'm using 2.5" pipes, from the turbo, to cooler, to TB.

The hotside goes over the manifold, besides the radiator, and tightly follows the front chassis member up to the cooler. I can't make the turn any tighter, or closer too the chassis.

the cold side runs out to the side, near where the stock cooler exit was, then under the battery tray and up.

I want to keep the GSR front bar, but this is proving to be a bit of an issue.

If anyone has a stock gsr front bar and aftermarket cooler, have you had to modify the bar to get it to fit, I have shaved it a bit on the back where the cooler fits, but it looks like i'm going to have to do it again, where the pipes go.

Grrrr....

pics, thoughts, ideas..

 

[evopwr]

heaps of people have fitted an evo sized cooler behind a stock gsr bar.
Search it on these forums and you should find afew threads, some with pics.

 

[Dean]

what are the measurements of the cooler Nick?
maybe thats where the problem is
is it a later model Evo cooler?

how about getting the cold side pipe through the hole in the reo already? (Not 100% sure if a 2.5" pipe will fit)

 

[(2much)]

it's aftermarket, at a guess it's 500x250x60 ??? maybe... i'll measure,

anyway, i have an evo cooler and all the piping, but this is bigger, and my pipes are bigger, the evo cold side will fit, but the hotside under the front of the car doesn't have enough room, and over the top is not really possible with a gsr grill, unless you pull apart the mounts on the grill.

i think i'm going to cut the bar, i'll still be able to have it look neat, i just wanted to try and avoid it.

its basically a little taller, a little wider, and a little thicker then the evo cooler.

 

[CLuTZ]

There's one a GSR at CREATD I spotted today......

It has bonnet pins, and the cooler sits neatly underneath the rad support panel, with the stock bonnet latch removed. Decent size too.

 

[JSTYLE]

There's one a GSR at CREATD I spotted today......

It has bonnet pins, and the cooler sits neatly underneath the rad support panel, with the stock bonnet latch removed. Decent size too.

thats the doofuses old car yer? with my old motor in it?

anyways in regards to fitting a cooler bigger then an evo cooler GL!

unless u remove ur air con condenser and sit the cooler backwards on the rad it aint going to fit without major hacking of the reo/front bar plastic.

i had a huge amount of grief fitting a VR4 cooler behing a GSR bar... ur better off getting an aftermarket fb for the cooler to sit behind otherwise you will have long nights with the sabre saw and a die grinder/grinder...

Jon

 

[(2much)]

long nights spent!, FB has been on and off about 20 times, but it fits really well, the cooler is in there, the condenser is in there, and everything works.

Really happy with it!, i'll post pics one day, but it did take a lot of work... still retained the full reo, but had to modify some of the lower lip mounts, and the most modifying was the entry and exits for the pipe work.

the cooler core is 500x260x60.

 

[JSTYLE]

lol i could imagine taking the fb off about that many times.. such a tight fit.. did u actually cut any of the front bar ribs off?

Jon

 

[(2much)]

Nah mate.. i'll put up a pic... all the ribs have been retained, one is about 2mm left tho. but generally it's gone in pretty well..

 

[(2much)]

should i paint it black?

 

[SIVART]

yes I would on your car, if it had the evo bar I would leave it

 

[JSTYLE]

thats tight.. nice fit! does it vibrate???...
i would prob paint it black for that sleeper look.. just a nice matt black

Jon

 

[(2much)]

nope... no vibrating, no unusual noises.. i'm pretty happy with the sleeper front end..

i'd like to not run the evo bonnet, but i dont want to use the spacers and cut the ribbing trick....

and black ftw! i'll do it this weekend.

 

[wilbagsr]

There's one a GSR at CREATD I spotted today......

It has bonnet pins, and the cooler sits neatly underneath the rad support panel, with the stock bonnet latch removed. Decent size too.

That used to be my car!!! lol
Getting that cooler in there wasnt any fun at all, but it worked once i removed the bonnet latch and used bonnet pins insted.

You do need to modify the bar...(pair of snips really to cut away at the inside of the grill.

It does work and the car looks like an absolute sleeper!

All the best.

 

[wilbagsr]

thats the doofuses old car yer? with my old motor in it?
Jon

Yes John! I am that doofuse. Dont go talking crap mate, the amount of money i had to fork out because of you and your motor mate was enough to send me broke. Your lucky i havnt knocked your head off yet!

Before you slander someone on here remember that they may read it and unless your willing to back your self, keep your mouth shut ya hero!

 

[Liberoz]

should i paint it black?

I wouldnt be painting it black but I would be considering blocking off each side of the cooler end tanks its proven to increase cooling capacity Vs air being able to escape around the cooler

 

[Liberoz]

Yes John! I am that doofuse. Dont go talking crap mate, the amount of money i had to fork out because of you and your motor mate was enough to send me broke. Your lucky i havnt knocked your head off yet!

Before you slander someone on here remember that they may read it and unless your willing to back your self, keep your mouth shut ya hero!

Hence why should never buy parts of Jon if you want them to be reliable and true to the discription, unless its an asthethetic part lol

 

[JSTYLE]

you have a pm.

and liberoz FYI the motor is fine and dandy still in the same car.. Dre and Harry both know the guy who owns the car now.. from what i know he is rapt with it.. just that he keeps breaking boxes or something lolz..

Jon

 

[JSTYLE]

Adrian you have a pm.

and liberoz FYI the motor is fine and dandy still in the same car.. Dre and Harry both know the guy who owns the car now.. from what i know he is rapt with it.. just that he keeps breaking drivetrain components

Jon

 

[wilbagsr]

When Rob got it running, it was quick... very quick! And reliable. It was the getting there that was the head f***. But yeah, nothing at all wrong with it. What ever John had done to that motor kept me smiling for a long time. I never had any car on the street keep up. Seriously. I had a number of runs against a yellow lambo that lived right near my parents and every time he smiled as i launched away!!!

I heard it got defected not long after i sold it to them.