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Since there seems to be alot of interest in these intercoolers, I decided to do a writeup when I installed mine. Total installation time including fabricating, drinking, and bullshitting was about 10 hours. I havent had a chance to drive the car yet(rain), but I should be able to give a report this evening.
1) Take the entire front end of the car off per MKIV.com Greddy 3-row directions(also use the Toyota service manual)
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2)You will have to modify the AC sight glass for clearance purposes
For relocation of the AC sight glass, just remove the bracket and bend it up and over to the right(this will allow clearance of the hood latch:
You can see the sight glass up and to the right in this pic
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3) The next step will be to flatten out the PS cooler. You need to take the bracket on the lower left hand side and move it up one row and to the right. You will then have to fabricate a new mount that will attach to the radiator support as shown in the pic below.
To flatten the PS cooler, loosen all the mounts and get the cooler as straight in a line as possible.
After this take the cooler and hold it with your right hand, with your left hand pull the cooler towards you. This will allow the cooler to be pushed inward towards the radiator. Now push it towards the radiator leaving about an inch or so gap between the rad and the cooler.
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4) Now you will relocate the junction box for the hood latch. To do this, we fabricated a flat piece of aluminum and marked the holes for the jx box, then mounted it on the radiator support. Here is a pic of it installed:
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Here is a pic of the PS cooler relocated, as well as the Junction box, also pictured is the AC line sight glass after being moved up:
1) Take the entire front end of the car off per MKIV.com Greddy 3-row directions(also use the Toyota service manual)
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2)You will have to modify the AC sight glass for clearance purposes
For relocation of the AC sight glass, just remove the bracket and bend it up and over to the right(this will allow clearance of the hood latch:

You can see the sight glass up and to the right in this pic
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3) The next step will be to flatten out the PS cooler. You need to take the bracket on the lower left hand side and move it up one row and to the right. You will then have to fabricate a new mount that will attach to the radiator support as shown in the pic below.

To flatten the PS cooler, loosen all the mounts and get the cooler as straight in a line as possible.
After this take the cooler and hold it with your right hand, with your left hand pull the cooler towards you. This will allow the cooler to be pushed inward towards the radiator. Now push it towards the radiator leaving about an inch or so gap between the rad and the cooler.
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4) Now you will relocate the junction box for the hood latch. To do this, we fabricated a flat piece of aluminum and marked the holes for the jx box, then mounted it on the radiator support. Here is a pic of it installed:

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Here is a pic of the PS cooler relocated, as well as the Junction box, also pictured is the AC line sight glass after being moved up:
