Intercooler Question

[PhilAnder]

The project GN I purchased last year came with a bunch of extra parts one of them being a FMIC Spearco intercooler from the 84-85 hotair conversion kit. Im planning on a 4.1L Budget Build so my question is, will this intercooler be sufficient? I am still debating on which turbo to run.

Below is a pic from another thread but same intercooler

 

[~JM~]

That's a cute little IC.

Should work fine I would think, unless you want to go with a larger core. Take a look at the RJC FMIC's if you want to see how large of a core can be fit.

~JM~

 

[Michael McCoy]

Definately use it.

 

[PhilAnder]

Looks like I will more than likely stick with this intercooler, can these be hot tanked to be cleaned?

 

[Michael McCoy]

Should be able to do it.

 

[~JM~]

Do you need to just clean the interior or is the outside showing some weathering & corrosion?

The interior clean is fairly easy. Just follow the "Spring Cleaning" guide. I had one with lots of oil inside. I used about a 1/2 gallon of gas & rock & rolled the whole thing many times than emptied it. I then flushed it with water for a good while. Then I poured a bottle of rubbing alcohol inside & rock & rolled it some more. The alcohol takes care of the water. I then let it drain while I had a hair dryer blowing into one side. After a while I swapped the dryer to the other side & repeat until it was thouroughly warm. Using gas may seem a bit primitive to some, but it works.

~JM~

 

[PhilAnder]

That sounds pretty thorough I'll give it a shot!
What would you recommend to freshen up exterior, it's weathered pretty good!

 

[SS/GN]

I would clean with a degreaser,brake clean it and paint satin blackThat looks like an old kenne Bell intercooler

Kevin

 

[blackdeathtrap]

gas water rubbing alcohol worked asome on my stock ic