how to use sr sidemount on your ca18det....

[sdtouge]

i bought a sr sidemount setup off a member here, a little skeptical at first, be i just charged it and decided i would make it work. the setup consisted of a sr20 sidemount and cold pipe, and a enjuku hot pipe for the sr20.

for the hot pipe, you just have to place the smic a little farther forward, wich isnt a big deal, just unbolt the passengers side mounting bracket for the smic, and hold it up later with a zip tie, and its really fast if you use a dremel.

for the cold pipe you can either:

if you have the stock clutch fan, you can shorten the peice by cutting a small peice out of it and using a silicon connector to piece it back togeter.

or

if you have electric fans, or are retarded enough to use the cltuch fan with out a shroud, you can use the sr hot pipe, but instaead of using the sr piece that connects to the throttle body, just use the peice from the sohc ka, the peice that connects to the throttle body.

it wont be the best looking, but it will work great, youll have to block off one of the aicv bungs though, seeing that the sr one is on the hot pipe, and the ka one is on the rubber throttlre body connetor.

ill post some pics when i get my car to run.matt

[cadet]

just curious, but what is the size difference? I've seen sr side mounts and I have a ca side mount but I haven't seen them side by side... but from my memory there would be really no point to this upgrade, if you are going to buy something (especially since it needs modified) why not just start with a ford probe or starion front mount?

[sdtouge]

the actual intercooler isnt alot bigger, but it is bigger. also, its really hard to get this to work so i am over it. it will put alot of strees on all the peices and it sucks.

sorry. i tired the hot pipe and the cold pipe on seperatly, and they worked, but when put together suck.

nevermind.