I have a TR8 and it was a beta version! I guess I was a pioneer for the kit. I paid someone to install mine, but I'm under the impression that it is a direct fit. They didn't say anything otherwise.

I'm happy with it.

Oh and one more thing, if you ever see a Silver GTI with some nice wheels, just rev on him and tell him Mike sent you to destroy him haha. I have a GTI buddy that hates on my car regularly that lives in Park Hill!

 

Dude I may have messed with that guy the other day (3 weeks ago?) - ran into a silver GTI over on Quebec St. near Walmart and pulled on him. He rolled down his window and asked me if It was the ss/sc or ss/tc, then we took off from the light and I left him pretty hard. Too funny if thats him.

 

Pretty sweet man

Thanks for being the guinea pig!

 

That probably was him, bald head, white guy 30s.

 

cant remember - it was an older gen GTI with an exhaust IIRC.

 

When I bought mine they had the IC only on ebay for $269 incl shipping but as of right now all I can find is the whole kit and its price went up about $30 (maybe I was the first one to buy it then they raised the price?)

how were you running it on a KB 5l? I thought those were roots blowers with an air/water setup? Im sure im wrong, just curious.


The KB's on the old 5l's were actually not cooled what so ever, I took a 2.1L big bore blower and custom made an intercooler set up for it. 10lbs of boost and I was burning up the tires (285/35/18 drag radials) on a 60kph pull. I was going to get custom 8 rib pulleys made with a bigger crank pulley to run 13lbs but I gave up on it after many years and not having enough time to play around with it anymore.

Heres a few pics

 

yeah, he noticed the endtanks dont have the inlet/outlets facing the right direction for the charge piping.

GR1VLET, the Treadstone kits come with the couplers and hardware, and 90* elbows. Its a direct fit.

 

Wow, very nice! I've always been a mustang guy - I've got a '65 coupe I'm going to try and find a donor 5.0 HO EFI and T5 to swap in. Maybe a set of heads and a cam.

Do you still have the car?

 

im running the upper charge pipe and he is correct it doesnt fit for ****.

 

I would like to correct the bend where the two pieces meet, straightening the last bend on the turbo-side pipe SHOULD fix it. Also thinking about cutting an inch or two off the end that connects to the turbo so it isn't as close to hitting the hood.

 

I parted it out, it was either drop lot of money into a built engine to handle the power. I had no time to work on it anymore and never drove it much. Wanted to get into something fun I could enjoy year round. I'm sure ill be back in a mustang in a few years.

I wouldn't mind picking this intercooler up if they offered it without all the other stuff, like 250 for just the intercooler would be perfect.

 

i had to extend mine for the pte turbo.. but yeah its a super wierd angle

 

Woah that actually looks pretty damn nice with some paint on it. Interesting setup, is that a 2.2?

 

powder.. but it needs redone very badly. and yes built 2.2 on pte 5431 25psi

 

Did the lower pipe fit or was it just the upper ?