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I want to intercool my car. However Stock, as you know, the hoodscoop
is already functional, directing cold air into a baffle to cool the
turbo. If I intercool my car the baffle on the underside of the scoop
will have to come off to blow air on the intercooler. Does the turbo
need this baffel and cold air to run properly, will it overheat
without it, or is it not nesessary?

Thanks,
Mark

Air to Air intercooler or Air to water with the engine coolant or air to
water with a seperate radiator?

Is was thinking air/air. But I didn't know you can have an air/water
thats cooled by the engine coolant? Thats pretty neat. With an
air/water intercooler I think I can do away with not removing the
baffle because its a smaller package, but with an air/air I have to
remove it, because I need the room, is that advisable?

Thanks,
Mark

No you did not need it. The turbo is water and oil cooled. I think it was subaru's attempt to make the hoodscoop look like it's doing something. Seems more of a gimmick to me.

I have the 93-96 euro wrx intercooler. It's pretty simple install. You have to cut off one the mounting brackets that interferes with the plastic coolant tank. Our turbo outlet is at about a 45 degree angle while the euro wrx is more like 5 degrees. So i cut off the tip and bought a radiator hose from kragen that matched the angle/dimensions I was looking for. I know that there are some samco hoses that exist which would probably be nicer to use. You will have to move the igniter and lower the a/c line. It should be a nice little snug fit in there and so I didn't bother mounting it.

I had to do a little reworking of the coolant line between the coolant tank and the turbo. I used simple copper piping to lower the coolant inlet on the turbo so that the intercooler wouldn't put much pressure on the rubber hose.

If I get motivated soon I'll take a few pictures of mine and put them on my site.

good luck
lex