**UPDATE 12/8/06**

Intercooler is mounted!!! Alot easier than i projected which is GREAT! I was stressing this part the most due to having to drill the crash bar. That's some pretty tough metal i must say but even so, the install was perfect and it was dead center and even every which way the very first time! Props to Paul and the gang!

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I even trimmed up the plastic crash absorber just so i wouldn't have to compromise my saftey






The only thing you must get rid of when the intercooler goes in is the 2 plastic shrouds under the front bumper. Wouldn't fit around the intercooler and they come off with 3-4 bolts bolts and a few clips. Again, simple.







Got an extra bung welded into the s-pipe for wideband but i think there may be a problem with clearance from feedback from other people running the kit. I eyed the position of the bung in relation to the stock secondary bung on the stock s-pipe but i'm not all too sure that the're in the exact same location. My hopes are high however.






Even mounted the emanage in the glove box. you see the PnP harness in there with it but only because i have no need to plug it in yet.







Well, now i've basically done everything i think i can do for now. Just waiting.........

 

I drew up a pic of how i plan to run my vac lines. Let me take a pic of it and i'll post it up

 

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Here it is:






I have 4 things that need vac:

-Wastegate
-Greddy Pressure Sensor
-Boost Gauge
-BOV

I tried to prioritize these by importance. The more important ones recieving the clossed vac sources down the line. Most important of course being the wastegate followed by the GPS which will control fuel, then to my last T fitting that is a little special. My boost guage came with a special T-Fitting that has a check valve of sort that keeps the needle on the gauge very smooth and that portion has to coming out of the top of the fitting. The BOV is at the very bottom of my priority list because, well, face it, it's not something that's NEEDED. My focus here was to supply the wastegate and GPS with the best vac sources.

 

Looking good!! You just finished the hardest thing to installing the kit, that was drilling holes!!! Everything from here on out is a breeze. I have a real easy tip to getting the oil pan off.

The brackets that are now being sent were updated to allow for a number of mounting options. Since I have the Kaminiari Kit the inlet are deeper, I only needed to do very minor trimming to the Kami kit to not hit the cooler.

The really great point to make here, this intercooler is good to 500 hp. The steel cross member of the car does not have to be cut, saving structual integrity and install time along with cost associated with removing it.

Props to Dezod and Kaminari designs, I am able to keep all the factory foam and mounts, not having to butcher the car to get your mods on.

 

So what's the tip!? Haha

Only tip i've been given is razor blades

 

Dont waste your time with the blades. The first tool you need to file the edges down to a narrower edge or sharper. This is the one you will use to wiggle your way in along the length of the oil pan.

The second tool you sharpen one side, this is the side that will go between the pan and the block. The other side needs to remain normal as this is the side your tapping with the hammer.

You want to use the second tool on the corner nearest the radiator. The reson for going for the corner as the pan is curved here, the pans ridged corners and bends will distibute pressure evenly across this side of the pan. If you go for the pan along a straight edge it is weaker and easily bent.

Take tool two and start to hammer it in between the pan and the block. Then use tool one to go along the straight edges cutting through the glue. Then go back two tool two and hit it a few more times gently easing it in more. (man did that sound so wrong ) then go back to tool one. Keep switching back and forth with each tool and the pan will come off. Mine was off in less than minutes. No bends or warping either.

 

Is removing the bottom plastic engine covers a specific thing that needs to be done to fit the Dezod FMIC? Does everyone that runs a FMIC in the tC have to ditch the plastic bottom engine covers? I've seen pictures of folks cutting/removing the crash-bar and cutting the bottom bumper vents (Treadstone's kit) -but this is the first time I've heard about the bottom engine-bay covers going away.

 

With the other kits you remove the crash bar or trim into the crash bar, this moves the intercooler farther up and leaves enough room at the bottom to leave the shrouds

 

^^^mine is gone also (dezod kit). is it really a bad thing?

 

/\/\ absolutely not, its just a splash guard/ wind shroud. Does not compromise the underside at all.

 

This looks like a great kit and a fun install! Can't wait for it.

 

nice man this kit is really nice, bro put the bottom grill in and make it sleeper, u will surprise alot of people trust me.

 

/\/\ Hehe, naw man, i gotta show it off. I'm proud of Paul and the gang so i MUST show it off!!!!

 

/\/\ Hehe, naw man, i gotta show it off. I'm proud of Paul and the gang so i MUST show it off!!!!

 

Very fun!!

 

dude i dont wanna steal ur thread but dezod rocks man once u get it all done ur gonna love it, i wish i had videos because nobody believes u if u dont have videos, im in school and cannot afford a camera im struggling as it is, but i will just tell u that tn i beat a Bullit mustang with work was very close but i pulled on him, then a turbo honda hatchback, then a acura type s, a g35, 350z, still did not find a srt or sti or evo usually when u find one of those they are modded like crazy, im debating if i should buy a boost controlller and jack it up to 10 psi with a meth injection kit i wonder what that would yield if i made 261whp without all of it. i think ur gonna be very pleased i turned alot of heads tn they couldnt believe that i was a scion hahaha the bullit said u wanna race me??? i was like yeah i just got my injen intake and it feels really quick.

 

ha its alll tru i was in bytas car, the kid with the mustang was like a scion wants to race me? then after we beat him he pulls into the lot and goes "oo man you got a monster turbo on that" it was pretty sweet i must say dezod owns the turbo world for scions at least

 

Thanks to all for your support fellas!

I think there's going to be a LOT of dezod turbo tCs in the spring at the rate things are going. And I am still working on a full Dezod race weekend so I'll let everone know.

Boost is your friend. Lag is only a head start for the poor guy you're about to tool on.

 

Priceless statement Joe! LOL