So, after a long day of installing parts, i looked at my intercooler after the bumper install and it looks upside down!!!
If it is, will this cause problems and is it cooling properly this way?

I know this is completely stupid, but there was no info on the install or labeling saying top and bottom

 

No it won't hurt it, it's the same on both sides. If my ic fins get chipped up enough with rocks and stuff from the highway I'll just flip it around to the other side lol.

 

which IC do you have?

 

it shouldnt matter ive flipped intercoolers so that the piping shows thru the fog light holes and gives it a different look and its worked just fine

 

says zzp in his sig

 

yeah, the new revised zzp.
now there is a gap in the mouth of the bumper though. the only reason i mounted it the way it is because the other way seemed to not fit properly, but didnt realize the gap till i walked away to look at it when the bumper was put back on.
Isnt one side bigger than the other as far as pipe diameter for the hot and cold sides?

 

honestly, if it really doesnt change the cooling, then it is staying. ive been working on my car for 9 hours today and im tired.
i swear, this car was made by midgets because there is no room to put my hands anywhere!!!

 

upside down or do u mean backwards, pretty sure upside down wouldnt work cause the holes for the cp would be on the top instead of the bottom and would not line up at all.

 

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its upside down.
backwards would mean the opening for the charge-pipes would be facing the front bumper rather than the engine.

 

depends how the ic is designed, my ic has the inlets in the middle of the ic so you can flip it either way

 

You drive a Saturn though what's your input matter

 

Our higher clearance IC should have the flat sides of the end tanks on the bottom. The parts of the end tanks that meet the core on an angle go on top. It shouldn't affect the cooling, but you are not taking advantage of the increased ground clearance.

 

 

Been there with sleep deprived weekends...



Intercooler insta....wait...



...installed!

 

oh ya. lol

 

i run my intercooler reverse flow. you can run them whatever way you want.

 

thanks Matt. I know maybe this was dumb, but it would have been nice for it to labeled top and bottom. plus it was pushing up on the crash bar with it the other way, so i thought it wasnt correct when i had it the other way...oh well

Either way. if it is cooling properly, i will leave it alone. btw, this was a very nice piece and great quality.

 

intercoolers are non directional flow wise. only time they are directional is when you need to fit them to the car or else brackets and all that will not line up.

 

Aaron, turn it the right way. You know it's the right thing to do. You bought the clearance-IC for a reason, now take advantage of it.

 

Thats wat I'm sayin.. Even the stock IC you can only put on one way.. most if not all of the Intercoolers I've seen for the LNF only fit one way.. and the pipes only connect toward the bottom with the mounts toward the top... even in that pic above, somethin looks way off in the first pic but if it'll work, **** it, I've replaced my Intercooler before, the bumper's a bitch to get off

 

yeah, im gonna do it all over again next weekend..very aggravating mistake. it is what it is though...thanks guys.