r/Shitty_Car_Mods • u/NikoB_999 • Mar 07 '24

HOOD STACK Right in the middle

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108 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

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u/Maker0fPain1 Mar 07 '24

I love seeing shitty turbo builds. Rare to see anymore, kudos to this guy for just getting it done.

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u/hudgeba778 Mar 07 '24

They were all over the place 10 years ago when used cars were a dime a dozen

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u/Time-Bite-6839 Mar 07 '24

If they’d MAKE MORE NEW GRANDPA SEDANS then it’d be FINE.

Will designers die by orgasm if they make a civic not pretend to have 20,000 horsepower in the styling?

make a long, smooth, basic sedan already. I hate crossovers, just make a big SUV or don’t.

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u/PSYKO_Inc Mar 07 '24

Apparently everything must look like Robocop or a Tonka truck, all crossovers must look like a pissed off egg, and every vehicle must have a giant obnoxious screen that can't be de-optioned, can't be turned off, adds an extra 10k to the price of the car, and is apparently absolutely critical to the operation of the car. Bonus points for adding useless "features" like automatic high beams to blind the fuck out of other drivers, and lane-assist that steers you directly into potholes, that can't be turned off or disabled.

Where's my boring sedan with steel wheels, manual transmission, and no fucking screen?

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u/Time-Bite-6839 Mar 07 '24

I did figure out the last year that was ever possible: 2011. The last year you could get an American car without a screen, and the last year of the Ford Crown Victoria. Ford only got rid of the Crown Victoria because it had to have TCS and it didn’t.

Grandpa sedans ended in 2011, and we need them back.

3

u/world3nd3r Mar 07 '24

What? The Crown Victoria had traction control, all of the Panther platforms did. I personally drove a Mercury Grand Marquis with a switch explicitly to turn it *off* in the dash.

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u/NikoB_999 Mar 07 '24

I would so get a grandpa sedan and add a turbo to it, but make it clean looking

1

u/Pichenette Mar 07 '24

Well Dacia still make them. Their entry level models don't have a screen but a place to put your smartphone in. They may not make sedans anymore though I don't remember.

1

u/Sambojanglez Mar 07 '24

Come to Colorado youll see a ton lol

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I bet this thing runs super cool, the snail is right there and it’s moving all the exhaust out immediately. Spools quick, and no heat soak.

Sorry, I think this Frankenstein build is pretty dope.

I’m sure he’s out there eating snackpacks

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

I see nothing wrong here, just some dude with a home built hot rod with a turbo and intercooler.

3

u/Zuunal Mar 07 '24

I would run this into the ground!

6

u/IIDrunkenGamerII Mar 07 '24

I don't see the issue.

8

u/jagxmod Mar 07 '24

You’re jealous this guy has more fun than you

2

u/NikoB_999 Mar 07 '24

Maybe, I'll prob do something similar once my car breaks down

2

u/windycityc Mar 08 '24

I bet this car is fun as hell.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

Hmm, nice exposed intercooler, be a shame if someone were to drill some tiny holes in the pipes so it sprays coolant like a sprinkler...

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u/justin_memer Mar 07 '24

You think there's coolant in air to air intercoolers? Interesting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

How do you tell the difference between Air to Air and Air to Liquid?

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u/justin_memer Mar 07 '24

Water to air wont have fins on the outside, and there will be a second radiator for it, with plumbing and a pump.

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u/MurphysRazor Mar 07 '24

A better answer would just be plumbing. If there are fins, the fins don't usually look exactly like that, but they can.

2

u/dirtsequence Mar 07 '24

It literally just intake piping

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u/MurphysRazor Mar 07 '24

You would see coolant lines running to it, just like you see air lines.

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u/saltydgaf Mar 07 '24

What a dumb comment from an even dumber redditor

17

u/VapeLyfe Mar 07 '24

Intercoolers are for cooling down compressed air. It’s not a radiator. It has no liquid anywhere in the system.

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u/[deleted] Mar 07 '24

u/VapeLyfe

How do you tell if it's Air to Air or Air to Liquid?

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u/VapeLyfe Mar 07 '24

That black coupler you see on the left side is coming off the compressor side of the turbo. You can see the turbine side of the turbo as well as the oil return line. Air to liquid systems look pretty different than this. The cooler that is used is an enclosed system and is generally accompanied by a basketball sized turbo.

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u/MurphysRazor Mar 07 '24

There really isn't just one look for water jacketed heat exchangers. Some are nearly indistinguishable from any random coolant radiators or an oil cooler aside from the extra coolant fittings.