Cutting up my 84 turbo!

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

You wouldn't be comtemplating this if you were an idiot.
:-)

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>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Dan Bubb
>Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2005 3:03 PM
>To: Scirocco List
>Subject: Cutting up my 84 turbo!
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>I've had it!
>
>There's no place to put a radiator for my water-to-air intercooler.
>So, I'm thinking about cutting out the front crossmember, replace 
>it with a 
>small tube frame and cut a hole in the front valence as an additional air 
>intake.
>That way I'll have space for the 26" X 5" X 1.5" thick core and the frame 
>will be open enough to flow air past the core.
>So far I've made no modifications to the chassis of my car that are not 
>easily reversible.
>This would be a big step then.
>
>Anybody think I'm an idiot for contemplating this?
>Dan 
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