Intercooler Shroud Assembly
(June 22, 2025) I never completed the task of fitting the charge air cooler shroud because it requires the lower engine cowling to be fitted completely. When I visited Sling in Torrance CA a few years ago, they gave me a few tips and showed me what the completed shroud looks like. They also recommended which glue to use, in this case Permatex high-temperature epoxy.
I found it difficult to fit the rubber boot into the shroud just right, so I 3d-printed a plug to fit inside the shroud, sized just right to push up against the rubber boot while the epoxy cured.
Sling provides these nifty mounts for the intercooler made from nothing more that a small section of hose and some M6 screws. While this looks simple enough, I found it really difficult to get a hex driver into the head of the screw so that I could secure this mount to the engine tube frame. So, I changed the M6 screw for an M6 hex head bolt, which allows me to get a spanner onto the bolt and more easily tighten the nyloc nut on the engine mount bracket.
While I was finishing up this intercooler install, I noticed that I needed to put heat shield over the hose for the coolant radiator.
