Doing the L conversion with built engine on my f150, and the factory h/e from a lightning wont fit up front with my bumper brackets, so I have to look at other options. I would like any advise you have. I have found this: eBay Motors: liquid to air intercooler radiator turbo supercharger (item 150137604129 end time Jul-29-07 20:02:51 PDT)

3/4 in/out fittings, It could be mounted in front of the radiator, would this be efficient?

 

You could mount the HE flat rather than vertical under the frame rails, plenty of ground clearance. With a pair of efans pulling the air through from the bottom, or pushing from the bottom up. I see that some of the newer trucks have them in front, but I wouldn't.
I beleive chucks_bp and WLF are both using the L HE on F150's but 2wd, ask them.

 

I have heard before that the OE Brackets do not mount properly to the back of the '97 & '98 bumpers, I must assume Ford made a change in '99.

If I were you, I would try to stay with an OE (or direct aftermarket replacement) as they are sized for optimum performance. Fabricating a couple of brackets should not be that difficult.

 

i agree with mad, using a factory style HE and fabricating your own brackets wont be that hard at all

 

yea that wouldnt be a problem. My bumper brackets that are on my truck now do not allow the h/e to fit behind the bumper. Its just too wide. If it was the h/e brackets, i would fab something up.

 

When I installed my heat exchanger, bought a used one on eBay, I thought the Ford OEM brackets were too expensive, I made my own brackets in less than an hour, used the bumper bracket bolts and stock heat exchanger rubber mounts, I believe that it gets very good air in that lower location, I might add that I used stock Lightning pump and bracket and all stock molded hoses. everything fit perfectly, and works very well. I am seeing a max temperature of 10 degrees over ambient and usually less during cruise, it will rise 15 or 20 degrees during boost but cools down quickly. My highest air-charge temperature on an 80 degree day was 104 at 9.5# boost.

 

eh? doin the same thing here, theres a rubber mount system? anyone got a pic of how thats setup? dont wanna hard mount it.

 

HI!... This bolts in with "MINOR" (LOL) modifications.

 

haha yea Neal, Maybe if I was doing a turbo

 

maybe you could change your bumper to the 01 and up style? would that fix the problem?

 

yeah that would fix the problem, but I would need the bumper, brackets, grill, grill shell, fog lights, and the lower valance. about $500

 

i havent forgot about the pictures i said i would send you(on another site)....just with work and then a two year old.....! i will try again tomorrow.