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PmP · Sep 21st, 2008, 09:30 PM

Trying to fit GTT snoot boots to my GRS intercooler, but they are just too wide and stiff to fit.

They just dont bend like the stock bellow style snoot boots.

Short of taking the intercooler horn off on one side or cutting a bit off the snoot boots I cant get them fitted, even with two people helping.

Has anyone got these fitted with a GRS intercooler successfully, and if so, HELP......

I'm guessing the GRS is slightly wider than its GTT counterpart as well as the stock intercooler?

D-MAN · Sep 21st, 2008, 09:53 PM

Try placing them in very hot water this should make them a bit more pliable....

PmP · Sep 21st, 2008, 10:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by D-MAN (original)

Try placing them in very hot water this should make them a bit more pliable....

Didnt think of that, thanks. Any other bright ideas guys?

MINI-Morgan · Sep 21st, 2008, 10:33 PM

I never had a problem..... how are you trying to fit them?

PmP · Sep 21st, 2008, 10:43 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by MINI-Morgan (original)

I never had a problem..... how are you trying to fit them?

Looking at engine bay from front of car im fitting the rhs boot (smaller boot) onto the horn of the cooler and the horn of the engine. Then im putting the lhs boot on the cooler horn and pulling the boots onto the cooler as much as possible, before trying to squeeze the boot over the lhs engine horn.

This is all without clamps fitted and the boots well over the welds of the GRS intercooler.

Also tried putting the bigger boot onto the car first then pushing the cooler down into it, even tried putting the lhs together first. Closest ive got to getting it on is the first method tho.

The stock boots are easy to fit but they do flex much more and then arent as wide as the GTT ones.

MINI-Morgan · Sep 21st, 2008, 10:49 PM

Can you not pull the boots over both horns and drop the intercooler in?? Thats the way ive always done it.

PmP · Sep 21st, 2008, 10:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by MINI-Morgan (original)

Can you not pull the boots over both horns and drop the intercooler in?? Thats the way ive always done it.

Aye but your good if you can fit both sides at once, you got 4 arms? lol Ive tried that too, still too tight, then softening them will help tho.

I was going per the grs instructions and the way i found easiest with the stock boots.

Herbert Austin · Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:12 AM

Peter I have the same problem trying to fit the silicon intercooler couplers to my forge intercooler.
I gave up in the end

I like the sound of placing them in hot water, I'll give that a go

PmP · Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:17 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Herbert Austin (original)

Peter I have the same problem trying to fit the silicon intercooler couplers to my forge intercooler.
I gave up in the end

I like the sound of placing them in hot water, I'll give that a go

Going to try it in the morning if i've time. Had to put car back together with the stock ones.

D-MAN · Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:01 AM

I found that the GTT snoot boots were a very tight fit when I put them on my DFIC. I was having problems putting them on and didn't think that they would fit.
I read on NAM that some guys put the ALTA intercooler boots in hot water and it helped putting them on. I tried this with the GTT boots and it helped heaps.

Aberdeen Al · Sep 22nd, 2008, 09:55 AM

KY jelly...........................

Bhozar · Sep 22nd, 2008, 09:59 AM

Hot water from a kettle. Let them soak, fish them out and get them on there before they cool.

r1_kde · Sep 22nd, 2008, 12:53 PM

hot water did it for me, if you add some washing up soap to the casting and intercooler this will help with fitting. dont apply too much. they do fit though just need some working

MINI-Morgan · Sep 22nd, 2008, 12:53 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by PmP (original)

Aye but your good if you can fit both sides at once, you got 4 arms? lol Ive tried that too, still too tight, then softening them will help tho.

I was going per the grs instructions and the way i found easiest with the stock boots.

No I used my feet too

Rigsey · Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:35 PM

Hot water is definitely the best approach; worked for me

Hugo · Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:00 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by PmP (original)

Trying to fit GTT snoot boots to my GRS intercooler, but they are just too wide and stiff to fit.

They just dont bend like the stock bellow style snoot boots.

Short of taking the intercooler horn off on one side or cutting a bit off the snoot boots I cant get them fitted, even with two people helping.

Has anyone got these fitted with a GRS intercooler successfully, and if so, HELP......

I'm guessing the GRS is slightly wider than its GTT counterpart as well as the stock intercooler?

They're a nightmare trying to get them onto a standard intercooler!

I lost hair, skin, bone and blood!

I got them on by putting the snoot boots onto the intercooler 1st them fitting the right one 1st and forcing the left hand one on with 2 screw drivers being careful not to rip them!

Jove · Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:28 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Hugo (original)

They're a nightmare trying to get them onto a standard intercooler!

I lost hair, skin, bone and blood!

You have hairy hands?

Jaw_F430 · Sep 22nd, 2008, 08:39 PM

Leave the stock ones on

Hugo · Sep 22nd, 2008, 09:19 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by Jove (original)

You have hairy hands?

There's always someone who picks up on these things

LOL

Lucky Dave · Sep 22nd, 2008, 10:27 PM

I always fit the left, larger one over the horn and slide over the horn lip.

Then fit the smaller right on on the intercooler , then slot it on the right horn.

Lower the left and then slide the larger boot off the horn body onto the intercooler.

fit all clamps with grease at the front and back to stop the clamps cutting the boots and hey job done.

Sep 21st, 2008, 09:30 PM	#1
PmP GP 06 MCS 0380 My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saintfield Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,782 Offline	GTT snoot boots with GRS Intercooler Trying to fit GTT snoot boots to my GRS intercooler, but they are just too wide and stiff to fit. They just dont bend like the stock bellow style snoot boots. Short of taking the intercooler horn off on one side or cutting a bit off the snoot boots I cant get them fitted, even with two people helping. Has anyone got these fitted with a GRS intercooler successfully, and if so, HELP...... I'm guessing the GRS is slightly wider than its GTT counterpart as well as the stock intercooler?

Sep 21st, 2008, 10:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
MINI-Morgan MINI Obsessed... My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southampton, Hants Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 4,679 Offline	I never had a problem..... how are you trying to fit them? One Man, One Project......find out what happens next at MINIProject.co.uk For MINIs in the south it can only be South Coast New MINI Club

Sep 21st, 2008, 10:49 PM	#6 (permalink)
MINI-Morgan MINI Obsessed... My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southampton, Hants Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 4,679 Offline	Can you not pull the boots over both horns and drop the intercooler in?? Thats the way ive always done it. One Man, One Project......find out what happens next at MINIProject.co.uk For MINIs in the south it can only be South Coast New MINI Club

Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
Herbert Austin 29th December MINI run! My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Co Down, N.Ireland Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 1,044 Online	Peter I have the same problem trying to fit the silicon intercooler couplers to my forge intercooler. I gave up in the end I like the sound of placing them in hot water, I'll give that a go www.John-Cooper-Works.co.uk

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Sep 21st, 2008, 09:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
D-MAN MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Feb 2008 Local Time: 08:14 AM Posts: 99 Offline	Try placing them in very hot water this should make them a bit more pliable....

Sep 21st, 2008, 10:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
PmP GP 06 MCS 0380 My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saintfield Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,782 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by D-MAN (original) Try placing them in very hot water this should make them a bit more pliable.... Didnt think of that, thanks. Any other bright ideas guys?

Sep 21st, 2008, 10:43 PM	#5 (permalink)
PmP GP 06 MCS 0380 My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saintfield Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,782 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by MINI-Morgan (original) I never had a problem..... how are you trying to fit them? Looking at engine bay from front of car im fitting the rhs boot (smaller boot) onto the horn of the cooler and the horn of the engine. Then im putting the lhs boot on the cooler horn and pulling the boots onto the cooler as much as possible, before trying to squeeze the boot over the lhs engine horn. This is all without clamps fitted and the boots well over the welds of the GRS intercooler. Also tried putting the bigger boot onto the car first then pushing the cooler down into it, even tried putting the lhs together first. Closest ive got to getting it on is the first method tho. The stock boots are easy to fit but they do flex much more and then arent as wide as the GTT ones.

Sep 21st, 2008, 10:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
PmP GP 06 MCS 0380 My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saintfield Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,782 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by MINI-Morgan (original) Can you not pull the boots over both horns and drop the intercooler in?? Thats the way ive always done it. Aye but your good if you can fit both sides at once, you got 4 arms? lol Ive tried that too, still too tight, then softening them will help tho. I was going per the grs instructions and the way i found easiest with the stock boots.

Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:17 AM	#9 (permalink)
PmP GP 06 MCS 0380 My Classifieds Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Saintfield Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,782 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Herbert Austin (original) Peter I have the same problem trying to fit the silicon intercooler couplers to my forge intercooler. I gave up in the end I like the sound of placing them in hot water, I'll give that a go Going to try it in the morning if i've time. Had to put car back together with the stock ones.

Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:01 AM	#10 (permalink)
D-MAN MINI2 Regular My Classifieds Join Date: Feb 2008 Local Time: 08:14 AM Posts: 99 Offline	I found that the GTT snoot boots were a very tight fit when I put them on my DFIC. I was having problems putting them on and didn't think that they would fit. I read on NAM that some guys put the ALTA intercooler boots in hot water and it helped putting them on. I tried this with the GTT boots and it helped heaps.

Sep 22nd, 2008, 09:59 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bhozar Overly excited!! My Classifieds Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Worcestershire Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 1,280 Offline	Hot water from a kettle. Let them soak, fish them out and get them on there before they cool. 14.438 @ 98.53

Sep 22nd, 2008, 12:53 PM	#13 (permalink)
r1_kde JCW 210 apparently not! Join Date: Feb 2007 Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 320 Offline	hot water did it for me, if you add some washing up soap to the casting and intercooler this will help with fitting. dont apply too much. they do fit though just need some working

Sep 22nd, 2008, 12:53 PM	#14 (permalink)
MINI-Morgan MINI Obsessed... My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Southampton, Hants Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 4,679 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by PmP (original) Aye but your good if you can fit both sides at once, you got 4 arms? lol Ive tried that too, still too tight, then softening them will help tho. I was going per the grs instructions and the way i found easiest with the stock boots. No I used my feet too One Man, One Project......find out what happens next at MINIProject.co.uk For MINIs in the south it can only be South Coast New MINI Club

Sep 22nd, 2008, 01:35 PM	#15 (permalink)
Rigsey MINI2 Senior My Classifieds Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kent Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 532 Offline	Hot water is definitely the best approach; worked for me GTT, GRS, Janspeed, JCW, OMP + various other bits - 232.6bhp, 191.2lbft on 1320's rolling road

Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:00 PM	#16 (permalink)
Hugo MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2006 Location: Over 4.5k RPM Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,935 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by PmP (original) Trying to fit GTT snoot boots to my GRS intercooler, but they are just too wide and stiff to fit. They just dont bend like the stock bellow style snoot boots. Short of taking the intercooler horn off on one side or cutting a bit off the snoot boots I cant get them fitted, even with two people helping. Has anyone got these fitted with a GRS intercooler successfully, and if so, HELP...... I'm guessing the GRS is slightly wider than its GTT counterpart as well as the stock intercooler? They're a nightmare trying to get them onto a standard intercooler! I lost hair, skin, bone and blood! I got them on by putting the snoot boots onto the intercooler 1st them fitting the right one 1st and forcing the left hand one on with 2 screw drivers being careful not to rip them! On my way to 240

Sep 22nd, 2008, 02:28 PM	#17 (permalink)
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Sep 22nd, 2008, 09:19 PM	#19 (permalink)
Hugo MINI2 Master Join Date: May 2006 Location: Over 4.5k RPM Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 2,935 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by Jove (original) You have hairy hands? There's always someone who picks up on these things LOL On my way to 240

Sep 22nd, 2008, 10:27 PM	#20 (permalink)
Lucky Dave Thinking Minis My Classifieds Join Date: Jun 2005 Local Time: 09:14 PM Posts: 811 Offline	I always fit the left, larger one over the horn and slide over the horn lip. Then fit the smaller right on on the intercooler , then slot it on the right horn. Lower the left and then slide the larger boot off the horn body onto the intercooler. fit all clamps with grease at the front and back to stop the clamps cutting the boots and hey job done. For All Your Mini's Needs 01905 620011

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