I spent my Christmas connecting different hoses and other little parts. Air filter had to move little to have some space for intercooler. This is still not purchased. If one with suitable size is found, it will be mounted horizontally near the hood. Air is led through an orifice made to the hood. Some kind of an electrical fan is also needed to assure the air flow on low drive speeds also. The first test drives will be done without the cooler.

Picture 43a presents the engine compartment viewed from the left side of the car. The space reserved for the intercooler shows well between red air filter box and radiator, below the brake main cylinder. Protective heat shields are shown in picture 43b.

Some protective shields were manufactured to prevent any stones getting to the engine compartment. Those were fitted under the car. Hopefully the cambelt is now protected, too. The shields shown in picture 44a and 44b are made from 1mm soft aluminium sheet so they are very light-weight. The latter picture shows the structure which tries to create vacuum behind the radiator to improve its air flow. The street-legal exhaust is also visible. ;-)

The next stage was to get the car on its wheels also.

The atmosphere was not very cheerful when noticed that the exhaust hits the driveshaft. Insufficient space was reserved for it. The car had to be raised again and the exhaust had to be modified. The space available and the driveshaft is clearly visible in the picture 45.

The exhaust got reasonable modifications and was re-fitted. Fortunately, no sharp bends or other flow-restricting changes had to be made. It was also noticed that the alternator can come off by the right fender. After this, the turbo is easily reached. The mountings of the alternator were changed to ease its dismantling this way.