Part 1: Battery Disconnect

Time: 3 Minutes   Difficulty: 1/10

Step 1: Locate the battery's negative terminal.


Step 2: Loosen the nut that secures the terminal using a 10mm socket or 10mm wrench.


Step 3: Lift the terminal off the pole and place it aside where it won't accidentally make a connection.


Press the brake pedal to ensure that any charge left in the cars electrical system is drained.

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Part 2: Intercooler Removal

Time: 10 Minutes   Difficulty: 3/10

Step 1: Disconnect the three air hoses from the intercooler.


Step 2: Separate the by pass valve from the intercooler by removing the two bolts using a 12mm socket.


Step 3: Remove the two bolts that secure the intercooler to the brackets using a 12mm socket.


Step 4: Loosen the clamp that secures the intercooler tube to the turbo using a 10mm socket.


Step 5: Loosen the clamp that secures the intercooler to the throttle body using a flat head screw driver.


Step 6: Lift up on the back of the intercooler and remove it.

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Part 3: Throttle Body Removal

Time: 10 Minutes   Difficulty: 4/10

Step 1: Disconnect the throttle position sensor, the idle air control solenoid valve, and the pressure sensor connectors.

Step 2: Disconnect the accelerator pedal cable.

Step 3: Unsecure the two coolant lines by disconnecting the clamps using pliers. Pull off the coolant lines.

Step 4: Remove the four bolts that secure the throttle body to the intake manifold using a 12mm socket.

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Part 4: Throttle Body Install

Time: 10 Minutes   Difficulty: 4/10

Step 1: Place a new throttle body gasket in between the intake manifold and throttle body.

Step 2: Install the four bolts that secure the throttle body to the intake manifold using a 12mm socket. Tighten them down to 15.9 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.

Step 3: Re-Install the coolant lines and clamp them down.

Step 4: Re-connect the accelerator pedal cable.

Step 5: Connect the throttle position sensor, the idle air control solenoid valve, and the pressure sensor connectors.

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Part 5: Intercooler Install

Time: 15 Minutes   Difficulty: 5/10

Step 1: Install the top mount intercooler. Be sure that the two throttle body clamps and the intercooler turbo pipe clamps are already on the hoses.


Step 2: Tighten the clamp that secures the intercooler air duct to the turbo using a 10mm socket.


Step 3: Tighten the clamp that secures the intercooler to the throttle body by tightening the clamps using a 8mm socket or a flat head screw driver.


Step 4: Secure the intercooler to the brackets by tightening the two bolts using a 12mm socket. Tighten the bolts to 11.7 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.


Step 5: Place a new gasket between the bypass valve and intercooler. Secure the by pass valve to the intercooler by tightening the two bolts using a 12mm socket. Tighten the bolts to 11.7 foot pounds of torque using a torque wrench.


Step 6: Connect the three air hoses to the intercooler.

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Part 6: Battery Connect

Time: 3 Minutes   Difficulty: 1/10

Step 1: Place the negative terminal on the negative pole of the battery.


Step 2: Tighten the nut on the terminal using a 10mm socket or wrench until the terminal is secure.

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