Thread: ZZP FMHE mounting

Originally Posted by QwikGT

i bought the stage 2 new heat exchangers from ZZP looks like a front mount for a turbo car....anyone have any pictures on how they mounted it? i emalied ZZP for instructions and i got no response. any help is greatly appreciated thanks guys-Nick

The two flat tabs bolt to the bumper and the center tab is "supposed" to bolt to the hood latch bracket. You definitely will have to drill a hold in the hood latch bracket. More than likely you'll have to do the same with stell bumper locations as well.

When did you get this from them? They only sold a few of those before changing their mind, because of the high cost to make.

Originally Posted by QwikGT

i got it back in june when i bought my m90 kit, i never installed it because i couldnt get any instructions

A lot of people had questions about the mounting, especially when it comes to that center tab and mounting to the hood latch support.

If it were me I would cut that tab off, go ahead and mount the two bumper tabs and then use the two small square tabs on the botton for front to back support. You could use aluminum bar stock for the connecting brackets, since the bumper tabs will likely do all of the real support anyway. JMO.

Originally Posted by QwikGT

im probably gunna custom fab it up, i saw a kid on club gp mount it off center cuz of the tab, looked like garbage. does that plastic the connects the bumper cover have to come off too? id hate to take the nose apart, i just had it put back together after the accident

You saw the same off center one I saw then, and I agree with your opinion. I'm sure the bumper skin would need to be removed. I took mine off and that was the easiest part for me.

fwiw, I sold my fmhe and bought one of these Air to Water Radiator

My Impala doen't have enough open air access down where the ZZP FMHE mounts. I needed a taller fmhe that would also benefit from the radiator fans.

Originally Posted by QwikGT

i was thinking about one of those, i might go that route of the frozen boost radiator. like i said i dont wanna fudge up the newly installed bumper

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Anyway you go, will likely require some fabbing, drilling or cutting. I certainly did more tweaking than I ever thought I would.