Looking for I/C Piping

[ix9]

Hey all,

I'm lookin for some front mount piping to DIY, I wanna do the pipes the right way around (ie, no cold air-over-the-hot-engine) deal, noone seems interested in doing a job like this for a decent non-exorbitant price...

Gonna be needing a few bends/silicon hose/silicon reducers, piping.....

Where can I get some of this stuff from ?

Is the standard piping 2.5" ?

Cheers guys,

-Kym.

[MrMayhem]

stainless

sterlings in canningvale

prochem in welshpool

get your reducers in stainless much cheaper than silicon

silicone sleeve is available from turbo tech

get a good welder

[bless_you]

hey strich,

let me know how you go... of if you want any help fitting... i will be doing the same soon and would like to help if you need

God Bless,

nate

[Nizmo]

so how much about cost to do it DYI :confused:

[bless_you]

btw guys... check out this thread if you havent already

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...18&page=1&pp=25

[ix9]

Thinkin about spending $350-400 maximum...

[damono]

i got my intercooler + piping for $1100ish landed which i thought was a pretty good deal. Then fitted it myself. Pipes do go over the top of the engine tho, where else are you gunna put em through?

$350 - $400 sounds awfully cheap, let us know how you go tho

[ix9]

Yeah, the pipes will still go over the engine, only the hot side of the pipe goes over the engine, not the cold air (only to get hot again!)

[JH32]

Kim I did my piping myself ... wasn't too hard

I have a Hybrid 600x300 type thing. I used the standard piping down past the pod filter, and then the far side of the cooler (the cold side) turned back around behind the cooler to join up with the standard piping.

It worked well I think ... no extra lag noticed and was good enough to make nearly 250rwhp at SST on standard turbo.

I'm changing it soon though as I have a new turbo going on .. but for stock turbo the setup seemed to work well

[200zRRR]

Head to Allbend Engineering in osbourne park, they have a heap of SS mandrel bends of assorted angles and pipe diameters. Just work out what bends/lengths u need and head there and sort through the huge box's they have. I did mine for $120 from that.

[SeriesIIGTST]

slightly off topic but still on intercooler piping. who can make up custom cooler piping? ie which workshop? Not for my car, I got FMIC already but for my bro's GT4 Celica. Looking mild steel but stainless would also be considered. I heard Per4manz can do cool piping? anywhere else?

[G0DF4Th3R]

is mild steel a good idea for intercooler piping? wouldnt rust be an issue over time?

[Cake]

dave, xspeed actually does very neat stainless piping, not far from your hood either.

yes mild steel is a big no-no, heard too many first hand bad stories lately to also back this up.

[IMACUL8]

XSPEED are good at welding - but thats about as far as their knowledge and workmanship goes

[SeriesIIGTST]

thanks for the replies. I'll tell him to do a full stainless system. Xspeed eh? Hmm...that could work cause as chris said, nice 'n close to me

[ix9]

Update: Picked up my SS Mandrel Bends and bits of pipe from Allbend Engineering in Ossie Park, cost me $104 all up, now I just gotta pick up some silicon piping reducers, and some hose clamps and put it all together...

I've decided to go with the 180degree bend on one side of the cooler to retain the stock return/output pipes. I'm going to do a comparison between the "over-the-engine" and using stock pipes myself as noone has any hard facts.....

[[D1 RX7]]

xspeed has built some tough street cars. i wouldnt go bagging workshops without sufficient proof. its unproffessional

[G0DF4Th3R]

a few close mates of mine have had bad experiences

[bless_you]

hey strick,

glad to hear buddy. i went to allbends on friday, and he said that they only had 2 1/2inch pipe, so using a hybrid 3inch cooler would require reducers.

i would love to know how you go with the install, maybe some pics if you want a hand to help, let me know i would love to as i want to do the same for myself.

maybe we can get cheaper reducers or clamps if we buy bulk. let me know

God Bless,

Nate

[200zRRR]

See guys told you Allbend were champs!!! Just get some 3"-2.5" reducers made up in ss, 2.5" should be a perfect size, 3" might prove a little laggy if its all that size.

Drop some pics in the thread after the install for all to drool!