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hanyou Grand Master

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intercooler is selling for $695.. worth it? ... so piping wud be around how much if i got sumone to do it for me and i jus installed it myself! i went to kings exhausts today and they said it can be anywhere to 800-1400 for piping? isnt that abit of a rip?

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intercooler is selling for $695.. worth it? ... so piping wud be around how much if i got sumone to do it for me and i jus installed it myself!  i went to kings exhausts today and they said it can be anywhere to 800-1400 for piping?  isnt that abit of a rip?

$800 = not so bad if it's alloy or stainless steel

$1400 = rediculous

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Look at it this way, about 8-10 bends and some straight, so depending on materials around $150-400 on materials (63.5OD tube). Then a good 6-10 hours work to remove and repalce bar, trim bar, cut and trial fit tube, tack and weld, new flange for BOV etc , clean up piping be it paint or a quick polish...then silicon joiners and hose clamps plus mounting the intercooler in the first instance. Then perhaps soem gauze over the bar opening to protect IC from stones.

Did i say 6-10 hours, want to have done it before otherwose it will be longer...so lets say 8 hours...i cant see a shop charging any less then $55 / hr for labour, so it soon adds up. Unless you are going to do all the fluffing aorund yourself, then just give the cut and fitted pipe to someone to weld, then to piant/fit etc yourself then time is money:(

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I did all my own piping on my car, 3" alloy. I bought about 3 90º bends as it was sold cheaper like this. Then cut it up to fit.

Cost me around $300 all up including samco and stainless clamps.

Paid a good welder to join it all up etc.

A lot of work involved with the cutting and fitting etc as I couldn't get all my bends made one piece being quite tight. Not the most fun job in the world, but worth it in the end :)

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I did all my own piping on my car, 3" alloy. I bought about 3 90º bends as it was sold cheaper like this. Then cut it up to fit.

Cost me around $300 all up including samco and stainless clamps.

Paid a good welder to join it all up etc.

A lot of work involved with the cutting and fitting etc as I couldn't get all my bends made one piece being quite tight. Not the most fun job in the world, but worth it in the end :)

When you guys make up your own intercooler pipes - how do you lip the ends to ensure that the joiners don't blow off the pipe?

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When you guys make up your own intercooler pipes - how do you lip the ends to ensure that the joiners don't blow off the pipe?

It's a simple 3 roller jig, not expensive so plenty of people have them, Performance Metalcraft, GCG, Micks Metalcraft etc. I just paid them a $few to lip the pipes for me.:)

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Yeh simple tool, i use to use a friends as his dad had one as he was a lagger, and used in to lip the ends of cladding for steam lines tec. I got lazy on my pipes and just welded and polished a big bead around the circumference of the tube...LOL i always take shortcuts on my crbut not others:(

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Yeh simple tool, i use to use a friends as his dad had one as he was a lagger, and used in to lip the ends of cladding for steam lines tec. I got lazy on my pipes and just welded and polished a big bead around the circumference of the tube...LOL i always take shortcuts on my crbut not others:(

are you drunk?

:rofl:

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ok so ive found a R33 GTR N1 Factory Intercooler with core size is 600mm x 270mm x 60mm... intercooler only.. now ive got a stock gts-t r33 series2.. how hard and how much would it cost to get the piping done all installed?..

forget that, I'll sell you mine for $550. it's in ace condition. looks the goods and having just tested it the other day it drops temps down to ~ambient.

plus I'm in sydney and i'll even drop it off to you :rofl:

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