intercooler piping

[ EXAPPEAL ] · Post by **[ EXAPPEAL ]** » Tue May 05, 2009 8:48 pm

is it ok to run exhuast steel as intercooler piping???/ whats the best way to go about it and what size pipes to use?? just a couple of questions lol

albyexa · Post by **albyexa** » Tue May 05, 2009 9:47 pm

Its perfectly fine to run mild 304 steel, used as exhaust pipes for you intercooler, and 2-2.5" is fine, 2.5" is more for the larger setups....
And just get a rough idea of where you want the pipes going and how u want it to look etc and get to cuttin...

Hope this helps...

Alby...

[ EXAPPEAL ] · Post by **[ EXAPPEAL ]** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:00 pm

ah yeah cheers dude was thinkin to dolly it up with some pvc and take it to an exhaust shop and get em to bend up some pipes?? i got 28/t25 g not sure what it is yet lol on a mid mount manifold so not sure wat normal setups people have for there pipe work?? i got a high mount manifold WITH A t2 on it 2 but dunno if u can spin the turbo round to sit on that manifold the right way also.. i dont no which one to use yet

albyexa · Post by **albyexa** » Tue May 05, 2009 10:08 pm

I'v got 2.5" piping for my cooler, but I'v heard or cars making 250rwkw (not n12's) with 2" piping, I woulda gone the 2" if I did it ova again and had the pipes, but 2.5 is fine for me, I got a t28 and bigger work to come, soo its just up 2 u and what u wanna do.
Check out my car thread for a few pixx, if not theres plenty of intercooler setups in the rides section you could check out mate...

Alby...

baz · Post by **baz** » Tue May 05, 2009 11:27 pm

I had 2" piping on my exa, Just a mild steel, Afm was in piping and the inlet and outlets of the AFM are 2 1/4 and same with the TB, So i got 3x 2 1/4" adapters made up and welded onto my 2" piping

ET87 · Post by **ET87** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:38 am

alby's exa is a fukin animal.. quick car man, i was with cal on monday night.. n my god its fast.. n the piping looks great could not tell if it was custom or an old exhaust lol..

photoglossy · Post by **photoglossy** » Wed May 06, 2009 1:30 pm

2'' looks gay... Of course it will work, but you may as well have it work well and look tough. We don't drive turbo charades now do we?! My pick would be to go for 2.5''. Make sure you get mandrel bends too, not this press bent crap otherwise your 2'' pipe will be more like 1.5'' in the bends.

Post by **shanec86** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:48 pm

I use 2" from turbo to cooler and 2 1/2" the rest, thats good for one of the more powerful ET's going round here

You can use what ever you want really for i/c piping.
Alloy, Steel, Stainless, Copper, PVC. Its all been tried and all works.

BLUE ET · Post by **BLUE ET** » Wed May 06, 2009 8:59 pm

lol pvc, do you use the glue as well to give a better seal??
never seen that before but then again ET87s dodgyass cooler setup has a little bit of pvc in it and it works........sort of lol

baz · Post by **baz** » Wed May 06, 2009 10:36 pm

A friend got a soarer one of the first ones, (import) and it had PVC intercooler piping and it was on a 1J

Kimmo · Post by **Kimmo** » Thu May 07, 2009 11:22 pm

Sounds like the go... I'm so gonna give PVC a crack when I fit my IC.

Reckon I might end up replacing the bit between the turbs and IC with metal, but the other bit should be fine.

I wonder what the radius is on the bends, though

[ EXAPPEAL ] · Post by **[ EXAPPEAL ]** » Thu May 07, 2009 11:31 pm

i was actually only gonna it up so the exhaust shop knows where to put the pipes hahaha

amraks · Post by **amraks** » Fri May 08, 2009 12:04 am

a friend of mine used PVC pipe, said he didn't have any problems with it.

BennyET · Post by **BennyET** » Fri May 08, 2009 8:41 am

i'd be using pressure pipe not normal pvc

Ryan ET · Post by **Ryan ET** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:38 pm

Better to run 2 inch so its not too laggy. I have a new 300x600x80 cooler with 2 inch piping and its pretty hectic. ill have new pics up of it soon. Etrider strikes again with his first class backyard mechanics!