intercooler piping

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intercooler piping

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fitted a intercooler on my car. now having problems with piping for the stock intake manifold. any ideas or pictures someone someone could post up.ive run bothe pipes under headlights where the washer bottles sit now just need the rest from there on intake side.
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build like a U shape from the throttle body and run the pipe down past the dizzy :)
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This is my "new" setup:
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The ECi/TB bend is a 2½" 135º... snug fit!
I now need to move the battery or get a reeeeealy small one.... :oops:
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fugazi wrote:This is my "new" setup:
The ECi/TB bend is a 2½" 135degree... snug fit!
I now need to move the battery or get a reeeeealy small one.... :oops:
What size Intercooler is that?
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thats the way to do it fugazi, spot on :)
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whats the turbo response like with a intercooler setup running the standrad TBI?
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only slightly dulled over the non intercooled setup
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Dash wrote:
fugazi wrote:This is my "new" setup:
The ECi/TB bend is a 2½" 135degree... snug fit!
I now need to move the battery or get a reeeeealy small one.... :oops:
What size Intercooler is that?
Core is 600x300x100mm
3" in and outlet (2½" inner diam. same as the piping!)
redzone wrote:only slightly dulled over the non intercooled setup
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JA83 wrote:whats the turbo response like with a intercooler setup running the standrad TBI?
Don't know yet... will hopefully find out when the snow melts...
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