I'm curious as to why you put the silicon connector there instead of just welding that?
I wouldnt be able to get it into place if it were all connected because the small piece has a hook that just wouldnt slide in the hole where the factory air duct went down with the large piece connected. I duct taped it together before and tried to get it to fit but it wouldnt so im just gonna use the coupler instead.
Makes sense then. I just know when we did the piping on the NJHK we tried to use as few couplers as humanly possibly. Less couplers just means less chance of one blowing off. But aside from that it looks good.
As of right now with the cold side pipes i only have a coupler at the intercooler, one at the end of this pipe and the 90 stainless elbow and that one right beside the BOV. I might try to get it to fit monday by duct taping it back together and doing a little trimming on the hole because it would look alot better being one piece under the hood plus like you said, less chance of blowing apart plus air flow.
looks nice. run a weld around the end of the pipe it will give a spot for the coupler and clamp to grab on so it wont blow apart
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. I got all the pipes welded up for free also since i dont have any time to weld them myself right now. Monroe Muffler actually did them all for free and is gonna do the 2" pipes for under the car also. The thing about that place i dont get is how can they weld me charger pipes for a turbo but when i call up to ask if that can install my high flow cat they tell me, "im sorry we can install a cat that you didnt purchase off of us or if it is aftermarket" I dont get it.
Slammed Ohv (Baby Lenko) wrote:Makes sense then. I just know when we did the piping on the NJHK we tried to use as few couplers as humanly possibly. Less couplers just means less chance of one blowing off. But aside from that it looks good.
Using some couplers is a must due to the fact the motor have some movement to it and the intercooler doesn't.
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^^^^ Exactly.
What a lot of people tend to forget is the motor moves quite a bit, and the intercooler doesn't. You need to accommodate for a bit of flex otherwise you're going to run into problems.
Yeah "fewer" couplers is better for tracking down boost leaks, etc.... but you have to engineer all aspects of your turbo kit, including friction and movement.
Good luck.
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Thanks guy. I hae both upper and lower motor mounts so i reduced alot of the engine movement. I think what im going to do is run two couplers on the cold side(one off the intercooler and one connecting the 90 degree elbow to the end of the pipe from the TB and just get the peiecce Lenko was talking baout welded together). On the hot side im going to run atleast 3-4 couplers not including the one from the turbo to the piping. Im also going to get the piping on the hot side all powder coated due to the weather and stuff so it doesnt rust at all and paint the piece under the hood arrival blue to match the car.
.... you could bolt the engine solid to the car and it's still going to move somewhat. You have it spinning at 6000 rpm inside a metal box... you don't think it's going to move somewhat?
You'd be surprised what torque and forward force on a car does.
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