rusy intecooler piping

[gleem]

Hi all, i have some mild steel intercooler piping that is a bit rusty on the inside, would anything bad happen if i use this? what could be done to take this rust out.

cheers

[postfach]

Pretty sure it will just continue to rust, every time you park the car up overnight and the warm air inside it cools down, condensation will form and the cancer will grow. I couldn't say if anything bad will happen, but I wouldn't really want little metal flakes entering my engine, which I would imagine could happen, over time.

Thats all just from my thursday afternoon musings though, I could be way off.

[gleem]

yeh thats what i was worried about but it will save me a good $800 if i could use this but i suppose thats a lot cheaper than a new engine

[postfach]

$800? what do you get for that? intercooler included or do you already have one?

[gleem]

that was just for the piping, postfach we able to possibly meet up this weekend and get a rough price for that work i was wanting done, fmic piping, exhaust etc?

[postfach]

Yep no problem, pm me your number and I'll give you a txt when I get back from Hamilton, should be back on saturday afternoon but not 100% sure yet.

Can definitely sort something out for you cheaper than that though eh.

[gleem]

sounds great pm sent

[Mr_procrastination]

Get it hpc coated inside and out

[evil_si]

just get it made from alloy, now worries about rust then,

[d1 mule]

LOL $800 they saw you coming. i had a mate that gor charged $900 for piping and re locate battery to the boot, biggest rip EVER.

go to auto bend get a doughnut a couple of 90 and a couple 45 degree beds and make it yourself. will be like $100 max for pipes

[gleem]

yeh i know thats expensive but im definetly not going to pay that much.. hopefully get some cheap alloy piping from postfach

[tsoob]

get stainless man is way better.

[evil_si]

get stainless man is way better.

stainless looks good, but it heat soaks, it retains the heat for longer,
alloy heats up but cools really quickly especially when the car is moving were as stainless tends to hold the heat.

[flygt4]

yep there a reason they use aluminum for heat sinks in electronics

[postfach]

Yeah mate, I'm back from hamz now so If you like you can pop round tomorrow so I can have a look at what needs doing. I'll give you a txt in the morning if you're keen, I'll be around all day cos there's heaps of work I need to get done on my car before tuesday arvo.