Intercooler Piping

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

Hmm just trying to figure out whats going on with my IC piping and have been throwing a few ideas around.
decided to go with stainless piping
ive got a guy at work that can do the welding for me so thats sweet.
when it comes to the bends etc thats where it gets tricky.
i was just in our workshop scavanging for bits to use and ive found some straight pipe for behind the radiator and from the guard --> T/B.
obviously gentle bends will be easy to do with bits of pipe. but when it comes to bends such as 180deg that goes from behind the radiator around radiator and to I/C, these are around $80 each!! same with the silicon bends etc theyre pretty dear too

would using high burst pressure reinforced hose work any good?
if not why not?

[Bazda]

gentle bends??

you need mandrel bends i would say 4x 90deg bends and 3x45 deg bends would be a good start.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

theres not a hell of a lot of room there!!
on the RHS i should be sweet with gentle, but on the LHS its a different story....

[Mr Revhead]

is there an alternative to silicon joiners?
they are dam exspensive!! must be somthing cheaper.....

i think for my piping ill get old ruber intake pipes and cut them up for joiners. flatty is welding up my pipe for free
pitstop are good for some things!

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

thats why i thought of something like high burst pressure piping
weve got a roll of this clear stuff with a wire running thru it i saw, but not sure what the diameter is me goes to measure, dont think it will be big enough tho
also need some reducer stuff. why do I/C manufacturers put 3" in/outlets - oh yeah ricers want big lag pipes......

[Bazda]

edit my message .
are we talking about a caldina?

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

yes we are talking Caldina

edit what in the who now?

[vvega]

is there an alternative to silicon joiners?
they are dam exspensive!! must be somthing cheaper.....

i think for my piping ill get old ruber intake pipes and cut them up for joiners. flatty is welding up my pipe for free
pitstop are good for some things!

truck radiator pipes
you get them in 4-5 foot lengths
and in any diamitor you require

v

[1598cc]

yea raditator pipe is perfect. also, is their not an alternative route you can do the piping? eg, under the front of the car providing its not the lowest point.

[evil_si]

yup thermflex hose is good, but still expensive the stuff we use to sell was like $7 an inch

shop around try mico's etc for the bends, you should be able to get 90's etc for about $30ea

[Mr Revhead]

now THAT sounds a lot better!

so thermflex is the brand? i hate walking into places and asking for somethign specific only to be met by blank looks!

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

random pics:









and yes i did decide to pull it to bits in the rain and dark :S

[1598cc]

cant really see much.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

yeah thats cause its just sitting there, not mounted yet

[Mr Revhead]

so thermflex is the brand? i hate walking into places and asking for something specific only to be met by blank looks

guess what happened

but found a goodyear product thatll do the job, $50 a metre bu the sell it in 100mm sections. wont be pretty, but itll work and ill have the lot for less than one silicon joiner

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

so thermflex is the brand? i hate walking into places and asking for something specific only to be met by blank looks

guess what happened

but found a goodyear product thatll do the job, $50 a metre bu the sell it in 100mm sections. wont be pretty, but itll work and ill have the lot for less than one silicon joiner

pics or it didnt happen!!

[Mr Revhead]

pics will happen in 2 weeks after we make up the pipes.

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

where did ya get it from? what size? bends? etc??
im still trying to figure out how the hell to do it!

[Santa'sBoostinSleigh]

thats why i thought of something like high burst pressure piping
weve got a roll of this clear stuff with a wire running thru it i saw, but not sure what the diameter is me goes to measure, dont think it will be big enough tho

the pipe we've got in our workshop is 2" ID, so thats not what i was looking for for the IC->TB side, but... will it make much of a dif if i go:

TURBO -2" SS Pipe-> INTERCOOLER -2" Flexi pipe-> 2.5" SS Pipe TB

grrr this is hard work!

[Mr Revhead]

various sizes, from about 50mm to 100 odd.
its a flexible hose, so no bends. itll be ok for joiners but i wouldnt run it in bends