short route UICP

[Race94]

Does this improve performance?
Do kits come w/pipes made that way or is it a custom thing?

 

[talonted_one]

yes this should have an increase in performance...will you be able to feel it? NO.

many vendors have FMIC kits with short routed piping.

 

[RipperXX]

I think it incress's throttle responce.. I dont know if it realy makes any more power though.

 

[13secGST]

your spool up is quicker because you have less piping to fill up with boost.

However with most FMIC kits such as mine the short routed piping is also 2.5" piping so it takes more volume and actually slows the spool time of the turbo even though the piping is short routed it has more volume due to the bigger diameter.

 

[Blizz92tsi]

hey guys,
Sport Compact Car magazine did something similar on their project Silvia S13. Now I know this is comparing apples to oranges since the two engines are mounted completely different. They put their intercooler inside the engine bay where the radiator used to be. Then they moved the radiator back a little. The two sit right on top of each other. They did mention they went with an intercooler that had a better flow through and lost a little efficiency. But they don't have a problem with overheating (this is on an aftermarket radiator). The pipes on their system are super short. Its a really beautiful set up! The only problem is our engines are mounted differently. If we even could move the radiator back enough it would be heated by the exhaust manifold and turbo. Check out their article. Maybe with some creativity we could do something similar but I don't think so. Their set up is on of the best short route systems I've seen. Later.

 

[MNGSX]

Originally posted by 13secGST
your spool up is quicker because you have less piping to fill up with boost.

However with most FMIC kits such as mine the short routed piping is also 2.5" piping so it takes more volume and actually slows the spool time of the turbo even though the piping is short routed it has more volume due to the bigger diameter.

It still beats 2.5" long route piping.

For a track car air/water IC'cs may be good for really short route piping also.

 

[midnght]

Can or has anyone short routed a GReddy BIG FMIC? I got one coming but would like to have short route piping. I guess i could figure a way to do it huh.