Custom Intercooler Help Please

[crashed97tsi]

Hey guys,

I've been working on this custom intercooler project for about a month now. I've been taking my time .I have the cooler mounted, and I have my piping routed. I just have a few things I'm worried about before I put it on.

1. I'm using the stock intercooler piping routes in the setup. Overall, there will be 3 feet of additional piping (give or take a few inches), not including the bends. What kind of additional lag am I looking at? I can deal with a couple hundred RPM, but I don't want to be spooling at 4k. ( car spools at 3200 RPM now)

2. In my piping route, there will be 3 90* bends, 1 180* bend, and 2 45* bends. All the bends are mandrel bent. Will this affect flow alot?

Other than that, I'm ready to put it on. Too bad I didn't get a 16g, It would've made the return piping alot easier. The t-28 has the bend on the compressor housing that goes towards the passenger side. That's pretty much the only reason why my piping is so damn long. I tried to find other routes but this is the only one that seems to work. Hopefully I can get pictures tommorrow to show you guys. The core is pretty long, like 32 inches. It takes up the whole mouth of my talon.


Sorry for the long post, but I just wanted to get some opinions on the setup.

Thanks
Dan

 

[Crosby]

should have got a ic that has the inlet and outlet on the same side that goes up and down not side to side. with all those restrictive bends mainly that 180 i would be happy to have the car spoll at 3800. but thats me u may fair better than my friend did who has some what of a similar set up, but see how it works out.

 

[Defiant]

You always want as short an intake tract as you can manage. Turbocharging will make up for a lot, but still, less is better.

 

[kpt4321]

Contrary to what most people believe, an extra couple feet of intercooler piping will not effect spool more thna a couple hundred rpm.


....Kyle T.

 

[crashed97tsi]

Thanks for the reply's guys. I'll let you know how it works out when I do it tommorrow.

 

[crashed97tsi]

sorry guys, I forgot to update. Well, I put the cooler on the car and started up. The car spools at about 3600 rpm. The throttle response on the car is absolutely horrible tho. I'm positive that the extra lag is what is causing this. Until I hit 3600, the car is a snail.

Now, I looked into a different route and I have a good, MUCH shorter route that I can take. I just have one question. How the hell can I get the compressor outlet to face towards the driver side? I can go underneath the cross member, but I'd rather not do that. Other than that, I really don't see too many options. If you have any ideas, please let me know.

Thanks For all your help

 

[TechT]

Can you post some pics of your set up as it is right now? Thanks

 

[4pistons]

Can you run a more direct route like this on your 2G - http://www.vfaq.com/mods/StarionIC.html

Rick - '91 GSX

 

[crashed97tsi]

Originally posted by 4pistons
Can you run a more direct route like this on your 2G - http://www.vfaq.com/mods/StarionIC.html

Rick - '91 GSX

The only problem with taking a route like that is the endtank near the drivers side. It doesn't turn like that, so I have to get the piping to face that way, then go along the bottom of the intercooler, then back into the LICP.

The intercooler is a side to side intercooler with the endtanks pointing parrallel with the cooler.

I'll try and get pictures of it this weekend. It should be worth a laugh if anything

Thanks for the help