I/C piping bends...

[seth98es]

I have a bunch of mandrel bent 90" and 180" bends. I was just curious as to if there were to be much of a performance loss with 90" bends? as opposed to bends with a greater angle, something not so harsh

The way I plan on running the intake sid is running it over the intake pipe, having the bov dump right at teh dump tube. Then a 90" bend straight down after the intake tube and another 90" at the bottum then connect it to my FMIC.

The hot side is a bit easier because theres really only one route to run with a J-pipe. I was just curious as to how everyones fmic intake side piping is ran? Pics would be awesome!

 

[midnght]

Try and make least amount of bends as possible like this AGP kit.

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[dave99gst]

of course the smoother the transition the better the flow.
but ya prob wont notice a diff. to give ya an idea, its take the same pressure to push sumthing around a 90 deg bend as it does to push it all the way down a 30 foot pipe. (but being just air its not as bad)

 

[seth98es]

How bout a 45* bend? Im only running a big 16g so I dont think I would notice the difference, its 2.5" piping. WHen I upgrade turbos I will most likely buy a bigger intercooler that comes with its own piping

 

[midnght]

My advice is for OPTIMAL performance.

People including myself have been using the piping that GReddy supplies with thier intercooler and it works just fine. So take that for what it is worth.

 

[seth98es]

Yah but the Greddy FMIC isnt a side to side intercooler is it? Mine is.

 

[midnght]

Yes it is. The major problem people have with it is the driver side has to come across the front at the top to go in at the other side. Trust me it is LONG and had lots of bends and still works good enough.

 

[seth98es]

Well I looked at it again and for some reason this time theres not enough room to go over the intake pipe. I guess I didnt have it all the way on last time. But now theres plenty of room to go under it. So 45* first bend will shoot the pipe right down under the intake pipe then another 45* bend will line everything up with my FMIC.

 

[seth98es]

K heres what I got done. I know theres a lot of couplers but it was the best I could do with what I had. Im going to bead every single pipe and do a leak down test tomorrow...

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Look ok? IM going to mount the bov right in front of the intake pipe and probably cut the dump tube down a few inches so the hose will fit better...