Intercooler Pipe Routing

[Jeff99GS]

Does anyone have a diagram for the best routing of your intercooler piping? I have relocated the Power steering cooler and mounted the Intecooler. I have the Intake side of the Intercooler piping ran. Its the side that goes to the turbo that I need help with. I should be getting the turbo in On Monday so I am trying to mock up the pipes so they are ready for the turbo assembly. what I want to know is, what Is the best way to point the turbo outlet? I want mine to go down, But it looks like if it went down it will hit the starter motor. I want to run the intercooler piping out of the turbo down then inbetween the core suport and the A/C compresor then make a hard left turn into the intercooler
I have a pic here to show you what I am trying to do....can anyone tell me if this will work? will there be enough room? I see some of these guys with the turbo going up and pipes running all over the place?? I dont want that. I want the simplest and shortest route.

Ok I am talking about the left side of the intercooler in this pic. the right side is all connected, and I have blue connectors on they way! My other question, Is there a direction of airflow in the intercoolers or does it not matter?

 

[BigRand]

Your on the right track, you will just have to wait until your turbo gets in, and then mount it where its gonna be w/out hitting the starter.

You could probably run a silicone elbow off the turbo that bends to the passenger side and then run your piping from there. As long as your clear of hitting things you'll be fine.

Looks good.

 

[Jeff99GS]

Your on the right track, you will just have to wait until your turbo gets in, and then mount it where its gonna be w/out hitting the starter.

You could probably run a silicone elbow off the turbo that bends to the passenger side and then run your piping from there. As long as your clear of hitting things you'll be fine.

Looks good.

Thanks!! does it matter which way the air flows through the intercooler?

 

[IHeartMyHonda]

an side to side intercooler is just a heat exchanger and should be the same internally throughout the whole thing, so direction of flow does not matter. love the color, btw, and thank god for people who paint their engine bays.

 

[Jeff99GS]

an side to side intercooler is just a heat exchanger and should be the same internally throughout the whole thing, so direction of flow does not matter. love the color, btw, and thank god for people who paint their engine bays.

Thanks!! I just painted the car myself...it took me awhile but its done now, the engine bay was kinda hard to paint without taking the engine out. So i just use alot of tape haha.

Thanks for the info on the intercooler, I figured it didn't matter which way the air flowed
I was asking becuse I blew an air hose through the intercooler and it seemed to flow air faster in one direction. so I mounted it in that direction. even thought it shouldn't matter.

 

[BigRand]

well for the shortest piping route, you should start at the turbo, and go to the passenger side of the intercooler, then from driver side outlet to the intake manifold. (maybe you were talkign about the way its actually mounted) but either way just to clear things up.)