johnny racecar's fmic, who has one?

[Tx97GSX]

I used JB weld water weld to make the lip for all the piping. The viper is my dads. I wish it was mine. He was thinking about getting a twin turbo kit for it.

 

[98spydert]

Thought I'd throw this out there for those of you who don't want to make your own piping. It's powercoated and includes all clamps and couplers for $250. Hella good deal for full short route piping

http://www.straightlinespecialties.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=131

 

[elementalwindx]

Thought I'd throw this out there for those of you who don't want to make your own piping. It's powercoated and includes all clamps and couplers for $250. Hella good deal for full short route piping

http://www.straightlinespecialties.com/product_info.php?cPath=27&products_id=131

If only that picture was bigger..i was straining to see the shapes of the pipes and by what I see, I dont see how those would work.

 

[Agent11br]

I think that piping is designed for a 1g backdoor setup

 

[98spydert]

It's definetly for a back door set up, I just couldn't tell by the picture for which car either.


And whoever wanted pictures of my jpipe 90 and 180 I'll post them tomorrow.

 

[Agent11br]

It's definetly for a back door set up, I just couldn't tell by the picture for which car either.


And whoever wanted pictures of my jpipe 90 and 180 I'll post them tomorrow.

Yea I can't say for sure but am guessing it is a 1g...but then again I could be wrong

It was me that wanted pics of the j-pipe, I'd REALLY appreciate whatever you can get!

Thanks 98spydert!

 

[Tech9Talon]

I finsihed my pipe today. When for a test drive and broke my new GReddy Type RS B.O.V> on the first run. Hood came down and hti it so it broke the vaccume fitting off. I had to steal one off my turbo xs. Now i need to cut the pipe out and flip it so the valve doesn't hit the hood. Gotta drive to work with the hood popped, .

 

[blackGSX2g]

Did any of you guys find a way to route the LICP so its above the crosmember more? I'm still worried about hitting some stupid Michigan critter, or a pothole and having it get ripped off from hanging down too low.

 

[Agent11br]

Matt

I think that Lee's pics of the Dejon J-Pipe he has that is designed for a side to side fmic will be exactly what we need to do our setup.

If we can't do that I have another idea I didnt run by you yet.

 

[elementalwindx]

Did any of you guys find a way to route the LICP so its above the crosmember more? I'm still worried about hitting some stupid Michigan critter, or a pothole and having it get ripped off from hanging down too low.

My licp has TONS of room to prevent that. its a bit higher than the bottom of the fans. My lowest pipe is the lil U'ish bend on the pass. side, I have yet to scrape it though. It sits right at level with the bottom of the front bumper

BTW me and Ion are almost done with the walk thru. If you guys have any tips or comments about it email me @ [email protected]

1st part explains 99.9% of the parts you will need, including Ion's piping kit bought thru RRE. (depends on if you want to paint it or not)

2nd part I quickly explained how to remove the 2g front bumper (its simple anyways, and personally in most peoples cases if you cant do it w/o a walkthru, I doubt you should be fabricating pipes yourself)

3rd describes which side has which bends and tells which pipes I cut and did not cut.

4th describes how to mount the IC and tips to prevent overheating for those who have that problem

We're still editing it and adding/removing parts. This walkthru will contain all the pics from this thread and then some.

 

[blackGSX2g]

^^ Sweet, I'll look forward to that

 

[coltboostin]

This is another Ebay core, the OBX core on a 1g. Install in progress. Core is great, bar and plate, lots of inner turbulators so it will cool great. 11 1/2 inches tall, 3inches thick. Should be enough for any turbo set up you would want to run.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/gallery/sh...page=12&password=0&ppuser=39165&what=&name=&=

 

[98spydert]

Matt

I think that Lee's pics of the Dejon J-Pipe he has that is designed for a side to side fmic will be exactly what we need to do our setup.

If we can't do that I have another idea I didnt run by you yet.

Here's a few shots of it. The j pipe is from Dejon tool, it's on their site as "old style w/ 2.25" opening" for $75. The gray pipe is the second half of my old RRE LICP, it's on their site for $25. The unpainted 180* pipe is just a 180 U bend from Jegs that I cut to fit and it's only about $15.

Shoots down between the fans misses the crossmember then runs even with the bottom of the intercooler the rest of the way so it's not low at all. I can nail a cat and it would never touch the pipe.

 

[elementalwindx]

Here's a few shots of it. The j pipe is from Dejon tool, it's on their site as "old style w/ 2.25" opening" for $75. The gray pipe is the second half of my old RRE LICP, it's on their site for $25. The unpainted 180* pipe is just a 180 U bend from Jegs that I cut to fit and it's only about $15.

Shoots down between the fans misses the crossmember then runs even with the bottom of the intercooler the rest of the way so it's not low at all. I can nail a cat and it would never touch the pipe.

Where did you get that perfectly wide enough U bend from, or am I just looking at that picture wrong, and its a set of pipes welded togeather to look like the perfect U bend?

 

[StyleElements]

You guys that don’t have to deal with winter have no idea how lucky you are. My intercooler has been installed for over three months and I still have not even taken it down the road

 

[trapspeed]

Where did you get that perfectly wide enough U bend from, or am I just looking at that picture wrong, and its a set of pipes welded togeather to look like the perfect U bend?

The unpainted 180* pipe is just a 180 U bend from Jegs that I cut to fit and it's only about $15.

^^^

 

[Turbocharged]

98spydert, I do you remember the part number of the pipe that you got from jegs? Do you rememeber the radius of the bend? That pipe looks just about perfect...

 

[Agent11br]

Lee, you are THE MAN, thanks dude!!!!

 

[98spydert]

I tried to find the part number on their site. 289-42394 is the closest part number, it's the same exact pipe just mild steel rather than aluminized steel. If you get that part number, make sure you powder coat it or paint it because it will rust like ballz. You might want to call them and see if they carry the same pipe in aluminized if you'd rather do it that way.

Here's the page they're on:
http://www.jegs.com/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/ProductDisplay?prrfnbr=1327&prmenbr=361

 

[Fattie92]

For all of you that are making your own piping... what did you do about all of the flanges? Fab up your own flange for the TB? The BOV flange is easy and cheap to buy, so im not worried about that.. You just using 1/8, or 3/16 steel as a flange for the TB?

..........still curious what you all did about the throtle body flange??

 

[98spydert]

..........still curious what you all did about the throtle body flange??

roadraceengineering.com in the DIY section they've got all of the flanges fairly cheap.

 

[Fattie92]

roadraceengineering.com in the DIY section they've got all of the flanges fairly cheap.

awsome!! thanks!.. i was about to make my own out of 1/8 thick steel.

 

[blackGSX2g]

98spydert- thanks man, thats exactly what I was lookin for

 

[ryu]

ok. so what psi w/what turbo have you guys gone w/this frontmount?

 

[elementalwindx]

ok. so what psi w/what turbo have you guys gone w/this frontmount?

Wow 30 pages now.
I've boosted 16psi on my T-25 and it feels perfect. I noticed when comparing my DSMLink logs between the smic and the fmic, that my intake temp has dropped at LEAST 20 degrees.