Intercooler piping solutions

[Norbie]

Mild steel + HPC FTW. It's probably the most expensive option but the heat insulation properties are superior to anything listed above.

I wouldn't have a problem using plain mild steel either; as mentioned the inner surface of the pipe gets coated in a layer of oil (even a brand new turbo will seep some oil through the seals) so the chances of corrosion are nil.

[merc-blue]

yeah i think my FMIC will be done with silicone bend and stainless, just sooooo much easyer and i dont think its THAT unattractive (only 2 bends will be visable)

the HPC coated mildsteel i think is well past overkill unless its a crazy fast drag car

[Hydra]

I'm using mild steel, painted. There is a nice coat of oil on the inside of the pipe work from a previous blown turbo

[Classique71]

yeah i think my FMIC will be done with silicone bend and stainless, just sooooo much easyer and i dont think its THAT unattractive (only 2 bends will be visable)

the HPC coated mildsteel i think is well past overkill unless its a crazy fast drag car

When you pay 16 dollars a foot to have them coated inside and out , with a superiorr heat transferring product , you cant argue thats a good price

its not as expensive as what people thing

i think it was about 170 all up to have ALL my piping coated for my frontmount setupThe bends and pipe came from a local exhaust shop , and a dairy supply chain ( second hand stainless FTW - cheap! )

The most expensive bits were the silicon bends - and they were only used as it required a little less than perfect bents to get around everything in the gt4's engine bay - silicon gives you room for error and play

[myne]

I pulled out my mild steel piping recently.
No corrosion what so ever.

There was a thin film of blow-by oil residue that protected it from corroding.

[old_mr2]

Copper piping FTW



See here
http://www.toymods.net/forums/showpo...postcount=2867

[mullett]

The copper piping is a great cheaper alternative. Although it wont win you auto salon prettiest engine bay!!! I think it was about 30$ per metre for the straight 50mm and about 7 dollars a piece for the 90 deg and 45 deg bends. from your local plumbing shop.

Well, there's pricing on the copper pipe, so far it seems the winner for easy piping solutions...

By the way: I'm not arguing that stainless isn't a great material, just sourcing out cheaper, easier solutions that you can DIY

RM

[LeeRoy]

Whatever you use you can always protect the pipe from corosion by polishing it as the wax will help keep it away.

- LeeRoy

[ProjectSleeper]

Mine is Mild steel, then powdercoated black. -- works a treat...

I wanted a cheap but effective "factory looking" finish.

It's only been on for 12 mths, and the last time I removed the piping there were no signs of any rust..

[Mr Multivalve]

Where is the best place(cheapest) to get joiner pieces with the clamps, what is best rubber, silicon ? I need to get some for my Intercooler setup. I need some 2.5" pieces and a couple of 2.5" to 2" pieces any idea on what those should cost? I got a heap of stainless for free so that is what I will be using.
Thanks

[ReQuieM]

DIY you can't beat aluminum if you ask me. I did the lot for under 200. You dont need to weld to use aluminum, silcon pipes and some good clamps work fine for low boost. ~8psi odd. If you do decide to run more you can do one of two things. heat the aluminum and bend the lips out with pliers in a make shift lip. or take them some where to weld a lip around the ends. A bead run or two should be sufficient. Little bit of file action and vola. IC set. RE the oxidisation, most aluminum is sent out treated with a coating to protect it from oxidisation for extra protection, a coat of clear coat will also protect the outside. So will a good polish. The inside should be fine, the tiny amounts of blow-by should assist in the protection, plus there shouldn't be moisture in you intake any way! unless of course you have water injection if which case you have enough to get hpc steel you cheap skate!

My 2c

[wilbo666]

Uber cheap IC piping, made up of 5M-E, 3S-FE and others! Good for the price, but you soon get sick of splitting 20+ year old rubber

Soon to be replaced by


Mild Steel. Will prbly get HPC'd (was looking at chroming but meh).

Cheers
Wilbo

[thechuckster]

Where is the best place(cheapest) to get joiner pieces with the clamps, what is best rubber, silicon ? I need to get some for my Intercooler setup. I need some 2.5" pieces and a couple of 2.5" to 2" pieces any idea on what those should cost? I got a heap of stainless for free so that is what I will be using.

If you've got time and patience, then ebay is the palce for silicone reducers & clamps

If you're in a hurry, then try Qld Diesel Spares or Havey's hoses.

[LeeRoy]

If you've got time and patience, then ebay is the palce for silicone reducers & clamps

If you're in a hurry, then try Qld Diesel Spares or Havey's hoses.

Just be careful. A mate bought some "silicon" and "hose clamps" from Ebay and they were shithouse. Just crap blue plasticy rubber hose and normal repco style large radiator hose clamps and he always blows off hoses and all sorts of shit. The silicon was also nothing like the multiply type that you see with thermo flex and sfs stuff.

There is some good stuff on there but just be careful.

- LeeRoy

[Toobs]

Both copper and aluminium are very good at conducting heat... not really a property you want in your IC pipework.
If you want to use either of these materials I'd definately get them coated!

Stainless is probably a the best option to use uncoated.