Intercooler Piping

[jessetooslow]

so I'm thinking of buying new intercooler pipes for my car. Should I buy upper and lower, or would the upper just be fine, those seem to be more restrictive, I might just do piping for now. I saw that LIPP makes a good kit for the upper, anyone else have it?

 

[ForcedTorque]

Your piping is only as good as your worst restriction. I'd do the whole kit at once. You can get the Driftmotion 2 1/2" kit for about $160. With that kit, you get all the piping you need, all the couplers, and T-Bolt clamps. You want to replace that stock pipe coming off the turbo just so you no longer have to worry about it cracking anymore. To me, Top only is just for looks.

 

[IwantMKIII]

whole kit.

 

[10secdream]

whole kit.

I agree get the whole kit. Are you getting a new intercooler as well or just the piping kit?

 

[cartel1_950]

cooleeze makes a nice looking kit and i haven't heard bad thing about it except maybe being pretty pricey

 

[jessetooslow]

I might just do a piping kit, not sure about the intercooler yet.

 

[10secdream]

Well if your going to go through the effort and do the piping you might as well get a new intercooler core as well. It all depends on power goals and more importantly money.

 

[Amontgomery]

+1 on the driftmotion 2 1/2" kit.

Take a look at my build thread, I just did it. And might I add you need more than what is in the kit, (4) 2.5"->2.25/2.0" Couplers, (2) 2.5" 45* silicone bends and (1) 2.5" 90* silicone bend. Then count in $100 bucks or so on welding.

You will have some pipe left over and you won't use any of the straight couplers that are in the kit. You could make your own kit btw. You need a (2) 45* bends with approximately 12" on each side of the bend. (2)18" straight pieces. and (1) 180* U-Turn pipe with about 10" on either side of the bend. If you buy them all seperately you can keep your price down from the kit. More money for an intercooler.

A pre-built kit will run at least 400 bucks. Do it yourself and you can cut that price at least in half.

 

[holdbrooks]

do it right or do it twice. while your down there relocate the oil filter too it save so much time during oil changes.

 

[jessetooslow]

where can I relocate the oil filter to?

 

[holdbrooks]

where can I relocate the oil filter to?

i put mine up in the front bumper behind the right foglight. takes only a second to change now, stock location is the terrible for me to get to.