intake 'n intercooler piping...

Well, had this 3" maf sitting for a bit. and when i had the car on the dyno, was talking about how much the hot side pipe balooned out when it was under boost. so, made up some stuff to take care of both problems.
piping was taken care of at yimisport tuning in santa clarita, same place my car was dyno'd
heatshield i made at my grandparents house from the huge sheet of aluminum i have.

cold side pipe, done and painted


throttle body collapsible multi-elbow replaced with silicone 90?


cold side pipe, done installed and ready to hold boost!


turbo inlet hose


intake done and installed



spent some time trying to figure out what to use to make the nipples for the idle air control and crankcase vent hoses...someone at the shop had a GREAT idea that he said he's used on many a front mount for subarus...
find a socket that fits the hoses, cut/grind off the section that the socket wrench goes into, and VOILA, you have yourself a nipple that is rather sturdy and welds onto the pipe nicely.



so now that that was done, it was time for a heatshield...


see where it fits through?


done with fab work...time to add some heat barrier...


thank you thermotec!



sealing it up







and thats it!


i polished the heatshield cause i had the stuff to do it. looks alright.
tip for that trim stuff, dont do it when its cooler out. hard to conform to curves. if i had a heat gun at the time it probably would have been easier. also, 3m spray adhesive gets COLD as hell when sprayed on aluminum. was condensing on the polished side, and was REALLY cold to the touch when i was trying to put on the thermotec stuff.


all in all, wasnt hard to make. took time due to polishing and multiple trips to OSH, but it turned out pretty good i think.

looking good!! no BOV?

dont have a real need for one right now.
car's auto. CBV on the 15g is holding pressure...not leaking.
maybe if i want my car to sound MORE wooshy...i'll get it.

that looks really clean nice work man

good job!

HonestJhon said:

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I can see a distorted reflection of your mug in the heat shield.

sweet work, looks like a champ!

Really nicely done

thanks!

was easier than i thought it was going to be. at least the hot side pipe was. just used some old 45? bend that they had, and took two to make the cold side.
no more squishy hoses. boost response is much better. and i can hear the cbv SOOO much more now. LOL WOOSH WOOSH

Nice work. Thank you for sharing with all of us.
I can't wait to get started on my car.

BrickLove said:

I can see a distorted reflection of your mug in the heat shield.

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the angle that shield is at and the angle the camera is at there's no way thats his head. as it head would have to be down under the air filter.

Nice job!

Any pics on the NPR install? Clearance issues?

good work, cobbled together ic pipes are no fun, ask me how I know.

dont think i have any specific pictures of the NPR install, but the only clearance issues were with the stock airbox being REALLY tight, the trans cooler lines ALMOST touching the end tank, and i had to slightly trim and move the oil cooler, and make an aluminum air dam to guide air through it. trimmed the cold side pipe about 2.5-3" and rotated it. idle air hose had to be replaced with heater hose because the stock one wouldnt reach.

when i redo the brackets (with aluminum again), i'll take some pictures of the clearances and modifications i had to do.