Massive S/C Build ~~ PRELIM NUMBERS INSIDE!
07-08-2006, 11:44 PM
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07-09-2006, 12:33 AM
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Piping should, I'm not certain but I think from measuring that ZPI should be able to fit the pipe in right where the stock is once they clock the s/c housing just a bit. If they get in there and that won't work then I'll let them just do what works. Whatever they do it will be substantial less piping then the FMIC, probably a 1/4 of the piping if not less. I got the intercooler for about $1050 shipped from tweakit performance in Australia and ZPI quoted me 3 hrs or less at $95 per hour plus $150 for them to get the pipe and weld it to the intercooler barrel. So if you say 3 hrs it ends up being around $1450-2000.
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07-09-2006, 01:04 AM
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I didn't go with the bigger core b/c there's definitely no more room for a bigger one. It did use less piping, not as much as I'd originally thought. With the s/c there's basically no room to work with where it's at, so this is probably the shortest piping as you're gonna have. The boost loss is no big deal, I'll just get a pulley to make it up.
07-09-2006, 01:06 AM
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The breather valve has always been plugged off, even after the dealer installed the s/c. I'm gonna get a catch can and route the two breather valves into the exhaust eventually.
The pictures don't really do the kit justice, you'd have to see the car and ride in it before and after to really feel how much different it is.
The pictures don't really do the kit justice, you'd have to see the car and ride in it before and after to really feel how much different it is.
07-09-2006, 01:50 AM
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Originally Posted by kytc
I didn't go with the bigger core b/c there's definitely no more room for a bigger one. It did use less piping, not as much as I'd originally thought. With the s/c there's basically no room to work with where it's at, so this is probably the shortest piping as you're gonna have. The boost loss is no big deal, I'll just get a pulley to make it up.
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07-09-2006, 01:57 AM
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Originally Posted by KCTTC
Originally Posted by kytc
I didn't go with the bigger core b/c there's definitely no more room for a bigger one. It did use less piping, not as much as I'd originally thought. With the s/c there's basically no room to work with where it's at, so this is probably the shortest piping as you're gonna have. The boost loss is no big deal, I'll just get a pulley to make it up.
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I think that would have been substantially MORE difficult to complete, therefore increasing the cost.
Congrats bro. Now vids of the car under load would be viscious.
07-09-2006, 02:26 AM
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Originally Posted by KCTTC
Originally Posted by kytc
I didn't go with the bigger core b/c there's definitely no more room for a bigger one. It did use less piping, not as much as I'd originally thought. With the s/c there's basically no room to work with where it's at, so this is probably the shortest piping as you're gonna have. The boost loss is no big deal, I'll just get a pulley to make it up.
They could've made and welded the bends that they used the couplers for however it would've been impossible to install or uninstall. A larger barrel is not needed, look at Sciondad's setup, he's using the same barrel and running a stage 1.
07-09-2006, 02:49 AM
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Originally Posted by kytc
Originally Posted by KCTTC
Originally Posted by kytc
I didn't go with the bigger core b/c there's definitely no more room for a bigger one. It did use less piping, not as much as I'd originally thought. With the s/c there's basically no room to work with where it's at, so this is probably the shortest piping as you're gonna have. The boost loss is no big deal, I'll just get a pulley to make it up.
They could've made and welded the bends that they used the couplers for however it would've been impossible to install or uninstall. A larger barrel is not needed, look at Sciondad's setup, he's using the same barrel and running a stage 1.
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07-09-2006, 02:58 AM
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There's probably not another person that is as big of a perfectionist as me when it comes to cars. If there was a better way to do this that was feasible it would've been done, I promise you that.
07-09-2006, 04:30 AM
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It actually hasn't been that big of a problem. It throws it off just a touch but it's not bad. The emanage ultimate will completely fix it. The biggest problem is just the idle is so rich it's ridiculous. At idle the afr's stay at 10 so it's a pain to keep alive at the stop light. After a day's experience afr's at cruise range from 14.7-15.2, Full throttle 11-13, idle 10. I'm actually pretty impressed with the TRD reflash and how it's managing it so well with the maf so messed up from the custom intake and it being so close to the s/c and a bov on it. Charles is ordering the ultimate for me Monday and I'll be out of town next week so three weeks from today is ultimate, injectors, and upped boost. I'm going to try and hook the AEM wideband up to it though and do the auto program if possible until I go to Charles.
I had my first major scare tonight on the way home, lol. I had just gotten on it and all of a sudden the car just starts going crazy, afr's drop to 10 and it sounds like a helicopter landing. So I limp home and found that I'd experienced my first charge pipe blow off. Needless to say it's ridiculously tight now and some t-bolt clamps are being ordered tomorrow.
I had my first major scare tonight on the way home, lol. I had just gotten on it and all of a sudden the car just starts going crazy, afr's drop to 10 and it sounds like a helicopter landing. So I limp home and found that I'd experienced my first charge pipe blow off. Needless to say it's ridiculously tight now and some t-bolt clamps are being ordered tomorrow.
