Damn hard pipe kit!!!
Damn hard pipe kit!!!
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The devil

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2,152 posts

206 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Started installing the hard pipe kit today
Confused!!!
The 180 degree went on
Think I have the front turbo pipe on OK with 2 x elbows, one slightly more than 90 degrees,
as for the pipe with the air sensor in it, do you have to cut the original pipe and then just insert the new aluminium section?

Rob_W

1,070 posts

237 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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yes

The devil

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2,152 posts

206 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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Rob_W said:
yes
Ta

verba1

628 posts

191 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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don't pro alloy supply all the necessary fittings for the hard pipe to the throttle body ?

Chapppers

4,483 posts

214 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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my dad said the supplied straight pip with my intercooler wouldn't fit, and that the exit from the intercooler to the throttle body was angled down for no reason. I'll get some pictures when I can. He didn't sound impressed.

SwankBaton

763 posts

195 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Chapppers said:
the exit from the intercooler to the throttle body was angled down for no reason.
If you tilt the intercooler backwards, the down - angle works to route to the throttle body, have you got it mounted vertically?

Chapppers

4,483 posts

214 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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swankBaton said:
Chapppers said:
the exit from the intercooler to the throttle body was angled down for no reason.
If you tilt the intercooler backwards, the down - angle works to route to the throttle body, have you got it mounted vertically?
it's perpendicular to the existing, modified intercooler box as shown in the instructions, how would you tilt it back? all the bracketry is at 90 degrees.

Chapppers

4,483 posts

214 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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sorry, I mean the outlet is made tilted UP. The intercooler would have to be tilted forward for the outlet to be horizontal. If it was manufacturered with the pipe tilting down so that when intercooler was leant back enough that pipe was horizontal, that would make sense, but tilting it up further seems weird.



Just to clarify, I'm using the standard pipes and modifying them as in the instructions.



Edited by Chapppers on Tuesday 6th May 12:54

The devil

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2,152 posts

206 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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Chapppers said:
sorry, I mean the outlet is made tilted UP. The intercooler would have to be tilted forward for the outlet to be horizontal. If it was manufacturered with the pipe tilting down so that when intercooler was leant back enough that pipe was horizontal, that would make sense, but tilting it up further seems weird.



Just to clarify, I'm using the standard pipes and modifying them as in the instructions.



Edited by Chapppers on Tuesday 6th May 12:54
YOU HAD INSTRUCTIONS, LOL, wish I had

The devil

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2,152 posts

206 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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verba1 said:
don't pro alloy supply all the necessary fittings for the hard pipe to the throttle body ?
No, they don't, seems you have to cut the original pipe!!!!

SwankBaton

763 posts

195 months

Tuesday 6th May 2014
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I see now Chappers - Just checked mine, I have a 45 (ish) degree elbow so my pipe goes off horizontal to the TB