Ways to keep AC?
03-17-2009, 02:43 PM
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Ways to keep AC? Just curious on what the best way to retain the AC would be on a single front mount set-up? I know that the truck manifolds wont allow it if they are faced forward....and I assume that they wont clear the strut tower if hey are pointed up?
Is there any way to mount the passenger manifold facing back and have the pipe make a u -turn back to front? More specifically is there any way to do this without a Turbo K-Member? Thanks for the input.
Is there any way to mount the passenger manifold facing back and have the pipe make a u -turn back to front? More specifically is there any way to do this without a Turbo K-Member? Thanks for the input.
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03-17-2009, 10:32 PM
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i used the stock manifolds facing normal and made the passenger side bust a bitch merged with the driver side going under the tranny/engine. i had pix but while i was at boot camp my website expired and i lost everything 
but i used the turbo k-member, just get it, it's worth it
but i used the turbo k-member, just get it, it's worth it 
03-18-2009, 10:49 AM
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Im thinking about taking a flowmaster type merge 2.5" into 3" and seeing if there is any way to locate it either side having the manifolds face back, and enter the merge after making U-Turns then you would have a single 3" at the turbo flange...and let the DP run down the other side. Has it been tried?
I guess the question is....would the merge pipe go through the stock K-Member?
Is a merge to 3" before the turbo too much of a restriction? Do you really need the dual 2.5 right up to the flange?
I guess the question is....would the merge pipe go through the stock K-Member?
Is a merge to 3" before the turbo too much of a restriction? Do you really need the dual 2.5 right up to the flange?
03-18-2009, 11:34 AM
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just save your money and skip on the flowmaster merge thingy, i bought one trying to avoid having to make my own and when i tried fitting it under the hood the thing was to bulky and i couldnt get a good angle with the tubes anywhere. needless to say its in the garage collecting dust. just build your own merge, that way it's a tighter fit
and the way your discribing how you want to run your pipes has been done before. me.
and the way your discribing how you want to run your pipes has been done before. me.
03-18-2009, 01:34 PM
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here ya go, there's some pix on there at the last page....
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...rie-lives.html
https://ls1tech.com/forums/forced-in...rie-lives.html
03-18-2009, 04:25 PM
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yesir 
i put a good few hard thousand miles on it and i havnt had one problem yet. my only oil leak is from my rear main seal and i aint fixing that! lq9 will take care of that leak 
hit me up on aim or something like that this week, i wont be around for another month come next week
i put a good few hard thousand miles on it and i havnt had one problem yet. my only oil leak is from my rear main seal and i aint fixing that! lq9 will take care of that leak hit me up on aim or something like that this week, i wont be around for another month come next week