zapp109

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Curious what people went with in here and maybe what to stay away from? Im to the point now where im ready to order some piping and dont want to order some awful kit. Im trying to go 700whp through th400 in my 87 lsx mustang.

1320

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I cant imagine a universal "piping kit" being much good. I build all my stuff in my shop on my mandral bender. It ussually takes 3 or 4 trys to get to a usable production piece. The first 2 or 3 have cuts, splices etc etc.....The fox body swap is pretty popular though. If I had a car available I d look into doing a production kit for sure.

I think your only real hope is a whole pile of pipe and a lot of determination on your part with a welder or find some local shop with the ability.

123quattro

I buy 180* mandrel bends from Verocious and cut what I need out of that. They also sell donuts if you need a tighter bend radius.

XtremeDime

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Not everyone has a mandrel bender at their disposal. The prebent kits are awesome for the price and you always have extra left over just in case. Id say the cold side piping was one of the easiest things I have done on the car in relation to my turbo setup.

caindo

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columbia river mandrel bending

zapp109

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Id do it myself if I had the bender to bend pipe but i do not.

I just looked up columbia river mandrel bending and yes that seems like a very good choice if you ask me.

zapp109

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What gauge piping?

LSXFORMULA99

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silicone intakes sell kits of a bunch of different bends. im going to buy a small 3" kit for the turbo to intercooler, then a small 4" kit for intercooler to intake. they are fairly cheep.

kmracer

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16 ga. steel is great if you have a welder as you wont have to use 12 silicone couplers, you'll need to crimp the ends as well. if you dont weld, use AL.

http://www.dsmtuners.com/forums/cust...bead-tool.html

zapp109

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i have a welder thats not a problem, just didnt wanna get something too thin, or something too thick adding unnecessary weight

evo462

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All you really need are 180* bends - IMO, it doesn't make sense to buy a single 45 or 90* bend when you can get multiple of those cut from a single 180*. I used 16 gauge mild steel 2.5"/3" from Columbia River.

Take your time and calculate your angles and you'll be good. Weld it in place if possible - it'll bend and change the geometry if you try welding it all on the bench. I found that out the hard way the first time.

EDIT...are you talking about hot or cold plumbing? I bought a CXRacing 3" aluminized kit for my cold side with various bends.

killernoodle

I have bought a couple of the universal kits from ebay. It is a LOT of pipe for the money, and the couplers and t-clamps are actually decent quality. Of course I cut them up and weld them together myself, so don't expect them to fit together without cutting and modifying.

98Camarod

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I bought piping from there when I was going to make my own kit. It's good quality stuff and the cheapest I could find.

kmracer

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if you're worried about weight use 16ga AL.

zapp109

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I need both.

skinnies

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We use them also and have had great luck. If you get any flex couplers, get the good vibrant ones!

NEVERTWOFAST

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I bought a universal hot rod exhaust kit from Jegs comes with 90's,45"s,180's and straight for 120$ and I had leftovers.

bwy23

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Just bought this kit for my rear mount setup..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...MakeTrack=true

Loudmouth LS1

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Link? Only universal hot rod piping kit i'm seeing on jegs is $275.

slow67

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I use Columbia River and Global Tech & Engineering.