*intercooler piping size?*
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From: omaha
*intercooler piping size?* just would like to know what size intercooler piping everyone is using on the inlet side of the intercooler i plan on making my own intercooler pipes but i dont know if i should go with 2.50 or 3" my goal is to make 700hp-850hp im using a hinson turbo kit with a treadstone front mount 3" inlet/outlet on a boosted 402 pt7675 cea billet turbo
Last edited by princerobert1; Sep 18, 2011 at 12:47 PM.
Not trying to be funny but do you mean hot side of Turbo? From headers to merge collector? If so I used 2.5" from each header and merged them into 3" going into the Turbo. And for Piping coming out of the Turbo compressor I went with 3" to the intercooler all the way up to the throttle. Mine is just going to be a street car/ some track. So depending on what your trying to do you might need larger.
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yea thats what i thought to but some people like to use 2 1/2 i have seen some people use 3" and other 2 1/2 i didnt know if there was an advantage or not but thanks for your input guys ill probably go with 3"
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well what is the outlet size of the turbo and what is the inlet size of the cooler?
Lets say your turbo outlet is 2.5 like mine and and cooler inlet is 3", it would seem silly to go straight to 3 inch out of the turbo the whole way to the cooler (just wasted area that air has to fill).
instead go 2.5 to the cooler getting the air there as fast as possible and then merging 3 inch with the cooler.
but if the turbo outlet if 3" and cooler inlet is also 3 inch then i think the answer is obvious you would use 3" the whole way to avoid any unnecessary curves/choke points/air restrictions.
hope that hopes :/
Lets say your turbo outlet is 2.5 like mine and and cooler inlet is 3", it would seem silly to go straight to 3 inch out of the turbo the whole way to the cooler (just wasted area that air has to fill).
instead go 2.5 to the cooler getting the air there as fast as possible and then merging 3 inch with the cooler.
but if the turbo outlet if 3" and cooler inlet is also 3 inch then i think the answer is obvious you would use 3" the whole way to avoid any unnecessary curves/choke points/air restrictions.
hope that hopes :/
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From: omaha
thanks guys im prolly gonna switch my setup now because the kit i want to get does not have alot of turbo options and i dont wanna have to fab anything up to fit a bigger turbo so i might go's twin instead of single im so undecided
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