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Old May 17, 2004 | 06:38 AM
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Hey got a question for you guys?

I got a new intercooler for my turbotech kit, and it has 3" inlet and outlets on it. I am going to redo all the piping and was wondering to me 3" seemed a little big, so here's the question

should I use 3" or 2.5"????

thanks for the help as always
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Old May 17, 2004 | 08:12 AM
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3" if it will fit.
when im getting my griffen installled 3" all the way.
the air will flow better which wont heat it up as much after the ic
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Old May 17, 2004 | 11:08 AM
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I have been wondering, if the turbo discharge is 3 inch and you are forced to reduce to 2.5 in. How much if any would you loose from the reduction?
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Old May 17, 2004 | 11:16 AM
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No reduction in power per say, but you will be adding additional heat to the system. Typically you want to exit the same size as the discharge if possible, if not, larger.

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Old May 17, 2004 | 06:55 PM
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In maximum boost it says that the inlet on the turbo compressor should be at least 1in bigger then the outlet on the compressor. So i'd recommend 3in IC piping with 4in inlet piping.
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Old May 17, 2004 | 10:29 PM
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well the outlet on my turbo is like 2" so i figured that 3" wouldnt be too big, but i didnt know if a t-70 would flow enough air to use the 3" i thought that maybe at that size pipe that it would loose some compression due to the space that it would have to fill up.

im not sure what I thought, but I asked, youall answered, and I ordered the 3" bends today to complete what I was going to do

again thanks alot
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