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Old Apr 20, 2008 | 03:25 PM
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Hi I have a 2004 gto ls1 motor in my old chevy .I am almost finished with the build of a twin turbo system.I am to the point of running the cold pipes and dont know what size to run.Any advise please?Thanks Dan
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I used 3", but I have seen some use smaller.
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3" here
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use whatever you can fit. i personally have 3.5" from my turbo to the intercooler (3.5" is the discharge size on my turbo) and then i used 4" from the IC to the throttle body. i just chopped off my IC inlet/outlets and bored it out to the sizes i wanted. (since my core is 4" i was able to fit a 4" outlet on it!)
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I am running a procharger F2 intercooler with 3.5" ends. So I have 3.5" aluminum on both sides of the IC.
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