New Pictures (For those of you that wanted to see IC Piping Pics)

[DSMs_Suck]

Here are the pictures you guys wanted:

First off a new picture of the car, once the hood was on and the car was washed

Picture of Upper IC where it goes through the fender:

Pic of Upper IC pipe once it is through.. Connecting to FMIC:

Picture of lower IC pipe... It actually humps under the crank pulley on the rb20, then over the subframe member (pic of that):

Finally, pic of lower IC pipe once it makes it over the subframe it does this to get to the intercooler:

Thats all folks, let me know if you want to see more pics

Murray

[frosted flakes]

nice so its just a fmic with inlet outlet on different side? looks good? hows the response?

[DSMs_Suck]

Yup its basically the same core as the "hybrid" one. The hot side of my setup is on the passenger side of the car and the cold (upper IC) side is on the driver.

All in all the response really isnt bad at all. I know the piping could be shorter, but since the piping also flows well (full 2.5" mandrel bends) the response is actually very good.

Throttle response is instant and I probably get my full 7psi at 3800 - 4000. Pressure drop seems to be little to none, because when I pressure checked the system the compressor gauge read about 1-2 psi less than my boost gauge.

Overall I'm happy with the piping route, just wish I had aluminum or SS piping instead of powder coated mild.

Murray

[Dramier]

1 or 2 psi drop is pretty good.

How are those couplers holding up for you? That's one of my main concerns.

[DSMs_Suck]

Yea overall I was very pleased with the pressure drop, not much at all.

As far as the couplers go, they are standard silicon (the nice thick stuff) couplers, with T-bolt clamps. After tightening 2 clamps the system didnt even leak ANYTHING and I pressure checked it to 25 psi. I wouldnt put it past the silicon to go over 60 honestly (I remember testing my old talon and I slipped on the compressor and accidently pressure checked it to 45 psi ).

Murray