Looking for intercooler pipe pictures

birdco85 · Jan 22, 2013

Like the title, I'm building my pipes finally and I'm having a hard time figuring our where to bend the ac lines, ps lines, reroute heater lines and such. Does anyone have some high def pictures of looking down into their engine compartment on both sides? This kinda seems like is gonna be a pain in the a$$.

Also, the guys that have done it, did you do a small "s"bend in the hot side pipe to clear the AC compressor? Or just let it touch it? I Have the e99 spyder btw.

Thanks in advance.

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jwlandry · Jan 22, 2013

I just finished my pipes today. They are drying right now with paint.

I took 2 sets of factory 7.3 pipes and made mine. I didn't reroute anything other than some persuading on the power steering line. I'm hoping to get them installed tomorrow or so and I'll try and get you some pics.

Stroker#66 · Jan 22, 2013

What's your email and I can email you some

birdco85 · Jan 22, 2013

[email protected]

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birdco85 · Jan 24, 2013

Bump. Thanks for the pics that have been sent to me already

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Stroker#66 · Jan 24, 2013

Did you get mine?

birdco85 · Jan 24, 2013

Yes I did thank you. I still am wondering about what i want to do. I stood and looked at my truck yesterday for probablyan hour. I'll get to it. Haha

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jwlandry · Jan 24, 2013

Here's mine.

Passenger side at intercooler

Don't mind the mismatched boot. I can't find the one I ordered.

This was a factory dent in the stock pipe. When I built them I made sure this was by the ac compressor so it would clear.

Bottom driver side

I took 2 factory 7.3 sets and made 1 OBS set. I had a factory passenger side pipe left untouched when I finished.

birdco85 · Jan 24, 2013

Those look good. Thanks. Definitely answers some questions about how short the pipes need to be where they connect to the intercooler. I bought the riff raff boot set so i probably need to cut the boot down a little at the intercooler cuz they are way longer then yours. Thanks again!

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jwlandry · Jan 25, 2013

I was going to use factory boot but they was way to long. I ordered all mine from silicone intakes .com

nossliw · Jan 28, 2013

birdco85 · Jan 28, 2013

What brand is your pipe kit? The turbo outlet looks custom

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jwlandry · Jan 28, 2013

Why the map sensor in the pipe?

JCart · Jan 29, 2013

Choupique108 said:
Why the map sensor in the pipe?

Quicker throttle response and "generally" an increase in fuel economy.

jrc

jwlandry · Jan 29, 2013

JCart said:
Quicker throttle response and "generally" an increase in fuel economy.

jrc

So I'd benefit from moving it from the intake plentum where it is now?

birdco85 · Jan 30, 2013

So finally got to start, been pretty busy, got both sides tacked up. I've seen a lot of peoples pipes that they just use a piece of straight out of the spyder. I don't know how they use that because on mine it would have been a pretty severe dent to clear the AC compressor. Anywho, here's a couple of pics because we all like pics

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JCart · Jan 30, 2013

Choupique108 said:
So I'd benefit from moving it from the intake plentum where it is now?

Yes....

I think the idea of having the MAP signal created pre intercooler (and therefore just after the turbo), is to pick up boost before it crossed the IC (as you lose a couple of PSI and lag too, as charge crosses the cooler). My rudimentary understanding of the MAP function is it sends a signal to the PCM to aid in determining injector fueling and not sure what else (please correct me here if I'm off base here guys). So the sooner the PCM "sees" pressure signals it can adapt faster and more accurately (relatively post IC) On my truck it made a SOP difference in throttle response, spool time and better fuel mileage.

jrc

birdco85 · Jan 31, 2013

Well i finished. I never realized how hard it was to weld thin metal. Burned through a couple times but got it done. Here they are unpainted and i haven't taken the grinder to them yet with.

And an intercooler makes a huge difference. With my hybrids and no intercooler i could peg my egt gauge in no time. Now floored it hits about 1450 after a little while and doesn't go higher. And I only stayed there for about 10 seconds then slowed down.

Thanks for all your help.

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