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gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:03 AM

Pic of my engine bay!
 
Not clean or anything. I'm just bored and have no recent pics of my bay on the net. So here it is.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...7/IMG_0043.jpg

RotaryX 12-13-05 12:05 AM

What size is you intercooler? do you have pics.

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:07 AM

29 inches long 2.5 thick, and 7.5 inches tall, its an old single row TRUST core.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...wwheels018.jpg

bacek 12-13-05 12:26 AM

damn i need to clean my engine bay...


oh yeah NICE

DragonRx7 12-13-05 12:32 AM

Is that flex exhaust tubing?

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:34 AM


Originally Posted by DragonRx7
Is that flex exhaust tubing?

.......maybe.....

Wankel7 12-13-05 12:36 AM

I think it is heat wrap?

Dude, I am digging your catch can:)

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:38 AM

I should rename the thread, how to rig your shit!

DragonRx7 12-13-05 12:41 AM

I take that as a yes....maybe I can get away with that for my front mount until I get some real pipes.

SonicRaT 12-13-05 12:44 AM

Do I see PVC?

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:45 AM


Originally Posted by SonicRaT
Do I see PVC?

Nope....



... lots of ABS though :D

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 12:46 AM


Originally Posted by DragonRx7
I take that as a yes....maybe I can get away with that for my front mount until I get some real pipes.


Thats what I'm doing. Me and bcool have a hefty suspision that it doesn't hold pressure like it should, or more like I want it to. So we're gonna fix that sometime sooner or later.

evileagle 12-13-05 12:18 PM

ABS, with the exception of being tacky, actually has a really high tolerance for volitile locations. It's chemically resistant, has a burst pressure of ~260psi, and when cemented together correctly is air and water-tight.


Who knows, maybe it isn't such a bad idea after all?

SonicRaT 12-13-05 12:31 PM

ABS is a lot better choice than PVC at least. The only real downside is the requirement of putting fixed angle bends on it and using straight piping after the angle, where as metal piping can have S curves, U's, all kinds of funky shapes to conform to what you're working with.

Parastie 12-13-05 01:59 PM

What is that bolted to your firewall?

SonicRaT 12-13-05 02:03 PM

looks like a strange catchcan to me

Parastie 12-13-05 02:04 PM


Originally Posted by SonicRaT
looks like a strange catchcan to me

That's one hell of an angle for a catch can, don't you think?
Also, it has a y-split on the clear tubing.

SonicRaT 12-13-05 02:07 PM

Probably has both nipples (the one that used to be for the PCV and the other) Y'd into it?

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 04:34 PM

It's not a catchcan, it's a crankcase filter that goes back before the turbo.

SonicRaT 12-13-05 04:44 PM

Close enough! :)

Dom_C 12-13-05 04:48 PM

does the exhaust flex pipe hold pressure well? that's not too bad of an idea. .lol who woulda thunk it

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 04:53 PM

I'm really not sure, I boost to 10psi all day though :) I can only suggest it as a "band-aid"

DriftingB26RX7 12-13-05 04:57 PM

haha heres mine
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y45...h/NoMotor1.jpg

Parastie 12-13-05 04:58 PM


Originally Posted by gxlspeeder
It's not a catchcan, it's a crankcase filter that goes back before the turbo.

Okay...(n00b moment) what does that do?

gxlspeeder 12-13-05 05:00 PM

Same thing as the stock PCV system. Except I got rid of the vac rack so that wouldn't work out too well. It impoves driveability. And also puts the oil pan under vacuum so it is less prone to leaking.


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