The IC piping fit just fine in my car, with the Airpump. However, it would not fit inder my strut brace, so I had to remove that.

The xspower straight pipe from turbo outlet to ic inlet will fit with both the airpump and r1 strut brace, but it is really tight and the couplings are stressed in weird ways. I'm giving up on it and actually bought the greddy s-pipe randomly off e-bay, I'm glad to see it will fit!

why not take cblake3 idea of using the hard S-PIPE and convert it the iC into a "PFS STYLE" one


1) Spend $96 on a brand new intercooler with both the pipes
2) Ditch the long straight pipe with the BOV flang that connects to the Y pipe (since you wont be needing it)
3) Source out a S pipe (might have to modify it to fit properly)
4) Tig Weld the S pipe and the "Small Awkward Weird Bend Pipe that comes with the kit" onto the intercooler. (please mark the pipes onto the intercooler with a sharpie
marker before welding it on, that way you can keep it flush and without problems of closing the hood)
5) Relocate the small bracket for the AST from the core to the S pipe and Tig Weld it.
6) Source out 1 additional brackets to install at the bottom of the core to help secure it onto the engine bay and keep it up.
7) only 2 couplers will be needed since were going to keep the stock elbow and plastic or aluminum crossover. (less chances of boost leak and/or a coupler popping off when pulling hard)

connect and secure onto the engine bay, and it should look something like this.

for some extra piece of mind add some thermal protective film onto the intercooler to keep those temps down :nod: link available for your viewing

Thermal Protection, Inc. Heat Reflective Films & Heat Shields
Thermal Protection, Inc. Heat Reflective Films & Heat Shields
Thermal Protection, Inc. Heat Reflective Films & Heat Shields


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