any input would help..

thanks

bee

 

Looks but when you upgrade your IC most ic pipes will not work with the stock elbow...

 

ahh ic

 

The plastic one is crappy looking once you start polishing everything else anyway. But like stated above...once you get rid of the IC and upgrade, its hard to find one that will fit with the elbow.

 

You can also get the elbow with a BOV flange or 2 injector holes in them.

 

technically at super duper high boost the plastic might crack. if everything else was metal and you had good couplers.

 

I doubt it. The gaskets and couplings are the weakest links.

 

thanks guys for the great info... I did a search before, but found nothing on this topic.

 

sounds like just bling bling

 

flows better...

 

the answer the first responce...allows you to upgrade the intercooler,

 

Any flow tests done using the stock elbow verses the Greddy?

 

i have an upgraded ic with stock elbow
blitz smic

 

Same

 

Same as me but I had the greddy pipes and just cut the one that goes to the greddy elbow. Now it looks blingalicious.

R.K.

 

yea i agree, i was just thinking possible with age if everything else was new and in good shape. but really i was just throwing it out there.

 

yeah the stock plastic elbow would never crack in a million years
I dont think you could even break it if you wanted to

The plastic crossover tube could seperate though under high boost...

The greddy elbow is a very poorly cast peice. The inside is very rough and the metal they use doesn't polish to a high shine. There's even a few spots on the outside of it that are left unpolished.

 

^what do you recommend?

 

Using a better polishing compound

But really the elbow is just a rough piece. It can use some TLC once you get it. And as far as the parts not polished, i think he was referring to the name embossed on the elbow. They don't get inbetween the letters or around it very well either. But if you spend the time or $$ it can be done.

 

it also lets you get rid of the AWS without having to plug up the pipe, much cleaner looking

 

Just to throw it out there, wouldn't the greddy elbow flow a tiny bit better since it's a 90 deg angle vs the stock elbow's 90+ deg? I've seen some elbows in RE Enthusiast mags that have custom elbows with even less than that (pointed towards shock tower).

Also, the stock elbow goes from small to large (towards the tb). Wouldn't that slow down velocity, even more so after the air is cooled off & loses some already?

 

Well, you are doing that anyway as the entire IC piping is not the same diameter all the way to the throttle body no matter what elbow you use.

 

Unless you're running major boost, the difference a minor change in elbow angle from stock makes will be minimal. You will probably lose more from the turbulence created by the couplings.

Yes, it slows down airflow, but it's already been slowed quite a bit by the IC, and needs to be enlarged anyway due to the multiple throttle valves in the TB.

 

God damn Kai, those are some of the biggest knockers I've ever seen!

 

/\ 2nd that!!!