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Seems like a long and round-about way to run the hot side IC piping. Why did u guys decide to run it like that as oppose to re-clocking the compressor housing and making the piping shorter? Could have eliminated about 2 ft. of piping.
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Yup I was thinking the same way. Kind of an unconventional way to route the hot side pipe. A straighter pipe would have been better IMHO. I also think the way they tapped the top of the oil filler cap seems kind of odd. Are you going to have to remove that fitting every time you change out the oil?
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Yup I was thinking the same way. Kind of an unconventional way to route the hot side pipe. A straighter pipe would have been better IMHO. I also think the way they tapped the top of the oil filler cap seems kind of odd. Are you going to have to remove that fitting every time you change out the oil?
Yup I was thinking the same way. Kind of an unconventional way to route the hot side pipe. A straighter pipe would have been better IMHO. I also think the way they tapped the top of the oil filler cap seems kind of odd. Are you going to have to remove that fitting every time you change out the oil?
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Yup I was thinking the same way. Kind of an unconventional way to route the hot side pipe. A straighter pipe would have been better IMHO. I also think the way they tapped the top of the oil filler cap seems kind of odd. Are you going to have to remove that fitting every time you change out the oil?
Yup I was thinking the same way. Kind of an unconventional way to route the hot side pipe. A straighter pipe would have been better IMHO. I also think the way they tapped the top of the oil filler cap seems kind of odd. Are you going to have to remove that fitting every time you change out the oil?
Since we're talking about straightening pipes, can someone explain to me why all three examples in this thread (OP, red bay, and blue bay) have the curve in the cold side piping? Seems like there is nothing in the way between the pipe coming up from in front of the radiator and the TB elbow, so why not straighten it?
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Since we're talking about straightening pipes, can someone explain to me why all three examples in this thread (OP, red bay, and blue bay) have the curve in the cold side piping? Seems like there is nothing in the way between the pipe coming up from in front of the radiator and the TB elbow, so why not straighten it?
That being said you can do it however you like, It's comparing apples to oranges to argue perforance gains out of straight charge pipes as opposed to bent pipes. Just a matter of preference in my opinion. There is no right or wrong way. I assume he just asked the shop to install the parts as they saw fit.
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Well in my car as you can see my dilemma. Pipe route A (light Green pipe) would mean I have to move and remount my OMP reservoir as marked by red X. Pipe Route B(Dark Green) would leave me no room for my intake on my turbo as shown orange X. So the simplest solution would be to go around it. The Cold side is bent the way it is because they had tried to conserve space for the battery so I didnt have to get the battery relocated,. but after the install there wasnt enough room, so it went to the trunk anyway.
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