Intercooler Pipe Questions before buying
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Intercooler Pipe Questions before buying
Well, I'm looking at intercooler pipes (upper and lower) and I wanted to know if there is anything I need to be aware of before purchasing. Do they normally come with all the vaccum hose nipples? If not do people usually add them to the new pipes or just creat new bypasses?
I'm looking at the Injen or the AMS pipes. The Injen is a lot cheaper and if does the job why pay more. Also the Injen does not require the smaller battery and I can't seem to find a matching Intake pipe for the AMS unit. Any thoughts or experience with this?
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I'm looking at the Injen or the AMS pipes. The Injen is a lot cheaper and if does the job why pay more. Also the Injen does not require the smaller battery and I can't seem to find a matching Intake pipe for the AMS unit. Any thoughts or experience with this?
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Well, I'm looking at intercooler pipes (upper and lower) and I wanted to know if there is anything I need to be aware of before purchasing. Do they normally come with all the vaccum hose nipples? If not do people usually add them to the new pipes or just creat new bypasses?
I'm looking at the Injen or the AMS pipes. The Injen is a lot cheaper and if does the job why pay more. Also the Injen does not require the smaller battery and I can't seem to find a matching Intake pipe for the AMS unit. Any thoughts or experience with this?
Thanks!
I'm looking at the Injen or the AMS pipes. The Injen is a lot cheaper and if does the job why pay more. Also the Injen does not require the smaller battery and I can't seem to find a matching Intake pipe for the AMS unit. Any thoughts or experience with this?
Thanks!
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Stay away from the Injen pipes, much nicer are available (Nisei, ETS, AMS, etc.). If you want to retain your stock battery then check out the ETS long-route UICP. I personally favor aluminum since its so much ligher and doesn't retain heat, but you do need to be careful not to over-torque t-bolt clamps.
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Stay away from the Injen pipes, much nicer are available (Nisei, ETS, AMS, etc.). If you want to retain your stock battery then check out the ETS long-route UICP. I personally favor aluminum since its so much ligher and doesn't retain heat, but you do need to be careful not to over-torque t-bolt clamps.
give him some proof... just because they cost less doesnt mean they're less efficient...
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Stainless steel all the way. T-Bolt clamps WILL crush aluminum piping if they are a thin enough gauge. The weight difference is meniscule. I've heard aluminum dissipates heat better but you gotta think the iat's aren't going to be any hotter than the engine bay heat so the temp's inside and outside of the pipe aren't allowing for much heat transfer.
There's not much gain going to hard pipes on the uicp. Where you'll see the gain is the shorter route, which really only improves spoolup 100 rpms or so. Believe it or not, there ARE gains by straightening the bend from the throttle body further out towards the battery. The kits that require the small battery or no battery are helping you out on power.
There's not much gain going to hard pipes on the uicp. Where you'll see the gain is the shorter route, which really only improves spoolup 100 rpms or so. Believe it or not, there ARE gains by straightening the bend from the throttle body further out towards the battery. The kits that require the small battery or no battery are helping you out on power.
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Stay away from the Injen pipes, much nicer are available (Nisei, ETS, AMS, etc.). If you want to retain your stock battery then check out the ETS long-route UICP. I personally favor aluminum since its so much ligher and doesn't retain heat, but you do need to be careful not to over-torque t-bolt clamps.
All those kits above require a small battery...some of us live where it gets 0 degrees and I tell you right now almost all those small batteries will not start an evo after it's been sitting a week.
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7whp? would you please show that dyno sheet, before and after.
Not trying to hate on ETS, i love ETS sick company, i just wanna see if i should get thr pipe xP
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I don't have an injen pipe in stock, but here you can see the difference.
You will see the injen lower pipe to the left of the pic.
Here is the ETS lower pipe vs stock as well.
as you can see from the pics, the ETS is 2.5" from start to finish. The Injen reduces down to 1.8" around a 90 degree bend. This is very restrictive.
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