Greddy Bend Diameter ???

[shaunwil]

Hi, Just got my intercooler and im going to have to make the pipes for it Ive got a bit of a mish mash of pipes and i think im just going to make some fresh stuff. Does anybody know what size bore the Greddy Bend going into the plenum is on the pipe join end. Looking at ordering one, but want to get the ball rolling on the silicon pipe joiners. Looking at making it 70mm dia pipe. Its got 70mm outlets on both sides and i can get stuff through work for the pipes !

The pipe on the right has just been chucked on, not sure if its the right one !!!



Cheers

Shaun

[t2rew]

can you get the metal bends? id be interested in some. 60mm and 70mm.

[shaunwil]

Im almost positive i can by 180deg bends through work. Main reason for buying it. All i need to then is mock it up and get it welded at work ! But that will take quite a bit of time. Will find out tommorrow. They have straight on the rack already

Shaun

[t2rew]

im in the same position as you. i have all samco hoses but want to make them from inconell or titainium. :rollin :rollin

but steel will be fine. can we do a deal on some pipe then.

[shaunwil]

I\'ll get you some prices tommorrow at work, see what they can do for both of us !

Shaun

[shaunwil]

Looking at making it in aluminium they have stainelss as well, but its alot harder to work with !

Shaun

[t2rew]

ok. even better

[shaunwil]

I think after chatting to a couple of people i\'m going to end up using some straight aluminum pipe and create all my bends with silicone hose !! Ordered a poished Greedy bend from Dragon as well !

Going to take some time to get it all together !!! Slowly getting there though !

May look at taking the pipe to a custom exhast maker and see if they can bend me some of the straight, but that may not be possible.

Cheers

Shaun

[sdminus]

Hello shaun. sounds like the fun has begun.
Scott

[shaunwil]

wow, that is looking so sweet. Im starting to understand why it took you a long time to do !!! Very nice layout in the car. Have to admit im miles away from getting it sorted. Everything is basically ordered, bar the silicon for the intercooler. That will be done v.soon !

Bit scared of taking the front of the car to bits. Looking like it will be at the end of the month before i start. Need car in middle of the month. I\'ve had it jacked up today to have a look at taking the bumper off and taking the intercooler and piping out. Put it back together again when the weather started to turn ! I\'m going to try and not remove the radiator so i don\'t have to drain the system till later, but that may make it alot harder. Got my red coolant hoses too !

Looking at it all in and tuned by rotorstock, maybe with an upgraded radiator and bigger injectors as well, but bank account willing.

Hows yours running, has it made a big difference in intake temps and performance. What size injectors are you running ?

Cheers again

Shaun

[sdminus]

Its lookin ok now. still got bits to do but it drives very well. water temp is now 80deg constant and peaks at about 85 in traffic. because i moved it all about i managed to make some bad ass ducting for the intake and the rad.

Its easy to take apart. are you keeping the air con ?

The intercooler is engine bay mounted on my car. If yours is the same you will have to remove the rad. You might as well remove it and leave it empty for a while.

Still running the stock fuel system. gotta have it mapped asap.

[shaunwil]

Im hopefully keeping the aircon for the min and the airpump ! Its a stock intercooler at the min, just worried about refilling the coolant system. Read that it is a hard process to prevent an air-lock in the system when refilling the coolant in the system. I\'ve ordered a alloy ast from pip as well so that will get fit at the same time.

Just trying to make it run as happy as possible, reduce the intake temps to as low as possible !

Have you still got the stock radiator in ? Nice to see the lower temps as well. What temps do you see on the air intake ??

What kind of BHP are you looking for once its mapped ??

What size injectors will you be putting in next ??

Cheers

Shaun

[sdminus]

If you do it properly its not hard. pm me if i can help you any anyway.
My rad is the stock one. dispite what many will make you believe its a very good unit. If it gets bad in the summer then i will react to it then. i have put in some major ducts in for it tho.
My ECU wont display on a commador so cant coment on charge temps.

As for the injectors im gonna see how it looks on the datalogit and then decide.

Scott

PS got loads of pic if you want any. they may help

[shaunwil]

I think the stock stuff isn\'t all that bad. I just seem to struggle getting the air temp down once it has warmed up. I think the intercooler up front should help alot.

The PFC commander is great for looking at whats going on for temps, very nice peice of kit.

I think im just worried over nothing. Just going to wait till the end of the month then get it sorted.

Thanks for all the photos and i\'l try and log all the stuff i do for a howto !

Cheers

Shaun

[sdminus]

Sounds all good stuff mate.
I have a NX ntercooler kit to go on just incase the charge temp  rockets.

mine just took too long coz i moved loads of stuff and had to do loads of extra work but it seems to have paid off.
Scott