Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Anyone have any tips or advice on keeping the intercooler piping cooler, perferbly turbo side. If i start the car from cold and drive minimum 30mph without stopping and open up the turbos it feels very very fast compare to normal. If i stop for a minute and go again the temprature under the bonnet heats up the intake piping so much that i loose so much power! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Do you have an airbox or induction kit ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Its a induction with fmic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 How do you know you lose power? As for induction kit, well, you know whats coming next lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 You could wrap the pipework with heat reflective tape. Get an o/e airbox on there as well, as you must know induction kits just suck in hot engine bay air rather than cooler air from outside the bay, o/e airbox is best Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 O/e box you mean oem air filter box? And i can feel the power lose is very noticable. It feels like 50 bhp run away!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Forgot too say its soo hot that half my intercooler is very warm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 This is the o/e airbox, you'll also need the top and bottom airfeeds that fit into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 So i guess i need to modify a stock air box and some heat reflective material for the intercooler piping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Why do you need to modify it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest George89 Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 I cant remember what the stock one looks like. So i dont need too modify it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dnk Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 (edited) It depends on your intercooler piping, do you have a front mount or the o/e smic ? The pic i posted is my uk airbox with my own hard pipe kit, i have an FMIC and its a squeeze but it all fits with no mods to the airbox. Heres a pic with the top of the airbox removed showing the top feed to the right Edited August 18, 2011 by Dnk (see edit history) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 18, 2011 Share Posted August 18, 2011 Heat pick up in a fast moving column of air from the internal walls of IC tubing is negligible, it's moving too fast and in a huge volume. David will diagree, or even murder me, but in my opinion it's a waste of time. If you feel the pipes when it's on boost they will be at virtually intake air temperature. You won't see any IC pipe lagging on Le Mans turbo charged sports prototypes, and it's not because they are short of money or lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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