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- Mazda Protege Titanium 03.5
I recently recieved a few more mandrel bends for my custom FMIC setup.
At first, the goal was to replace whatever steel crush-bends I previosly had with mandrel aluminum ones, but I ended up changing the design of everything in the process.
I'm currently waiting on a silicone bend to arrive so I can complete the Turbo to IC piping, but other than that, its all been mocked up and should go together without a hitch.
The amount of piping I have rivals perrin's kit lengthwise, and is very direct.
To the point..
I know what bends are needed, the lengths of each, and the details of how to make my setup work. Ive looked around, and found a great intercooler and rest of the supplies for the price I wanted. If there would be enough people interested, I would try to make a few kits like mine or the piping for those already with intercoolers. I want to hear suggestions as to what you would or wouldnt want the kit to have(intercooler, piping, couplings,etc.) and see if there would be a market.
Most importantly of all, I want to make the intercooler kit or piping affordable. My goal is to make it competitive with any other available kit, at price thats several hundred dollars less. If I cant make it affordable, I wont attempt it.
Heres the setup I want to use = 500-600$
*Treadstone intercooler: bar & plate core (6 x 22 x 3.5) overall (6 x 28x 3.5)
*2.5 T6061 Aluminum piping
*3 ply polyester reinforced coupling (from turbo to TB will use approx. 7)
2 on IC, 1 turbo, 1 TB, 3 for piping
The way I have things will defiantly require cutting. The piping runs very similar to perrins, and the cuts are on the same piece of metal of the core support but lower(not in a structural area).
I don't know how well 2.5" piping will work either. I did my setup with 2" piping and had no clearance issues, but I haven't tried 2.5". I wanted to use 2" piping, but its much harder to find a good price on an IC with 2" entanks and piping.
Sorry for the rough paint drawing, but I don't want to post a pic of my car until the turbo to IC pipe has been completed
-Alex
At first, the goal was to replace whatever steel crush-bends I previosly had with mandrel aluminum ones, but I ended up changing the design of everything in the process.
I'm currently waiting on a silicone bend to arrive so I can complete the Turbo to IC piping, but other than that, its all been mocked up and should go together without a hitch.
The amount of piping I have rivals perrin's kit lengthwise, and is very direct.
To the point..
I know what bends are needed, the lengths of each, and the details of how to make my setup work. Ive looked around, and found a great intercooler and rest of the supplies for the price I wanted. If there would be enough people interested, I would try to make a few kits like mine or the piping for those already with intercoolers. I want to hear suggestions as to what you would or wouldnt want the kit to have(intercooler, piping, couplings,etc.) and see if there would be a market.
Most importantly of all, I want to make the intercooler kit or piping affordable. My goal is to make it competitive with any other available kit, at price thats several hundred dollars less. If I cant make it affordable, I wont attempt it.
Heres the setup I want to use = 500-600$
*Treadstone intercooler: bar & plate core (6 x 22 x 3.5) overall (6 x 28x 3.5)
*2.5 T6061 Aluminum piping
*3 ply polyester reinforced coupling (from turbo to TB will use approx. 7)
2 on IC, 1 turbo, 1 TB, 3 for piping
The way I have things will defiantly require cutting. The piping runs very similar to perrins, and the cuts are on the same piece of metal of the core support but lower(not in a structural area).
I don't know how well 2.5" piping will work either. I did my setup with 2" piping and had no clearance issues, but I haven't tried 2.5". I wanted to use 2" piping, but its much harder to find a good price on an IC with 2" entanks and piping.
Sorry for the rough paint drawing, but I don't want to post a pic of my car until the turbo to IC pipe has been completed
-Alex
