intercooler pipping

[bustanut]

I dont know if this topic has been talked about much but ive talked to a friend of mine that is pretty smart about turbos but mainly just civics so i wanted to get ur advice. He is saying that a good upgrade and maybe more performance than a larger tmic is to just start with upgraded pipping to and from the intercooler (not sure what he said, think aluminum/metal) and this will have an increase on the flow over the stock plastic fitting. I know hes a smart guy and can prove that this has been a great increase on other cars but like i said hes a honda guy. Is the stock pipping on the ms3 flowing as good as it can? is there improvement that can be had there?

Also my other friend has a wrx and one mod that is common is the pipe between the cai and the engine which i havent looked at our car yet and not sure if thats even an option for our car but i know the wrx has an attachment from where the cai ends and connects to the engine

 

[zoom-zoomhatch]

It's hardpipes he's talking about, su makes some stronger polysomthing hoses but I've heard that they're really short and don't give that much so it's not a real big improvement. Not sure about the use of metal though, it would probly get really hot and not be efficient I would think.

 

[bustanut]

i see that the pipping stock is ribbed on the outside but im sure its smooth with equal diameter the whole way through on the inside right?

 

[SharkDiver]

Im sure aluminum would be better then plastic or rubber.The aluminum should stay much cooler and not hold in all that heat.Im not sure what our car has.

Shark

 

[tsunami]

with a top mount intercooler your piping runs are so short that at factory pressure i doubt you would see much of an increase with new tubing.

 

[voiceKoil]

with a top mount intercooler your piping runs are so short that at factory pressure i doubt you would see much of an increase with new tubing.

I agree, you cant do anything with the front as far as new piping, and the back peice is only about 6inchs long. Samco has an upgrade but I think it would just be for looks. The only thing I could see doing is taking off front pipe that bolts onto the intercooler and seeing if theres any extra metal in the pipes opening way then port that out.