Mild steel and press bends for cooler pipes

[roz85]

Now i know it may not be the best mix - mild steel and press bends, but can it still flow effectively? Im looking at installing a new turbo and i have a tight budget. Now, press bends may not flow as well as mandrel ones, but for the time being to get my car on the road, will the press bends be fairly efective and still flow pretty well?

The car is a 2L piazza, and im using a vg30 turbo with the stock cooler. Any suggestion to piping sizes etc?

btw, i will upgrade to a better quality steel and use mandrel bends when i can afford it, but it may be a while:)

Cheers

Anthony

[Clint32]

What size are the outlet of the cooler? there is no point using a pipe size larger than this.

There is no problem with using mild steel for cooler pips if you do the job properly, clean, prep etc. Mandrel bends are not very expensive, about $12 for a 2.5'' from the right place. Just make sure you go to the place that bends them, not a exhaust shop that buys them pre bent, then you can usually get a good deal for cash$$$.

[roz85]

clint: i cant do the work myself as i dont have the tools, thats why im thinking press bends. If i had the tools id do it for sure, so i thought it would be wise to take it to the exhaust shop and just get them to make the pipes there.

What sorta price would i expect to pay for 2 small pipes (mild steel/press bent)-- (turbo to air filter, and turbo to cooler). they are no longer than 30cm each

[rev210]

Quite a number of exhaust shops will do mandrel bends for you ,ask around.

Press bends will work, just not as well. But if it's just a quick fix then go for it!

My mates have run pvc plumbing pipe as intercooler pipe and it works too! Well upto a certain psi it does

[roz85]

so it will work effectively for the time being, but as u said not as effective as mandrels

Cheers

[93RPS13]

you can rent a hydralic pipe bender