Inlet Pipe

[bobba]

Hey,

I want to change the silly looking rubber inlet pipe, that goes from the AFM to the turbo. I have the stock air box in (cut out underneath), and want to keep it.

Are there metal replacements? Better rubber ones?

If it was metal I should be able to get some good cooler spool, yeah?

I have ebayed and googled but can't find anything - except those blue silicone ones - any opinions on them anyone?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Bobby.

[scotty nm35]

I haven't seen any around but they could be custom made cheap enough. Do you have the standard turbo?

[geraus]

yeh i've been trying to find one but i cant seem to find any... at the moment im using a metal intake pipe from autobhan88 or something.. there ok for highboost im currently on 17psi so yeh its not bad, but im sure you can get one customised

[Crans]

Custom made should cost around $250

[gfunkk]

the thing is you can get them custom made for about $100-$150 so no companies really bother making them, just take it to your local garage and say you want a custom one made

Custom made should cost around $250

bahahahaha

[scotty nm35]

Custom made should cost around $250

I agree. By the time you cost the alloy/stainless, silicone joiners, clamps, return pipe fitting and heat wrap, there wouldnt be much change left and thats not including the 2 to 3 hours spent on it, I know because I have been making custom inductions on the side for a while now.

You could just go to autobarn and make it up from their range if you want a bit cheaper, unless you can get mates rates from a fabricator like gfunkk.

[PROXIMITY]

Their is some hard silicone ones direct fit but are around $100 or more.

I used a 3" pipe slightly less than 90' bend and cut to length,then just one silicone adaptor on turbo and cut the end of factory inlet for the pipe/afm end.

Cost about $50 for pipe and adaptor, sounds sweet.

[Crans]

the thing is you can get them custom made for about $100-$150 so no companies really bother making them, just take it to your local garage and say you want a custom one made

bahahahaha

Hospital grade stainless not the crap shops normally use. this included clamps and new silicon joiners

[boostn0199]

If you want to make one and cant weld than its a combination of a 90 degree bend from the turbo then another 45 degree bend on the endof that and you can silicon joiner them together in the middle but yeah looking at around 100buxforall the parts

[l_uk3y]

As a guide. I just had a 3" piece of stainless made up with fittings welded on for BOV return and Breather line. Also had the pipe between turbo outlet and intercooler inlet remade out of 2.5" stainless.

I paid $140 (inc parts and labor) for both stainless sections.

So for the sake of it the rubber intake part would have cost roughly $50-60 to make out of a straight piece of stainless. I connected this up using 2 Silicon elbows (AFM side and Turbo side) they were about $60-70 ish each.

So to recreate this section in 3" / 75mm (this size suits my new turbo). Total cost about $200 keeping in mind I'll be installing it myself.

You will still need to add the price of reconnecting the BOV return and Breather lines, however price will vary exponentially from cheap hose to Braided line with suitable fittings so I wont mention this bit

Hope that helps.

Luke

[lachlanw]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Motors/C...n-274892255.htm

[Get EPIC]

don't perfomance-wise sell them?

[89CAL]

don't perfomance-wise sell them?

They sell the Autobahn88 Intake Pipe (Steel?) someone mentioned it before

[Get EPIC]

They sell the Autobahn88 Intake Pipe (Steel?) someone mentioned it before

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