Best Intercooler Pipe Setup

[seriesII]

hey hey.. ive done some searching but came up with nothing, cant win them all..

i was wondering what is the best intercooler setup on a rb25..

the intercooler setup were you crap extra piping and cross over the engine to the passanger side, or is it just as good mounting it to the stock pipes on the side..

i would think that the air would flow quicker this way?... I'm mainly confused as i seen this posted the other day..

(and bear in mind that 14psi @ the manifold is close to 17psi @ the compressor if you're still using the stock SMIC)

would this be the same issue if running a side flowing setup?.. or is it best to do a cross over the engine setup?

thanx , its held me back getting a cooler for a while..

[GTScotT]

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[geraus]

Hey bro, when i first brought a skyline, i thought the same thing........ & i choose the re-turn flow option(CLEAN NEAT ENGINE BAY) (STEALTHY), i had a blitz one which was good and i heard people doing 300kws in them, i did 233 in mine and it runs good, no boost leaks nothing.. heres a picture if you wana see

the one on now is a Just jap one.. some cheap chinese shit still works good!

i would prefer the blitz one but

[R31Nismoid]

Why you would run 14psi on the factory turbo/cooler is beyond my anyway.

There is no secret it does not flow well and poses a restriction. So if someone is running silly amounts through their own and having issues - those issues are theirs.

Running 10-11psi through the factory turbo is not just to stop it destroying itself

It is just the core that is shit.

The piping has impact yes, but it's marginal in the grand scheme of this topic as the SMIC CORE is the restriction if you decide to try and run 14psi+ - which will kill your stock turbo anyway so why do it?

[seriesII]

Why you would run 14psi on the factory turbo/cooler is beyond my anyway.

There is no secret it does not flow well and poses a restriction. So if someone is running silly amounts through their own and having issues - those issues are theirs.

Running 10-11psi through the factory turbo is not just to stop it destroying itself

It is just the core that is shit.

The piping has impact yes, but it's marginal in the grand scheme of this topic as the SMIC CORE is the restriction if you decide to try and run 14psi+ - which will kill your stock turbo anyway so why do it?

i undestand what you mean... but, no im not doing that at all.... and i didnt say anthing about a stock turbo... i was just wanting to know which is a beta piping setup..

im useing what was said as a EG...14psi @ the manifold is close to 17psi @ the compressor

so say, 10psi @ the manifold is close to 13psi @ the compressor ??..... this is what i was wanting to know... nothing about stock turbo's.. everyone knows they will blow at 14psi...

ok.. will changing to cross over piping over the engine for a intercooler. would this have the same effect at the manifold?.. will longer piping work?, or will it be the same as the side flowing intercooler setup.

[seriesII]

Hey bro, when i first brought a skyline, i thought the same thing........ & i choose the re-turn flow option(CLEAN NEAT ENGINE BAY) (STEALTHY), i had a blitz one which was good and i heard people doing 300kws in them, i did 233 in mine and it runs good, no boost leaks nothing.. heres a picture if you wana see

the one on now is a Just jap one.. some cheap chinese shit still works good!

i would prefer the blitz one but

nice. thanx for the help.. it does look good to me.. what happend to your blitz intercooler... i was thinging of getting something from justjap, its around 499, do you think its worth paying that 100 or 200 more for a blitz.. hows that justjap one going?.. thanx again

[seriesII]

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nice. thanx

[R31Nismoid]

i undestand what you mean... but, no im not doing that at all.... and i didnt say anthing about a stock turbo... i was just wanting to know which is a beta piping setup..

im useing what was said as a EG...14psi @ the manifold is close to 17psi @ the compressor

so say, 10psi @ the manifold is close to 13psi @ the compressor ??..... this is what i was wanting to know... nothing about stock turbo's.. everyone knows they will blow at 14psi...

ok.. will changing to cross over piping over the engine for a intercooler. would this have the same effect at the manifold?.. will longer piping work?, or will it be the same as the side flowing intercooler setup.

That is with the factory FMIC.

Soon as you upgrade to a decent FMIC, you'd be lucky to see 1.5psi drop across the core depending on all the variables (what turbo, cooler core etc etC)

How the piping is setup, is as i said, largely irrelevant.

Wether is goes back through the factory way, or over the cam cover makes little difference.

[seriesII]

That is with the factory FMIC.

Soon as you upgrade to a decent FMIC, you'd be lucky to see 1.5psi drop across the core depending on all the variables (what turbo, cooler core etc etC)

How the piping is setup, is as i said, largely irrelevant.

Wether is goes back through the factory way, or over the cam cover makes little difference.

hey thanx.. i read up on alot of the piping styles.. doesent seen to make to much of difference as long as you dont have sharp bends i guess..

so getting a front mount really does help alot, and gettig one, a decent one, will help drop the lost psi?... thanx again.. im only asking because my front mount got wrecked/front bar, and i poped back a r34 stock smic, car runs different, like it needs air when the turbo studders, wasent doing it before.. so was thinking of poping back a front mount, but wanted to see if its really going to help things.. thanx

[geraus]

Nop i would prefer the blitz, My blitz one broke from drifting LOL , the bottom pipe broke , The justjap one which is the one i have now i've used it on the track which is okie, but the problem is that the core really crap, mine split open from heat banging on the body of my engine, my honest suggestion is to go for a blitz core.

[Yeedogga]

+1

I have the JustJap item, wish the Blitz CS ones were available when I bought it.

Fitment requires a bit of fiddling, but once it is on its a neat unit. Still, for the money, I'd get the Blitz one

[seriesII]

hey, thanx for the tip about the piping and what intercooler... that big faq was handy.. and good to know its beta 4 me to save a little more for the blitz.. lol at drifting and the piping, it does go low . thanx again