Intercooler piping setup..

[BOOMAU]

Just wondering which way everyone has their piping setup.

I am getting a fmic soon and there seems to be a few different way in which I can set up the piping. Is it better to have a shorter distance (ie, straight up over the radiator from the intercooler, up in front of the engine, thus I would think making the air hot again but being a shorter route.)

or

To have the piping run back behind the intercooler (running back behind or underneath the intercooler making the piping longer in route but keeping the air cool?)

Does longer piping create lag or any issues along those lines? As I would think that having the piping run along behind the intercooler retains the whole purpose to keep the air cool, but if this creates lag it really defeats the purpose of a fmic I would have thought.

Other hand having the piping a shorter distance creates less lag but heats the air back up again, thus defeating the purpose of a fmic in that respect.

I have tried to search for this thread but came up unsuccessful so I am sorry if this has been covered. If this has, please don't flame me, just a simple thread link if it has.

Cheers.

[krzysiu]

i have my piping coming up, around the radiator and around the engine. I think the lag is caused by the ammount of time it takes the piping/intercooler to reach a certain pressure, thus theoratically using less piping creates less lag. I dont think anybody here has seen a great deal of difference between the two set-ups, so dont be too worried about it.