Intercooler piping..... Where should it go...

[Sil8ty]

Just re-routing my intercooler pipework.

Using a large front mount, previous Japanese owner utilised std pipes on passenger side to conect to engine..

What i want to know is where the pipe, when coming up on the drivers side comes up through... up under radiator support panel?

I was thinking of removing the windscreen washer bottle and bring the pipe up through there??

Can any one shed any light on this for me.....

[meggala]

have alook at my page here you will get some idea's

meggala

more pics here

http://www.meggala.com/install1.html

[Sil8ty]

Meggala, how yours is done know is what mine is like at the moment..

Do you think there is any advantage in going with a pipe coming up the drivers sid and along the front of the enine into the t/body that way??

[franks]

there are a few threads on intercooler piping, heres one.

http://forums.skylinesaustralia.com/showth...=&threadid=7065

ideally, the best piping is the shortest piping with the least amount of bends. its also the most costly. achievable only through creating a hole in the engine bay and getting a different inlet plenum. like this:

if you look at my HKS kit (in the above url link), the return pipe goes under the core and back through the oem pipes. i originally thought this was a bad idea because of the length of piping, however, if you were to compare pipe lengths with a kit that brought the return pipe through the engine bay I dont think there'd be that much difference...

thinking about it further, the return pipe is exposed to under bonnet temperatures and runs over the engine bay heating up the pipe - which sort of defeats the purpose?

the other pitfall i can see is that you have to create a hole in your engine bay like this:

those are the conventional piping routes i know of....

[lowlux]

what about the space behind the headlight? in my r31 coupe thats where im going as i dont have to cut a hole then,but i dont know how much u r32 and r33 guys have there

[dojobi]

Every time I look at Merli's engine bay, it makes me want to spend more money on mods. Please stop posting pictures of it