3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
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3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
Thought I would share some pictures of another project I'm working on. I've been working on redoing the intercooler piping on the Project car and decided I had enough room to send the hotside right through the core support. The core support was large enough to the diameter piping but it was at a bit of a weird angle. So I mocked up a charge pipe in CAD and sent it to the printer. The Pipe is made out of ABS plastic and I added a recessed lip to keep the charge pipes on.
I wanted to make sure the charge pipe didn't leak so I printed caps and pressurized the tube and let it sit at 30psi.
Once I was satisfied with the results I through it on the dyno and spun it up. We laid down 300 at the wheels with no problems. What's interesting is that between each run I would grab the charge pipes and consistently the hotside was colder. Now I would imagine this has alot to do with being on the Dyno but it was funny to watch the tuners reaction.
Hope you guys like
I wanted to make sure the charge pipe didn't leak so I printed caps and pressurized the tube and let it sit at 30psi.
Once I was satisfied with the results I through it on the dyno and spun it up. We laid down 300 at the wheels with no problems. What's interesting is that between each run I would grab the charge pipes and consistently the hotside was colder. Now I would imagine this has alot to do with being on the Dyno but it was funny to watch the tuners reaction.
Hope you guys like
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Honda-Tech Member
Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
Cool but very unlikely that will hold up long term. ABS has glass transition of 105 degrees C and most 3D printers extrude it at ~190 degrees C.
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Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
Yeah I imagine I might have some problems down the road. But I'm not to worried about it, it's more of a test on theory at this point. If I start having issues I can always step up the material to a taulman 910 or something of that nature. Worst case scenario if I start to fail nylon I can send it out to Shape ways or some print manufacture and have them replicated into a carbon or something super strong.
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Honda-Tech Member
Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
I find it hard to imagine that pipe would get to boiling temperature ,especially being totally exposed to the fresh air next to the IC
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Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
To be honest it's hot the heat I'm worried about. If I'm seeing 200 F in my charge or underhood we've got bigger problems. It's more just the integrity of printed ABS. printed parts are tough but automotive applications are torture testing.
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Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
You should 3d print a new backdoor end-tank for your IC instead. The turbo looks to be oriented perfectly for it
Cool project though
Cool project though
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Re: 3D printed Hot side charge pipe.
I probably could send it out and get it printed to metal, but I really like the idea of a composite. Not only is it lighter but it's much less prone to heat soak. But if carbon and other composites can't take the abuse then :I might look into that.
An endtank would be tough. I would have to fashion some kind of mounting system. But that would be cool.
An endtank would be tough. I would have to fashion some kind of mounting system. But that would be cool.
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