is aluminum the most recommended piping material or is aluminized steel a better choice? wast sure if aluminum can handle the heat that much or not.

 

your not sure if aluminum can handle heat? Your engine block is aluminum.

Plus what temperatures do you think IC pipes are going to be exposed to?

 

Aluminum is a better choice for material due to:

1. Higher thermal conducitivity, thus dissapating more heat under boost, ie lower intake air temps giving increased air density.

2. Aluminum has a natural luster, can polish very nicely and doesnt rust. Aluminized over time looks like crap unless you paint the surface. I did my IC piping out of aluminized since it was all I had laying around the shop this summer. I am redoing the piping in aluminum this winter.

Welding thin gauge aluminum piping is tricky, more so than steel. You'll have to find someone that is comfortable welding aluminum (assuming you cant weld yourself), which costs more than steel would.

 

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1. Higher thermal conducitivity, thus dissapating more heat under boost, ie lower intake air temps giving increased air density.

2. Aluminum has a natural luster, can polish very nicely and doesnt rust. Aluminized over time looks like crap unless you paint the surface. I did my IC piping out of aluminized since it was all I had laying around the shop this summer. I am redoing the piping in aluminum this winter.

Welding thin gauge aluminum piping is tricky, more so than steel. You'll have to find someone that is comfortable welding aluminum (assuming you cant weld yourself), which costs more than steel would. </TD></TR></TABLE>


100 % agree

 

Agreed. Aluminum in the way to go. Greddy puts aluminum piping in all of their kits...so it must be good.

 

Besides Kteller's site...anyone know where to get aluminum bends and straight pipes?

 

I think JC Whitney or Summit sells them. Let us know what car it is for and we can help you out with what to get!

 

Its a 91 integra....

http://www.onlinemetals.com/me...id=71

this site seems pretty reasonable with price, and its T6 6061 aluminum...

I bought 2 180's 2.5" OD, 1 90 2.5" OD, 1 180 2" OD, 1 90 2" OD from Kteller, I thought that would be enough but didnt realize his bends dont begin as long as the steel piping that JC Whitney sells that the one kid uses in his tutorial on how/where to cut to make bends.

So I think i might need a few feet of straight piping...maybe one or two more bends for mistakes as well.

 

thanks for setting me straight

 

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