would reguualr pvc plastic white piping be sufficent to hold 5 psi tops?

 

Probably... but i dont know how long it would last. And seems sortta shitty if you are going to spend the money to turbo your car do it right.

 

lol did you really post that. or is it that its really really late and my eyes are showing me lies. but to answer you question, maybe yes maybe no. i don't think any1 has ever tried that but u can be the test mule. i know abt being on a budget but damn thats tight

 

i love h-t

 

There is nothing wrong with using PVC. It is fine for thousands of psi and doesn't start to melt till almost 400*. Infact some may argue PVC is great material to use post intercooler assuming your under the hood temps are higher than the temps post intercooler.

 

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sweet, so then use it. nobody is stopping you

 

can i make a cat back out of it too?

i have made som e ghetto intakes out of it, but i would damn sure not use it as i.c. piping. wouldnt it be heavier?

 

Ghetto piping for life!

Try it out and let us know how it works.

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ROFL.

 

Come come PVC is ghetto for charge pipes but thousands of cars a year have plastic ABS intake manifolds and thats perfectly fine? Its just another material in the world to use. Might not be the best, but its not the worst either.

 

A guy around me just turbo'd an Smokey the Bandit Trans Am with my old .57 trim, and he used all Home Depot SCH-40 PVC for his charge pipes.

 

yeah i think theres plenty of guys using pvc on HMT. We all start somewhere though, my first setup consisted of homedepot couplers and ****. haha

 

It's been done. They hold pressure very well. If you're worried about weight, I'd get some ABS instead of PVC.

 

thanks cuz i dont see a sense in having charge pipes custom made for $400+ wen i can do pvc for maybe 50$ myself. paint it black and no1 will even know its pvc.

 

I just got custom charge pipes for $300 shipped.

 

lol...... go to NAPA and get mandrel bend U bends in what ever size you need them and cut and weld to what you need.... will cost you under $100

 

Yea but I would pay an extra $200 NOT to have to weld and cut in the 110 deg. heat index outside currently. To each his own, guess I am just a lazy ***.

 

lazy *** ....... hahaha thats why I built all mine during the winter time, and plus my dad did all the welding (hes been doing body work for 35 years so he can weld better than me)

But to each his own.... I would rather put that $200 somewhere else

 

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wait a minute..... when did Napa start stocking mandrel U bends ? do all Napa's have them ?????

 

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well the one in Hawaii stocked them, I think most of the bigger stores stock them also

 

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