The overall piping change is going to be different from every kit. On my old setup the turbo faced the passenger side, and I had a side to side IC.

That is where my overall change came from. DAs will benefit from this most because then there is no dealing with the factory radius rods, or traction bars if you have them.

 

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its like a small stream empting into a lake or a pond..

 

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When you compare the frictional losses from the 3 90* bends you would use in a non backdoor intercooler, to the loses on the 90 degree that the air makes as it goes into the intercooler core of a backdoor intercooler, I think you will find less loss with the sinlge 90 degree bend. This is due to the low velocity of the air as it enters the large endtank of the intercooler. Also, you have less tubing with the backdoor intercooler. and one less chrage pipe to blow off

Justin

 

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I am running the Lovefab SST right now.

 

my jrc backdoor ic is workin out great. less piping and cleaner imo

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Full-Race Geoff &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">you might be VERY surprised. your math is far from accurate unfortunately becuase it does not account for any losses, which there are many.

If you want to back your statements up, take the car for a ride, before and after shortened piping. Evo guys take about 4-5 inches out and gain 7-10 whp and a slight spool increase. On a small turbo drift SR20 we just did, we got rid of 2 1/2 feet of ic piping, and it made a night and day difference in response. like a "holy **** it feels like the boost went way up" difference</TD></TR></TABLE>

When i modified my setup to decrease my IC pipe length in half i noticed a much better throttle response.

My IC piping is shorter then the FR guys, and only has 45/30 degree bends(absolutely no 90 or 180). It took alot of work to accomplish this however. Re-weld and move radiator, No AC, Sidewinder V1 Manifold and a special Intercooler.

 

can I fit the bigger intercooler on a ek and it would be centered? what doyou guys feel about the blow off being so low to the ground.... can it get wet and have no problems? cause my car is driven rain, sleet, snow, shine

 

anybody?

 

i had a jric back door on my ef it was one of there 6 inch ic's! fit like straight up ***..... so i bought one of the biggest intercoolers street imports has i think its 31 end tank to end tank 9 inchs high and 3 deep and my car spools faster with a larger front mount and more intercooler piping...