i have 2.5 inch ic pipes all the way from the turbo -tb. well i got a leak in 1 of the shitty pipings so i was looking around and found a nice kit that is 2 inches from turbo to ic, then 2.5 from ic -tb. my question is if i replace the piping, is a retune needed?
and also while im on the topic, is a retune needed if i add a thermal intake manifold gaket?
by the way its a 2000 gsr turbo with hondata s200b

 

thermal intake gasket is a waste of money. it does jackshit....


as for retune iw ould recommend it if you tuned it with the leak. if you tune the car without a leak i woldnt bother for a new one

 

well i dont even know if it was leaking on the dyno, it seemed fine, i dont know, i have a wideband, ill look and see

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by komat &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thermal intake gasket is a waste of money. it does jackshit....


as for retune iw ould recommend it if you tuned it with the leak. if you tune the car without a leak i woldnt bother for a new one</TD></TR></TABLE>

are u suere the thermal intake does nothing?
lots of people are running them including me,

 

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are u suere the thermal intake does nothing?
lots of people are running them including me,</TD></TR></TABLE>

i run one on my setup. the intake manifold is still as hot as before. it may of cool like 10F or something.

 

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i run one on my setup. the intake manifold is still as hot as before. it may of cool like 10F or something.</TD></TR></TABLE>

10 degrees less is better than nothing

 

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10 degrees less is better than nothing</TD></TR></TABLE>

And it beats having to scrape the oem paper gasket off everytime you remove the manifold. Plus it's reusable. My thermal im gasket saved me tons of headaches because I had to pull my manifold off 4 times turing my turbo installation. Got my off-brand thermal gasket from spoolin performance for around $35.

 

ya I think its worth it just b/c you dont have to worry about that shitty oem paper like gasket.

 

but would u have to retune if oyu changed the gasket and the pipes to the 2 inch?

 

It wouldnt hurt... Any time you change anything that has to do with air flow it will change your mixture