SMIC piping in an EG
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From: b00sting my D16s, SoWis, USA
Re: SMIC piping in an EG (s0ulj3r)
People here find the gen1 DSM sidemounts fit good in front of the pass. tire, route the piping below the trans torque mount (need to cut the smic pipe a bit), and the upper pipe is well-placed to go up the stock airbox hole.
PVC piping is a bad idea for piping, mainly since its brittle and has a melting point listed ~180F. Turbo outlet temps can be 200-240F. It works, but supposedly releases harmful gases.
PVC piping is a bad idea for piping, mainly since its brittle and has a melting point listed ~180F. Turbo outlet temps can be 200-240F. It works, but supposedly releases harmful gases.
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From: ashEVILle, NC, USSR
Re: SMIC piping in an EG (HiProfile)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by HiProfile »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">PVC piping is a bad idea for piping, mainly since its brittle and has a melting point listed ~180F. Turbo outlet temps can be 200-240F. It works, but supposedly releases harmful gases.</TD></TR></TABLE>
It never killed me. It can withstand normal hammer blows and would need a mini-sledge or a big dude wielding the regular sized hammer so there goes your brittle theory. Aluminum has a melting temp of 1200 degrees yet normally sees 1400-1450 degree combustion temps without melting - the same thing that keeps your engine from slagging is what keeps PVC charge pipe from melting.
For a junkyard build where you run a SMIC, PVC works. I recommend the ABS pipe, though, as PVC attracts dirt and grease like a magnet.
It never killed me. It can withstand normal hammer blows and would need a mini-sledge or a big dude wielding the regular sized hammer so there goes your brittle theory. Aluminum has a melting temp of 1200 degrees yet normally sees 1400-1450 degree combustion temps without melting - the same thing that keeps your engine from slagging is what keeps PVC charge pipe from melting.
For a junkyard build where you run a SMIC, PVC works. I recommend the ABS pipe, though, as PVC attracts dirt and grease like a magnet.
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by evil_ryu »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">sorry to bring this back up but what size piping do people go with on this smic??? </TD></TR></TABLE>
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From: ashEVILle, NC, USSR
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It is 1 and 7/8" inlets, aka dinky ***. People run whatever cobbled together crap piping/couplers they can find for fifty-nine cents, and it works to varying degrees based on how savvy the owner/fabricator is.
Most cars running SMICs are slow, or come apart due to being misbuilt. Sometimes they run very strong - one of the local streetracers had a B16G and SMIC on his stock LS and was doing very well, to the point that some of the 'vettes that would have beaten him were too worried about losing face to race him. He still worked on the car a lot, endless dinky charge pipe or internal wastegate issues, but any turbo car will work you depending on how the cards are dealt.
Most cars running SMICs are slow, or come apart due to being misbuilt. Sometimes they run very strong - one of the local streetracers had a B16G and SMIC on his stock LS and was doing very well, to the point that some of the 'vettes that would have beaten him were too worried about losing face to race him. He still worked on the car a lot, endless dinky charge pipe or internal wastegate issues, but any turbo car will work you depending on how the cards are dealt.
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