Would it be okay if I weld a 90 degree elbow to the inlet of my intercooler?

 

perfectly fine

 

y not just use clamps? gonna be ugly if you plan on taking the elbow off l8r :/

 

you can buy 90 silicon couplings. try searching for them or maybe roadraceengineering.com has them
good luck

 

go to turbohoses.com they have 90 degree couplers....will be much easier

 

Any difference performance wise? I always though it was best to keep as much of the charge pipe hard as possible. IF this is the case, I can cheat in some other difficult areas too

 

It's OK to weld on 90s on intercoolers. We do it on our CRX installs al the time.

Most people use tons of conections because they don't have access to welder.

Most of our stuff has 4 silicone conectors in the whole thing.