hello everybody...

what do you guys think about routing the air filter from the turbo with flexible aluminium pipe ?

i tried to burn it like 10sec's on the stove in my house to see how it reacts to heat and nothing happened to it.

 

Is that the stuff made for dryers?

i dont think that will hold the vacume of the inlet.... there made of like tinfoil...

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Curtisbeef &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Is that the stuff made for dryers?
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i dont think so...

i got it from a auto part shop.

 

i know there is some high grade flexible aluminum that is used for turbos inlets, you see it alot on rx7s with big turbo inlets, but i am not sure if that is it?

it is a little hard to secure and if its the flimsy **** may end up coming loose and falling into something vital.

give it a shot, let us know

 

i was actually planning on using the same thing temporarily when i install my turbo setup. Im talking about the dryer stuff, its aluminuim but it could easily hold the vacuum of a turbo inlet

 

It's definately dryer ducting. Not going to collapse under the negligible vacuum, but not going to support any load either.

 

I would rather put the filter directly on the turbo.

 

the pipe is just like the ones for use on dryers but smaller ... there are even a couple of different type pipes, but yours looks like the good one - there are some that unfold themselves easily and you don't want some of those; so you can use silicon (a lot) to provide vacuum ability, as well as put some metal rings outside to make it strong. ... but I think it would work .. at least, that's what I was planning to use until I get my intercooler pipping ... was even thinking of pvc pipes

 

RS akimoto has flexible dryer looking pipe that is actually very sturdy that I use for my intake and for an air guide to the intake.

works well for me

 

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same here

 

im using the "flex-o-pipe" **** from autozone or advance auto. its like 16inches long that you get...i had to go to a muffler shop to get a section of 3" though because the parts stores dont carry that size and i have an sc61. this stuff is made for exhaust repair.

 

How sturdy is it? Cause I would mainly be worried that under full spool the turbo would suck on it hard enough to crunch it in like a pop can. Which would be really bad as it might then eat it

 

i dont know how you would clamp a filter to that thing. I mean, if its flexible, it would just crush the piping if you tried to clamp down the filter...right?

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jfoster &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">How sturdy is it? Cause I would mainly be worried that under full spool the turbo would suck on it hard enough to crunch it in like a pop can. Which would be really bad as it might then eat it </TD></TR></TABLE>

the **** im talking about is strong. you can squeeze it, push down on it, whatever. its as strong as the regular piping. go clamps on it and everything.

 

just because something is flexible laterally doesnt mean it is flexible vertically.