to those of you who did your own 3sgte swaps Options

[brianforster]

nope but i did post on www.shoforum.com for a little while, my car was kind of a beater, so i didnt do much bu t maintenence to it, it was 500 bucks! haha, was a quick litle car though.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

i bought my fmic piping kit from ebay and theyre good...same goes for the silicone couplers. the only bad thing about those ebay kits are the clamps. they suck big time i changed all of my clamps after the first week

bboy

[eggman40]

if probably say a 3. I had done bolt on exhausts, intakes, suspension before. Not timiming belts though. The most annoying part was preping the e-153 to work right.

[brianforster]

bboy could you happen to show me which kit you got? and what bends where in it etc.. thanks man.

[lilsteeg]

ha ha ha i dont think a timing belt is that big of a deal, my brothers girlfriend changed hers and her radiator in 1 weekend, but i am probally a 4 not done a swap on my 6gc yet

[BBoYRuGGeD]

bboy could you happen to show me which kit you got? and what bends where in it etc.. thanks man.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-5-TURBO-I...1QQcmdZViewItem

i got 2 of this kit from this very same guy. its all 90 degree bends since i got a clocked turbo and dont need the 180 degree bend up top most people go with. the piping and the silicone couplers are great quality tho like i said i had to replace the clamps. also i'd like to add i've bought a few aluminum bends and silicone couplers off ebay and they've all been great quality.

bboy

This post has been edited by BBoYRuGGeD: Feb 23, 2006 - 8:31 PM

[Chanh55]

eggman40 is gonna help with my swap I'm in the process of sourcing all the parts.
I'm hoping to go from a level 1 to a level 7.

[brianforster]

bboy could you happen to show me which kit you got? and what bends where in it etc.. thanks man.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2-5-TURBO-I...1QQcmdZViewItem

i got 2 of this kit from this very same guy. its all 90 degree bends since i got a clocked turbo and dont need the 180 degree bend up top most people go with. the piping and the silicone couplers are great quality tho like i said i had to replace the clamps. also i'd like to add i've bought a few aluminum bends and silicone couplers off ebay and they've all been great quality.

bboy

so it took you 12 90 degree bends to route your intercooler? im confused as to how you did it all with no straight pipes, maybe im missing something about intercoolers.. hehe

also, whered you buy your new couplers (im asking you a lot of questions because i really like the look of your intercooler hehe)

This post has been edited by brianforster: Feb 23, 2006 - 9:47 PM

[brianforster]

actually bboy, i took the liberty of using one of your pics and photoshop, is this how you are routed?

http://img78.imageshack.us/my.php?image=myguess2ky.jpg

is it something like that? (i will take the image down if you are mad i used ur pic, if so sorry)

i just traced an example of the approximate size of one 90 degree bend and bended/twisted them to work, its not exactly right because i obviously didnt have the exact copy of the bend, and sometimes the image skewed when i was transforming it.

[BBoYRuGGeD]

lol well its sorta like that except you have the turbo side connected to the intake lemme see if i can find some pictures and if not i can always take some pics.

btw for mine 9 90 degree bends were used

bboy

This post has been edited by BBoYRuGGeD: Feb 24, 2006 - 1:24 AM

[brianforster]

wow, i guess now everyone knows how dumb i am

[brianforster]

you could probably just take that path and draw the way the 90 degree bents were placed.. with paint or something, since im a big moron and dont know what to do now haha.

[Defgeph]

Thats actually a nice chop, just need to show the turbo.

Gives you a good idea whats going on behind that radiator

[brianforster]

i went and studied some pics so now im pretty sure i have a better idea of whats going on.. ill just wait for bboy to take more real pics before i make any more busted ass chops hehe also bboy when you take pics of that remember to take pics for the clocked turbo thread!

[BBoYRuGGeD]

ok heres a view from the top...only difference now is that i have a BOV right up there


the pipe after goes straight down like this...


this pic is when the swap was being done and this happens on both side


then it shoots right under the downpipe...looking at it from the top


again this is a pic when the swap was being done...but right after the prior picture theres a bend that goes straight to the turbo


ok so it takes 9 90 degree bends to do this...hope this helps!

bboy

This post has been edited by BBoYRuGGeD: Feb 24, 2006 - 1:26 AM

[brianforster]

is the piece that goes straight under the downpipe just a straight piece of pipe? it looks longer than the other bends.

did you use another one of hte bends from the kit to extend your intake?


ps GREAT pictures they are helpign a ton, ive been drawing on scrap paper haha

nevermind, i counted 9 as well, but said one was straight since you said you used 8.. ok then.. im learning. YAY For me.

thanks a great deal man.. i still wanna know if you extended your intake though, it threw me off to see the pipe and then the filter after the bov


also: i thought you needed new couplers, those look like the ebay ad ones? if so whered you get your new/better couplers

This post has been edited by brianforster: Feb 24, 2006 - 1:32 AM

[BBoYRuGGeD]

is the piece that goes straight under the downpipe just a straight piece of pipe? it looks longer than the other bends.

did you use another one of hte bends from the kit to extend your intake?


ps GREAT pictures they are helpign a ton, ive been drawing on scrap paper haha

well the bend that goes under the downpipe is the same pipe size/bend as the rest. u just have to cut an X amount of length from each pipe to make it the correct length. my intake pipe is also from the IC kit i bought btw i just wunna let u know that if u go with a clocked turbo you wont have much room to work with because the space between turbo and the radiator fan will be very small AND you wont be able to use the stock 3sgte downpipe (which is huge), ur going to have to buy an aftermarket downpipe like i did

bboy

[brianforster]

i have an xsracing downpipe..


wait, was that a yes the intake pipe is just another 2.5" 90 degree bend?


where did you end up finding good couplers?

This post has been edited by brianforster: Feb 24, 2006 - 1:41 AM

[BBoYRuGGeD]

also: i thought you needed new couplers, those look like the ebay ad ones? if so whered you get your new/better couplers

no the silicone couplers i got from the kit are great...its the clamps i had problem with...they SUCKED. the silicone couplers were nice and thick...very good quality for the clamps all i did was buy IDEAL (this is the name brand) clamps from home depot. these guys (IDEAL) are the same people who make some of the clamps u see in auto stores and theyre very good clamps. i'll eventually buy some real good t-bolt clamps but these IDEAL ones are just as good imo

bboy

[brianforster]

also: i thought you needed new couplers, those look like the ebay ad ones? if so whered you get your new/better couplers

no the silicone couplers i got from the kit are great...its the clamps i had problem with...they SUCKED. the silicone couplers were nice and thick...very good quality for the clamps all i did was buy IDEAL (this is the name brand) clamps from home depot. these guys (IDEAL) are the same people who make some of the clamps u see in auto stores and theyre very good clamps. i'll eventually buy some real good t-bolt clamps but these IDEAL ones are just as good imo

bboy

oh sweet, thanks a million, do you have aim? i have a couple more questions, but dont wanna spam 6gc more than i have to