Intercooler pipes: Aluminum, SS, or Aluminized Steel?, Pros and Cons please.... Options

[angrymike]

the more couplers, the more prone to having issues with pipes blowing off. not to mention spending an arm and a leg for the couplers and clamps.

couplers work, however welding is a lot better.

[lagos]

the more couplers, the more prone to having issues with pipes blowing off. not to mention spending an arm and a leg for the couplers and clamps.

couplers work, however welding is a lot better.

thats all a matter of opinion. i like t-bolts over welding everything. i have never had a single pipe blow off with t-bolts and its very handy to have everything come apart in sections when you have to work on the car. couplers also allow the piping to move and flex as the engine torques in the bay.

[presure2]

im a middle of the road guy when it comes to that. meaning, i like the idea of welding some of the pipes, but still keeping a couple couplers in there, (at the minimum one hump hose on each side of the piping, pre and post IC) with most of the setups in our cars welding everything becomes impractical when trying to remove it to work on the car, ect.
for my particular setup, i'd like to have the "hot side" in 2 sections, and the cold side in 3.

[99GT]

sticky? jw cause cleared a lot of my questions...I've learned quite a bit...

[angrymike]

if you design it properly, the most you would need usually is 5~6 couplers. on some setups, you might nee more, however the lest amount of couplers the better.

extra couplers and maintnence shouldn't be in the same senetence. nothing like dicking around with some extra couplers. extra time, more money and more things that need to be replaced in the future.

most people try to eliminate extra stuff under the hood.

thats like saying, you want a bunch of flanged points on your exhaust for maintnence. you need some break points to take things out (usually two).

anyone ever heard "keep it simple stupid"

This post has been edited by angrymike: Apr 22, 2007 - 4:49 PM