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Offline Damian Zerr

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Bigger gain: Upper Intercooler Pipe or Intake Pipe??
« on: November 08, 2002, 02:05:10 pm »
On a stock 14b with a 3inch exhaust, hacked air can, and fuel pump rewired what would give me a bigger gain:

3inch SS Upper Intercooler Pipe  or

3inch SS Intake Pipe with stock 1G MAS


My car is in Lowell's nice hands at the moment getting some stuff done. Right now I'm considering adding one of these to the "to-do" list :)
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« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2002, 02:11:15 pm »
I just put a 2.25 UIC pipe in today at L&R (i was the guy still in his pajamas  :laugh: ) and it has made a pretty big differnece.  The car runs more efficient, and i get a bit more power cuz i can go to redline without having my EGT read over 1600.
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« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2002, 02:20:41 pm »
acctually, its a 2.5, and it fits flush with the TB, i don't know why you would want to go any bigger.
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Offline Damian Zerr

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« Reply #3 on: November 08, 2002, 02:24:31 pm »
ahahah nice pj's dude lol j/k

What mods are you running on your car? I'm leaning towards the intake pipe as to not limit myself if I want to go 20G and front mount in the near future.
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Offline Chris Andrews

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« Reply #4 on: November 08, 2002, 02:44:33 pm »
I would not go bigger than 2.5" on the UIC, even with a 20G.....

Either of those mods should net about the same improvement.   It seems that most people do the UIC before they do the intake pipe.....
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Bigger gain: Upper Intercooler Pipe or Intake Pipe??
« Reply #5 on: November 08, 2002, 04:45:58 pm »

You need a complete intake overhaul like this

 :D  :)  :o  8)  :laugh:  :wink:
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Offline Damian Zerr

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« Reply #6 on: November 08, 2002, 05:12:12 pm »
mmmm shiney
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Bigger gain: Upper Intercooler Pipe or Intake Pipe??
« Reply #7 on: November 08, 2002, 05:12:59 pm »
Damn Chao, you should return those bottles for some$$$$ :laugh:
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« Reply #8 on: November 08, 2002, 06:19:02 pm »
No money for those $599 Spoon Oil Catch Can and $1200 ARC Alluminum Coolent Tank :(
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Offline Chris Andrews

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Bigger gain: Upper Intercooler Pipe or Intake Pipe??
« Reply #9 on: November 08, 2002, 07:42:12 pm »
Damian, your mission is clear.

Make your engine bay look like Chao's.    :D

Any questions?   :laugh:


PS.  If you are going to use pop bottles, don't use green..... :wink:
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Offline Damian Zerr

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Bigger gain: Upper Intercooler Pipe or Intake Pipe??
« Reply #10 on: November 08, 2002, 08:57:27 pm »
Just wait till my FP Green goes in, then I'll show you a nice engine bay.
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« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2002, 08:25:13 am »
Im getting 3' to replace my 2.5' exhaust around January, then im gonna drop in a 20g sometime after that. Im gonna go with a FMIC and thats why i didn't worry about the LIC pipe.
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Offline Ryan Lore

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« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2002, 11:00:00 am »
Think about which frontmount you plan on buying before you buy your UIC pipe.
If you look at Chao's car he's got his pipe running right from his rad support rather than out the side under the fender and up behind the aircan.
This routing is shorter and easier/cheaper to do.

Most people sell there UIC pipe and have a new one made when they get the front mount.
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« Reply #13 on: November 11, 2002, 08:04:00 pm »
Damn those 1990s with cruise control cables in the way.   :evil:

-Lowell
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