intercooler piping super close to crank
10-09-13, 09:49 AM
#1
intercooler piping super close to crank
hey guys, soooooooo i installed the 20 feet of fmic piping after removing my SMIC setup and noticed my crank pulley is incredibly close to my piping. I actually got jammed on a rock the other day and it mashed my piping into my crank.
Anyone have pictures of their ic piping around the crank??? Thinking i should have gone vertical fmic right off the bat.
There is barely a finger tip between my piping and crank pulley and im always cringing when i think about it. Should i re size piping to gain clearance?
Anyone have pictures of their ic piping around the crank??? Thinking i should have gone vertical fmic right off the bat.
There is barely a finger tip between my piping and crank pulley and im always cringing when i think about it. Should i re size piping to gain clearance?
10-10-13, 09:57 AM
#3
yeah there is probably another way to route it, none of my setups have gone past the crank, including a same side intercooler setup on na-t, and a front mount on na-t, and a front mount with a FFIM on a na-t.
If your pipes are coming back to the passenger side for regular na-t then you can try going in front of the radiator or lowering it some and follow close to the swaybar (but not too close).
If your pipes are coming back to the passenger side for regular na-t then you can try going in front of the radiator or lowering it some and follow close to the swaybar (but not too close).
10-10-13, 07:36 PM
#4
yeah there is probably another way to route it, none of my setups have gone past the crank, including a same side intercooler setup on na-t, and a front mount on na-t, and a front mount with a FFIM on a na-t.
If your pipes are coming back to the passenger side for regular na-t then you can try going in front of the radiator or lowering it some and follow close to the swaybar (but not too close).
If your pipes are coming back to the passenger side for regular na-t then you can try going in front of the radiator or lowering it some and follow close to the swaybar (but not too close).
its a traditional one way one way out setup. Probably just sell it for the setup i wanted originally which is the vertical fmic same side inlet and outlet
Last edited by sj408; 10-10-13 at 08:49 PM.
10-11-13, 08:47 AM
#5
unfortunately unless you get some tight 90 degree bends and manage to go in front of the radiator which is difficult, you will probably want to be going around where the sway bar is and really not that much above it so you aren't in the plane of the crank.
It works best going from turbo along swaybar to drivers side, then passenger side to the throttle body how everyone does it.
It is alot of piping and when I use the stock intake manifold I have a same side intercooler that I like to use, just keeps piping down and since everything is on the passenger side all the drivers side plastics can stay like stock, and the passenger side for the most part as well.
you could also just zip tie it for now to something rigid that will keep it from hitting the crank. nothing crazy is going to happen except eventually it may wear through the pipe if it keeps hitting it. as long as it can't snag the belt it should be alright.
It works best going from turbo along swaybar to drivers side, then passenger side to the throttle body how everyone does it.
It is alot of piping and when I use the stock intake manifold I have a same side intercooler that I like to use, just keeps piping down and since everything is on the passenger side all the drivers side plastics can stay like stock, and the passenger side for the most part as well.
you could also just zip tie it for now to something rigid that will keep it from hitting the crank. nothing crazy is going to happen except eventually it may wear through the pipe if it keeps hitting it. as long as it can't snag the belt it should be alright.
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