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Old 01-22-11, 11:37 AM
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Question intercooler size and piping question?

what size intercooler is recommended for the sc300s also were is the best places to fined piping with good fitments?
Old 01-22-11, 11:54 AM
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I seen a lot of people running 2.5" cause its easier to manuver and move around.

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Intercooler sizing is similar to any other component when building a car, like injector size for example.

What kind of power are you looking for? You need something that will support your goal but not overkill. Too large of an intercooler and piping could result in a pressure drop.
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im lookin around 450 to 500 atw i was thinking 25x12x3 with 3" piping
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2.5" will be sufficient for that power. I was running 3'' fmic pipes with a 31x12x3 fmic, and with a 10psi spring in the wg, I was actually only boosting to 9psi, and did actually loose some power, which for me was acceptable.
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im curious the25x12x3 intercooler is that an easy fitment or no?
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Fit just fine in my SC, and I managed to fit the 3'' pipes with no cutting on the car.
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ok cool thanks
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2.5" piping should be fine w/ that power goal, that's what i'm running.
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ok cool thnx now onto a new question if i can fined somone hew knows i was wondering how i run a A/T ECU on a M/T i have been lookin around i found out how to change the plug wires on the trans to bypass the park sensor switch to alow u to turn on the car but i was wondering if there is anything more to it?
also is there any downsides to it?
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from what ive seen and heard, there is no way to run a m/t ecu with an auto trans. the trans has to run and shift off the ecu, i could be wrong though. why are you wanting to go auto?
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no lol i was talking about runing an auto ecu on a manual trans i found out all i need to do is the parking bypass and i know how to do that alredy so were in the clear on that
now im trying to fined out if there is any differences in afftermarket parts from jdm to usdm bc i know stock jdm cams wont run on usdm and visa versa but idk bout aftermarket parts i cant fined anything about it
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