CJRH Posted April 7, 2009 Share Posted April 7, 2009 Now don’t shoot me down in flames! I’m at the stage of sorting out the intercooler pipe work, what do people think of using 51mm / 2inch waist pipe as an alternative to expensive stainless pipe? My only concern is the pressures involved. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I used aluminium pipe. You could also use exhaust tubing from the motor factors, but it would need painting obviously. I wouldnt use plastic - too much risk of it getting melted for one. Also i found I needed to flare the ends of the metal pipes to stop the rubber hoses popping off under full boost. You cant do that with plastic obivously. and yes, before any bright spark comes up with it, the hose clips were new, decent quality and done up tight! Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRH Posted April 8, 2009 Author Share Posted April 8, 2009 Cheers Jon, I'll see what aluminium pipe I can get hold off. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 Cheers Jon, I'll see what aluminium pipe I can get hold off.Chris If you lack access to flairing equipment you could try using a 2 part epoxy to form a bead around the pipe. G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon White Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 I used a hammer to simply flare the ends of the tube a tad. Completely cured the problem. Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timmy511 Posted April 8, 2009 Share Posted April 8, 2009 go in search of pipes on scrap vehicles, 300 tdis have loads of pipes on them that can be cut down/made to fit. when i did my series 200 conversion i used all standard 200 tdi disco pipes and it worked a treat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_s Posted April 9, 2009 Share Posted April 9, 2009 i did the same as Timmy511, but i had to shorten the tubes. i've also replaced some of the flexible hoses with silicon ones, only because the rubber ones were breaking down and it was cheaper to get silicon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJRH Posted April 9, 2009 Author Share Posted April 9, 2009 Thanks for all of the replies. I’ve got silicon hose for all of the bends. The intercooler is actually mounted above the engine so I just need straight pipe between the bends. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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