I guess so..... He said $1000 to plan it and do it and $500 If I had everything on paper on a sketch. He didn't have a clue about diesels and the guy who was gonna do it didn't know what a intercooler was......

ANYWAY, I have chosen to buy aluminum pipe from silicone intakes and weld them up myself. Should be here next week...

 

Hey guys, I am doing intercooler piping tonight!!! I got it all fitted, just waiting for big bro to come and weld up the aluminum.(I would attempt it but I want it to turn out nice) Pics of it not welded yet....

 

that's really nice!!!!!

 

dude thats awesome! where did you get the piping from?

never mind lol just reread the post above

 

Thanks guys, just got it welded up with my bro, I like the way it turned out, I am thinking of painting the pipes?? I will post pics tomorrow with the welds ground and blended. Here are some of it in tonight...pics are crappy when is black outside, lol.

 

i wouldn't paint them.they look perfect just the way they are.
so did ya take her out to a monster hill and see how the EGT's looked now?

 

I think I might just leave em bare then.' And nope, I'm still waiting for the RTV to dry on the turbo drain tube I repaired. I'll probably give it another 18 hrs before starting it. Plus, I'm gonna grind the welds and blend it with a sandpaper grinding wheel. I am thinking I should just turn the fuel up now while its down. But then I won't see how much it cooled it. Oh well, Intercoolers have been proven already, I don't need to prove that they work again.

 

Looks really good bare. Probably one of the best Sidewinder setups I've seen yet. I got to get off my ars and inter-cool mine. Again, well done.

 

Thanks guys.

 

Way to go snap! Yeah leave them the way they are bro they look aesome! I tink i need to invest in a banks set up... I really like the way they are set up as apposed to the ats/ford version

 

Thanks coal, here is the finished product......

 

them welds cleaned right up nice.
so you lost about 2 lbs of boost,but gained about 20hp? (just my prediction......WAG is more like it.hahaha.nah,i have been researching.this is what it should do for ya,along with reduced EGT's of course.)
track your FE for a couple tanks now for me.

 

Yes yes I will, but I don't know what I was getting before so it wont help you much. I think after I turn up the fuel I might have a little more than 20 extra hp. Maybe 30??

 

snap what size piping did you end up goin with? 2 1/2? also it shouldnt hurt flow or anything like that running the opposite way through the ic right?

 

and how did it effect turbo spool up time?

and no,to get that much more power freed up,you'd have to finally swap over to electric cooling fans lol.