opinions?

[dracing70]

I need some opinions. I just finished my custom aluminum intake manifold. It has a 4 in. Alum. Inlet on it. Does everyone think I should keep with the trend and make all the tubing from the turbo to the manifold 4 inch even though both of my intercoolers go down to 3-3.5 inch or am I wasting material and should stay with 3-3.5 until the intake??

 

[DuramaxPowered]

I'd go 3-3.5" to keep the velocity up and 4" will be a TIGHT fit.

 

[Kutchey2]

Lets see some pictures!

 

[dracing70]

I'd go 3-3.5" to keep the velocity up and 4" will be a TIGHT fit.

Yeah I still have not dropped the engine in with the new manifold. But I figured it would be a mother to pipe 4 in all around. So that's what I'll do. I'll stay 3 in. Then go into the 4 inch manifold. It's pretty sick looking I would post pics but I don't have any on my iPad. I have got about 100 hrs in this thing all aluminum 4 inch round and ovalized tubing into billet alum. Runners

 

[dracing70]

What about material type? Stainless , aluminum,or steel with powdercoat. Does aluminum retain to much heat? Need some more opinions

 

[delong_1]

I like ss no rust inside the pipes. Alum is nice but it squishes if you tighten the clamps too tight

 

[dracing70]

I like ss no rust inside the pipes. Alum is nice but it squishes if you tighten the clamps too tight

Well what I was thinking with aluminum was v clamp connectors everywhere for a solid easy connection and only two rubber boots for flex. Are there any problems with heat gain or loss with aluminum?

 

[DuramaxPowered]

You probably won't see much heat gain or loss with the speed of the air and small amount of surface area inside the tubes.

 

[Kutchey2]

Aluminum is the way to go in my opinion. Never rusts, Light weight, and is strong enough to hold the boost most everyone runs. It may be a pain to run the 4" or 3.5" but that's what I would do. The more volume you have the better!

 

[dracing70]

Aluminum is the way to go in my opinion. Never rusts, Light weight, and is strong enough to hold the boost most everyone runs. It may be a pain to run the 4" or 3.5" but that's what I would do. The more volume you have the better!

The only problem with the larger tubing besides the difficulty is I'm running air and water intercoolers and that means there is two times that the larger tubing would be forced to shrink down to 3 inch. So with that said am I gonna really get the volume with the coolers limited on the inlets

 

[adeso]

I would just just keep it the same size out of the IC

 

[adeso]

The only problem with the larger tubing besides the difficulty is I'm running air and water intercoolers and that means there is two times that the larger tubing would be forced to shrink down to 3 inch. So with that said am I gonna really get the volume with the coolers limited on the inlets

what setup are you running? air to air and an air to water IC???

 

[Kutchey2]

Ic. Ic. Where did you get your coolers from?

 

[dracing70]

My air to air is a banks intercooler and I'm unsure about the the manufacturer of my air to water I have two of them. They r similar to the ones race parts solutions sells however the ones I have r a little larger. I got them on a sled pulling truck that I purchased

 

[Kutchey2]

Got ya, so what are you building the truck for? Street / puller?

 

[adeso]

Sorry if I missed it, but what are the specs on the turbo are you running? And what are the goals of the truck? I have been looking into adding a a2w cooler between my stages and looking to find out as much as I can.
Thanks!

 

[dracing70]

Truck is about a 1000 hp truck. It's a sled puller but I'm still trying to balance a smudge of street ability for the weekends u know. The setup worked well prior to this. The only change is adding the air to air system back in for use on the street. I have two chargers and have not settled on which I will use yet. S475 /480 size