yeay..fun time with intercooler piping, 3sgte intercooler piping fabrication pics Options

[presure2]

this is my "fun" time.
fabricating intercooler piping.
somehow, i find it relaxing.

this is supershannons 3s equipped ST (formally RJB's)
im fixing the hack job that was called a swap, including the intercooler piping, and a bunch of other stuff that needed to be taken care of.
all 2.5" stainless, welded with 1 joint for a bit of flexibility on the hot side, and 1 joint on the cold side.
here are a couple pics.



once the welding is all done, i'll prep the welds a bit more, and prep the whole pipe, so that they will be ready to polish if they choose to do so.
you can see in the pics the start of preping the welds, the first weld off the turbo is just ground down with a angle grinder, the 2nd by the alternator has been ground with the grinder, then prepped a bit with a roloc disk

no, im not clocking the turbo.
IMO, unless you have an IC with the inlet and outlet on the same side, you gain nothing by doing it.

more pics to come

[Punisher]

haha My MIG welder was a lincoln 135SP Plus!

304 is expensive.. like 16 dollars a foot.
That 409 will still rust on you.. and be sure if you use any type of wire wheel on it that it is a stainless wire wheel.

[presure2]

haha My MIG welder was a lincoln 135SP Plus!

304 is expensive.. like 16 dollars a foot.
That 409 will still rust on you.. and be sure if you use any type of wire wheel on it that it is a stainless wire wheel.

all the prep on the pipes are done with fresh roloc disks, and prep pads
im not worried about rust on these pipes at all.
i've had my IC piping for 2.5+ yrs, aluminized steel, and no rust, with the open gt-4 hood and all..once you install the underbody plastics, with a stock hood, theres no issues to worry about there.
just need to fab up a couple brackets for the IC, then ill finish up the ic pipe, and make the intake as well.