How come no one makes a full replacement silicone SMIC pipes?

[mb7050]

I think you still maybe can buy those but they are very expensive (+2000$), ralliart sells those. very nice intercoolers btw. somebody should copy the end tank design and use the inexpensive treadstone 300zx cores.

[hated]

ARC looking good! Any pictures of piping?

[jbuhrman]

Well that's a bummer...

Greg,

I sent you a PM with some information for someone that may be able to assist in your quest for the silicone piping, and aftermarket custom SMIC's.

[Streamln1]

IMO someone needs to make a copy of the DNP stainless harpipes, they fit almost perfect. That CX racing kit is garbage.

[Streamln1]

IMO someone needs to make a copy of the DNP stainless harpipes, they fit almost perfect. That CX racing kit is garbage.

[Ange]

IMO someone needs to make a copy of the DNP stainless harpipes, they fit almost perfect. That CX racing kit is garbage.

You can make the CX kit work.

http://www.3sgto.org/3000gt-stealth-...0gt-tt-10.html


I'd be all for an all alu DNP design kit though.

[fastfalcon94]

The CxRacing pipes should be revisd again. They have revised stuff in the past. I'm sure if someone shipped them DNP pipes they could use them as a template. Those 2 large silicone pieces of the CxRacing kit really make it look cheesy. If they redid that one pipe (even made it 2 pipes with a normal silicone coupler in between), it would look much better.


These are the audi ETS side mounts. I bet you could modify them to work as long as they physically fit with the endtanks. You would probably want 2 of the same audi sides so the inlet/outlet both come straight out the back. Then cut it and weld some prebent IC pipes on. Or see if ETS would just sell the cores and have your own endtanks fabricated. If the audi kit is $950, then maybe just the cores would be something like $700-$800 if ETS was willing to sell them. I reputable shop like our local kalescustom could fab up and weld endtanks probably for around $500-$600.


ETS 00 02 B5 Audi S4 Side Mount Intercoolers | eBay


Another alternative to the piping is to just make it yourself. CXRacing sells prebent 2" sections. That is what I did for my setup. My friend welded it for me but I measured/cut/fit everything and marked it for him beforehand. Had him tac it, test fit it all, make some minor adjustments, then weld it. We had it done in a weekend. Eventually I had one of my pipes redesigned by KalesCustom for smoother flow. But I"m hapy how it came out. The CX piping is 2mm thick too which is really nice. I was told it was very easy to weld. My roomate did the same for his Evo and he wasn't going to buy CX pipe because he thought it was junk. After looking elsewhere he couldn't find anything with the same thickness. Even better "named" brand stuff was only 1.5mm thick.

[HLxDrummer]

Everyone is talking about all these different cores from different companies.. what is wrong with the DSM SMICs? OEM so the quality is there. All of them need to be custom made and Bob does it for a reasonable price. He can even do 2" pipes for you.

[Ange]

Everyone is talking about all these different cores from different companies.. what is wrong with the DSM SMICs? OEM so the quality is there. All of them need to be custom made and Bob does it for a reasonable price. He can even do 2" pipes for you.

They are old and most of the time in poor condition. Bent fins all over the front. So why put work and money in on old cores like that when you can use new better cores....

[Streamln1]

You can make the CX kit work.

http://www.3sgto.org/3000gt-stealth-...0gt-tt-10.html


I'd be all for an all alu DNP design kit though.

I personally think all the CX stuff is low quality fitment, that's why its so cheap.

Eh, Im not a fan of using aluminum for IC pipes, aluminum is tougher to keep looking good, and its weak, the CX style kits are very thin piping.