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

[GTOJOE]

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.

I paid $350 for these including shipping from New Zealand to Australia

ARC looking good! Any pictures of piping?

They come with 2 pipes that basically makes them the same as stock. They bolt onto the stock mounts and connect to the stock hoses. I'll see if I have any pics of the pipes tonight.
This is the only set I hsve every seen. Someone on the NZ forum said they also had a set but that's it.


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[bearded1]

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.

When I asked him about 2" pipes in converting mine, he wasn't very receptive to the idea. He seemed pretty adamant that it was too tight and didn't really wanna get into it...





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[Bloodlust182]

I just found some DSM IC cores that are in good shape for $25 each , going to clean them out with some gasoline then hit em with simple green, then Rubbing alcohol. Was quoted by a shop for $150 to convert the set to 3000gt style with 2" piping. I just need to supply the 2" piping. IMO DSM SMIC's are a pretty nice upgrade. Ill probably go with a custom piping setup or those Silicone ones with stock pipes. Those ARC ic's look mint!

[HLxDrummer]

When I asked him about 2" pipes in converting mine, he wasn't very receptive to the idea. He seemed pretty adamant that it was too tight and didn't really wanna get into it...




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Hmm.. maybe I just made that up. I am like 95% sure he offered 2 pipe sizes. Maybe one was stock and one was slightly bigger but not 2"? How long ago did you talk to him?

[GTOJOE]

From what I recall the 2" option was stock sized pipes welded to the core and then the pipe widens to 2" to connect to larger than stock piping. I don't think the end tanks on the DSM ics or even my ARC ics are big enough for 2" piping. Ideally someone would copy the ARC design and make the tanks bigger. I looked for some pics of the piping that came with the ics but no luck. I'll have to take some one the car.

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[dbest671]

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Well it took me long enough but I finially finished making the jig to make these things. My jigs lines everything up perfectly with the stock 3 bolt holes (2 on side and 1 on top) and also lines the pipes up perfectly with the stock hose locations. These are made with 1 3/4" pipes which are a perfect mate for the DNP pipes as there is no room for error with pipes/couplers vs hoses.
Stock IC pipes are 40mm (1.575")
The DN pipes are 2" but taper down to 1 3/4" on the ends where they connect to the IC's.

OK...The pricing is going to be as follows:

DSM IC's with 1 3/4" piping as in pics will be $550 shipped. New lowered price.

DSM IC's with stock piping will be $500 shipped.


If you want ones with the 1 3/4" piping I need to know so I can order the pipes as I don't stock them. Or if you want 2" piping let me know and we can work somthing out.

[GTOJOE]

Has anyone tried to make a set by using a core similar to this style and cutting it down the middle? Weld a plate over the end tank and you have 2x cores. Just needs to be 4" thick x 8" high and 16" long.

http://pages.ebay.com/motors/link/?n...d=290938981462

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[GTOJOE]

Another one.

http://www.thedsmgraveyard.com/CX-Ra...cxr-ic0030.htm



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[mb7050]

someone could covert the piping on these


pretty huge core size 7 5/8" high X 8 3/8" Wide X 5 1/8" thick = 327 cu. in
for reference
afaik DSM ic core size : 6 x 8 x 3-7/8" = 186 cu. in
Brand New 00 01 2002 2003 2004 2005 Side Mount Intercooler 1 8T VW Jetta Golf | eBay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/6000/i.html?...ssories&_rdc=2
these are widely available for 1.8T VW Jetta Golf. most of them are dirt cheap that first seller for example 136$ each 272$ for two big side mount intercoolers with very nice end tanks. I would guess the conversion would cost around 50-200$ so under 350-500$ one could possibly have very nice big ic's.

[bearded1]

Hmm.. maybe I just made that up. I am like 95% sure he offered 2 pipe sizes. Maybe one was stock and one was slightly bigger but not 2"? How long ago did you talk to him?

Had to go to the other site to check... That was in May. But you're right, he does offer two sizes, stock, and 1.75" (to mate to DN pipes).

When asked about 2" piping this is what he had to say:

"Doing it in 2" makes things just too tight. Besides there's just not enough room on the drivers side to pass them through without modification to the passthru, I like to keep things simple for everyone..."