side mount intercooler ?

[GJSEB79]

gti jamo i dont suppose you could point me in the right direction where to get a nice polish pancake pipe from and some decent blue hoses mate as may aswell change al the pipe work up to the turbo do i change the top pipes of the intercooler aswell 

[james2]

ill give it a try with bumper on i like doing things the hard way.   You might get a bit of oil out the bottom pipe ,it got me when i first changed my boost pipes and made a small mess on the carpet ,that what you get for laying under it and removing it .

You may well get the old one off with the bumper on but as soon as you begin to fit that new chunky beast up there you'll need more space.

right think i am going to get mine order now to replace the pancake pipe will i have to take inner arch of to get to this and i take it these pipes go to the egr valve is this correct sorry to sound stupid but this is the first time i am going to attempt this 

The pancake pipe joins to the charge pipe that goes up the back of your engine. Yeah defo need the inner arch off.

you dont need to take inner arch off i didnt ,look under car you will see it .

[james2]

gti jamo i dont suppose you could point me in the right direction where to get a nice polish pancake pipe from and some decent blue hoses mate as may aswell change al the pipe work up to the turbo do i change the top pipes of the intercooler aswell 

ill find link for uprated pancake pipe on ebay i think it was only £30+ and a set of boost pipe are like £60 but got mine for £30 off ebay the bloke only wanted the dv one lol they were motorsport ? pipe very nice and have been on my car for 3+ years and still look new.

[Wazzzer]

Stock SMIC can leak on the end tank joins as they are plastic.

Anyways I sold my Forge and bought a Turborevs ice and felt no difference TBH. I need a FMIC now though, which will be here by the end of the week hopefully 

[Dave_IOW]

Stock SMIC can leak on the end tank joins as they are plastic.

Anyways I sold my Forge and bought a Turborevs ice and felt no difference TBH. I need a FMIC now though, which will be here by the end of the week hopefully 

Get ready with the hacksaw, even with that one i think you will need to do some chopping 

[GJSEB79]

wazzer are you selling your turborevs one mate

[golf-sib]

Don't understand why people don't listen to advice:

SMIC is a waste off time in upgrading, the stock unit is very good, problem is the lack off air flow entering/going through the IC, which is why a FMIC benefits, as it has a bigger area of the core exposed. It was proven on the Australian autospeed magazine tuning on the PD engines as they are far more on boost compared to the petrol counterpart.

Why do you think Wazzer is finally going to get a FMIC setup over a SMIC?

Also regarding your pancake issue make one with a 50-60mm reducer and some 50mm polished aluminum pipe like I did one upon a time.



One 90degree pipe 50mm

One 45degree pipe 50mm

One silicone 50-60mm reducer

One Silicone 50mm joining piece

Five jubilees as I found the current one(s) heavily corroded.

[GJSEB79]

golf sib i cant see mine like that mine has got a inner arch covering all that up do you getting any rubbing also does that pipe lead straight back up to egr valve

[james2]

i cant find the (pancake pipe) high flow intercooler tube on ebay ,it was from the usa.Got it a few years back. I know THS and Forge make them .

[james2]

golf sib i cant see mine like that mine has got a inner arch covering all that up do you getting any rubbing also does that pipe lead straight back up to egr valve

Mine rubs on full lock with 18" wheels that why it was made flat at that point.