Custom Piping

[turtl631]

when you put together a turbo kit yourself, do you just get a shop to bend the piping for you? how much does this cost?

 

[hcivic.com]

shop around for mandrel bends and weld sm in your self

 

[calvin]

Originally posted by turtl631@May 19 2003, 11:48 PM
when you put together a turbo kit yourself, do you just get a shop to bend the piping for you? how much does this cost?

bending is expensive

Regards, Calvin

 

[posol]

if you know what you need, you can get pre-mendrel bent tubes from jcwhitney.com

 

[turtl631]

obviously im just a n00b and i really have no idea what i need for a basic integra ls turbo kit, approximately how much would tubes run me? assume this is going from bone stock to full turbo, so i need everything. thanks!

 

[XZILER8]

To add to that question, When buying pre-bent tubing from say J.C. Whitney, do you just have to estimate what degree of bends to get. Is there any fool proof method of taking measurements so you know you're getting the right sizes/bends/lengths?

 

[posol]

check out this link:
http://www.cse.uconn.edu/~yelevich/turbo/turbo.html

 

[IDMaxGuy]

I think that site was the most educational thing i have ever read.

 

[XZILER8]

thanks.........."great how-to" on that site

 

[XZILER8]

do you have some reccomendations on which turbine to buy for the first "homemade" turbo kit.

It looks as if money's gonna be a little tight for awhile, so I was thinking of a used t-25(or whatever) off of a DSM.

Could you give a breakdown or provide a link that compares different turbines and what their benefits / downfalls are.

Thanks