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Hey everybody, I finally got my pics up so here they are...




I guess this is where somone had Nitrous installed??
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These are the hose that I used, and a little exhaust piece for a coupler from the hose to the perrin hose
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This is a better view of the adapter I used for the stock blow off valve, it came with the Intercooler, I don't know why but luckily it did
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Heres a side view of the setup
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lookin good.

Stock turbo? I may have a better solution,just need to test it.

I really like the "Legacy" on the i/c. Very nice touch.

Looks pretty good, particularly given the resources you had.

That corrugated tubing is pretty harsh on flow, though; corrugation causes lots of eddies at the edges of the pipe. The turbulence basically results in flow equal to that of a pipe of a much smaller diameter.

I also like the "Legacy" spray painted on.

You should use the port that someone used for NOS for methanol injection! =)

Thats what I thought about the tubing, I noticed that the turbo took a little longer to spool, might just be because it has to go through all the tubing, but I needed the car up and running . Other than that having an STi replica hood scoop really helps, so far the IC has been cold, cool or luke warm, depending on what time of day I drive it. I LOVE the louder engine sound that the IC added . If anyone has any suggestions on a more free flowing tube I could use, feel free to suggest, oh yeah, Anyone know where I could get some blue spark plug wires??

Try http://www.nology.com/hot.html

They are the only plug makers that make blue wires that i can think of right now. I know they have subaru applications, you may have to all them.

MK

I take that back, magnecor also has blue plug wires (www.magnecor.com)

MK

Unfortunately the geometry makes it really hard to join the compressor outlet to the intercooler inlet pipe, so I can see why you had to resort to this kind of tubing. Even if you got a hose the right shape it would still be restrictive because of the turns it has to make.

The only thing I can think of is cutting off the end of the black Y pipe, so it comes out straight pointing more or less towards the front of the car instead of towards the passenger side. Then you could find a hose that's approximately the right diameter that is straight but has a 90-degree bend at one end. That bend could go to the compressor outlet and the straight end could mate up with the chopped end of the Y pipe.

If you want blue plug wires you could just get an NGK wireset. They're good wires and have sharp bright blue silicone insulation. =)

I've heard bad things about how quickly Nology wires wear. I don't know if they're justified or not.

Damn... I dunno about that turbo-IC hose... Im guessin its not gonna last long especially at high boost... I've gone through quite a few hoses myself and they don't have anywhere near as much bending.

Buy some NGK wires. They are blue and I just put them in my car. I like them. www.ngk.com

What hood scoop is that and where did you get your legacy Stencil? It looks good. Did you get rid of the AC?

PJ

vrg3: your idea would probably work, the Perrin pipe actually comes really close to the stock turbo's outlet, if you bend it a little. its like 3 inches off. There would be some squeezing of the 90 degree hose that would go directly under the IC, as the coolant line to the turbo is kind of in the way, its not much of a pinch but I bet it would be a better setup than I have now, I think Ill try it next weekend. Oh and do you think the restrictiveness harms anything other than spool up time??

PJ: the scoop is a WRX STi replica that I got at the dealership, for the stencil I just found the "Legacy" logo on the internet, blew it up, and printed it out, and just cut out the letters. I got rid of the AC, mostly cause I never use it.

When I was installing my intercooler I moved the coolant line since at first the braided hose I used ate right through the line.

I cut the little sheetmetal strip holding the two coolant banjo fittings on the turbo together and basically rotated the upper fitting 45 degrees or so towards the back of the car. I had to cut the chimney to clear it, but it kept the coolant line lower and out of harm's way.

The hose restricts flow but also acts as a pressure drop. If you're running high boost at the manifold, then you're probably running really[ high boost at the compressor outlet. Be wary of overspeeding your turbo.

Well im only running 9-10 psi of boost, Is that considered high boost? Sounds like Ill have to drain the coolant and fiddle with things, as I also want to move the coolant tank to where the AC was like on NuwanD's car. Thanks for all the info vrg3

If you move the coolant tank you may want to replace that banjo fitting with one aiming where you want it, or maybe massage it yourself.

9-10 psi at the manifold isn't too high, but keep in mind that with your setup it's probably somewhere like 13 or 14 psi out of the compressor outlet. Good thing it's intercooled. :)

Has anybody put a NA A/C line in place of the legacy turbo line? I am looking at doing this so I don't need to lose my A/C.

PJ

PJ I put in a NA AC line on my car. It does work and I don't think it will be a problem. Just like yourself I did not want to loose my AC so this appears to be the only alternative. I've also installed a 2002 USDM WRX intercooler and with this intercooler the original turbo chimney has to be removed anyways as there is not enough space between the two. But I'm going to try to fabricate a new chimney (by possibly using the OEM one) to funnel out the turbo heat in the future.

Fred

Did you have to pay to have your system discharged and recharged again? I'm gonna pick up a N/A line today or tomorrow. I'll let you know thanks for the info

PJ

PJ,
I discharged it myself and haven't gotten it recharged yet as it's cold outside now anyways.
Fred

FreddexTurbo2Go wrote:PJ,
I discharged it myself and haven't gotten it recharged yet as it's cold outside now anyways.
Fred

be careful....your defrost will use the A/C to remove extra moisture. So make sure to unplug the compressor so it does not try and kick on, and fry itself with no oil and refridge.

Or you could pull the four rectangular black relays out from the underhood fuse box. That disables A/C nicely without leaving any connectors open to the elements.

So "IF" I just discharge the system myself. Do I just unbolt the the AC line near the firewall?

no, do one of the ones on the compressor

I once again tried to fit My WRX IC. I kept ending up about 1/4" too high still. finally got it to drop down far enough and now I need to connect the IC to the turbo. What kind of flexible hose did you use? I may go this route since the OEM Y-pipe sits a little lower than the turbo outlet? any help?

thanks

PJ