Short route or Long route?
 

I purchased a full long route fmic from a personal seller off ebay a while back and when I finally started putting it on to my surprise the pipes didn't match up and I ended up a pipe short. I guess that's ebay for ya. Anyways here is what my piping looks like now. http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...X/IMG_0059.jpg
I can't decide weather I should get a pipe made to replace my smic or if I should just get a custom short route made. I am a college kid and I'm on somewhat of a budget. If anybody would pitch in and let me know if it's worth it or not that would be fantastic!

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WTF? Just order some bends off Summit or Jegs at a minimum.

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With the Ebay core you will need all the help with cooling possible.

~John

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^ OH BURN! (no pun intended)

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WTF you're running two ICs?

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Wtf?

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because its *cooler* that way...i'll let myself out

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I said that the kit I baught was a pipe short. And as you can tell by the kid passed out in the corner, it was getting pretty late and I was leaving for college the next morning. So we decided to ghetto rig it so I could drive home and leave it in my garage where it is now. The smic was just thrown on there so I could get home. My question is, do you guys think it's worth it to pay the extra cash and go short route or should I just get a pipe made to replace the smic? I know that the short route means better spooling and cooler air, but is it worth the extra money?

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Its not a huge deal, just get a pipe fabbed up to replace the sidemount.

I'd be more worried about getting an air filter on there.

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If you can find a short route set for under $100 I'd say go for it. Otherwise just grab a cheap bend or two and pop it on.

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Oh the filter is defiantly on there. It was just off so we could have more room.

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That's awesome! It reminds me of the Dahlback golf. 5 cylinders, a big turbo, two I/C's and 1000 awhp.

So, you need one more cyl. and a few more hp.

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Anyone have a pic of a short route setup utilizing his style IC? I can only find one with an IC with the piping adapters facing back towards the radiator. I'm curious to see a setup go through on the sides of the radiator and hook into such a large IC with the endtank adapters facing the sides.

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Just shorten that 90* on the passenger side, and get it to point up so it goes over the tranny, instead of making go to the stock sidemount side. I'd say just get yourself a couple bends though to replace where that stock ic is, and call it done.

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Yea I think I'll just leave the long route and get a pipe to replace the smic. I'm planning on checking out a few local shops to get some quotes.

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We'll I went to LSE and they gave me a good price so I got rid of my smic and stuck with the long route. I'll post pics up tomorrow! No more dual intercoolers for me!

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Thanks for the business, glad we could take care of it for you so quickly.
Feel free to post a review in our forum ;).

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I dont think you can use a short route for that IC, its too big, i have that same one. i did all the pipes myself and went long route. i just looked at where i wanted to route the pipes and what bends i would need, then went to a local exhaust shop got the bends i needed, cut them and welded them and i was good to go. Then i did the same on a buddies car that got an ebay kit (missing 2 bends GG)

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I have a set of misc 2.5" stainless bends and pipe left over. oh well.
Nice car by the way, the pussy loves 2Gs.

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Haha thanks guys. Yea i didn't get around to pics today/yesterday (it was my birthday). But I'll get to it asap. And i'll post this in the review forum as well, but ill say it here too, LSE did a great job on makin these pipes! They did it in half the time I asked and did a great job. The guys there are nice and don't give you too much shit even if you have 2 intercoolers haha.

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The first picture of your car with both IC's on was my desktop from the time you posted it till about 2 weeks ago. Thank for a new destop background again!!

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Haha thanks! It was sorta a personal goal to make my gsx cool enough to be on somebody's background. I guess this will have to do haha. She's all welded and good to go now. only 1 intercooler for me

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This is actually a personal favorite of mine. The dual intercoolers and it looks clean haah. Though I'd humor yall. And like I said, the smic is off now it was just a temporary fix. ENJOY!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98...X/IMG_0064.jpg

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That's the one... if i ever got bored i was gona ask where you lived and get my picture taken with it. Thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.

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Haha it is! or it was at least. I still think it's funny how the smic fit perfectly where we needed an extra pipe hha!

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I'm just gunna go ahead and bump this thread because my dual intercooler pic made me smile... :)

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lol you should have put it on a dyno to see if it helped or not lmao im sure it didnt because of the small ass inlet and outlet on the smic but hey you never know haha

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^It never ran long enough.

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made me smile again too. even though i have it saved somewhere for future humiliation