I went the cheap route with my charge pipe and used abs plastic pipe. beautiful fit. i am very happy thus far. for anyone on a budget check this out.
Finished product. probably not everyones cup of tea but I hope someone could use these pics for their own projects.
looks good enough to me i guess…although reg 2.5" piping and a 2’ of reinforced coupler can be found for about the same price you maybe get leaks in those over time, are they pvc?..also please dont tell me you had the car painted blue and your door trim and engine bay are white :ghetto:
You shouldn’t use PVC for piping. The PVC isn’t designed to opperate in the temperatures you are exposing it to. When it heats up it degrades and releases some nasty gases into your intake system. Also when the PVC heats up it expands, this with the increased pressure (which it also wasn’t designed to take) and heat making the plastic soft it can crack them and lead to some nasty situations. All around…bad idea…
Why not just use some pre-mandrel bent pipe?
http://www.magnumforceracing.com/ubend.asp
http://www.burnsstainless.com/
its not PVC. its ABS plastic. no fumes with ABS and can handle alot higher temps and psi. it cost me maybe $20 for the whole thing as opposed the the muffler shops charging a arm and a leg. everything is painted on my car but under the hood.door jambs and trunk jambs are painted. anyway cars use plastic for charge pipe so i figuered ABS is ABS. so far so good. anymore comments?
Interesting use of drain pipe and electrical tape, heh. I would just fix the ghetto wiring job on the passanger side - doesn’t look too safe.
the wires in the pic are from my HID’S. they arent there normally. they are soidered and taped. its pretty clean in there now
hey thats cool, but honestly i still think its :ghetto:, i would have been a little more patient saved some money and had some mandrels fabbed, but thats just my .02
i read that it actually takes longer for the ABS pipe to warm up as oppossed to metal pipe. it has pro’s and con’s. out here in redneck-ville, they dont wanna touch my car. i asked my local speed shop for some help with charge pipes and they said they didnt wanna get involved. Pretty gay. I was gonna go with metal but i started to read up on the ABS option and i seen nothing but good things. like i said, it takes longer to get hot and the weight savings and money savings. I was sold
I see SSAC manifold 
And it’s not about what charge pipes get warm faster. you are wanting to look at what dissipates heat faster.
where did you buy the abs charge pipes from and how many of each bend did you use ? I would like to try this out for time being until I have enough time to weld some nice piping. So how many of each bend 90s? 180s?
is someone cooking some rice??? im hungry lol
where did you buy the abs charge pipes from and how many of each bend did you use ? I would like to try this out for time being until I have enough time to weld some nice piping. So how many of each bend 90s? 180s?
sorry redDAinteg, I havent been home to see what you asked. you can get the ABS pipe at Home Depot or Lowes. They are in the plumbing section. the ones out here had 2" and 3". I figured 3" would be to big so i bought the two. its about $6.00 I think for a long ass pipe. you will only need one. as for the elbows, buy like five each. thats what i did. Then return what you dont use. they are like between .85 cents and $1.50.Next you need some ABS glue. Make sure its ABS glue and not PVC. Thats about it. you need something to cut it with, But other than that, just patience is your freind. post some pics. Let me know if there is any other questions.
PS.- ABS is black, PVC is white. DO NOT USE PVC.
looks good for the $ spent good job!
But idont see a BOV on the cold side is it on the hot side?
the BOV is right there where the ABS unit used to be…
ahhh thanks, I have down syndrome :think:
You stole my idea lol. This is one cheap way to do things, very smart. check out this website http://www.machinist-materials.com/comparison_table_for_plastics.htm people seem to think these pipes won’t be able to hold boost or take the heat but check out that website it tells alot about the melting point and psi limits 