So my goal here was to end up with a RIP kit for significantly less than whats available new. I bought a intercooler piping kit for $125 and short of a few transition silicones it's got all the piping and couplers needed. I know this is fairly easy for -98 cars since they don't have the MAP sensor in the throttle pipe, but I figured I could just cut the plastic pipe right before that and leave the sensors be. No loss of performance since it transitions down in diameter at the throttle anyways.
I went to measure the diameter of the pipe today to see what size transition I needed, and realized that the pipe starts to turn almost immediately behind the sensors, leaving practically no room for a silicone coupler to hang on to. That, paired with having no "barb" for the t-bolt clamps to grab onto would probably end up just blowing off under boost. Has anyone figured that part of the 99+ diy rip kit out? It completely slipped my mind that would be a problem and was wondering if anyone has crossed this bridge as I can only find info for -98.
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The diagram isn't oriented correctly, but right where the sensors end is where it starts bending leaving no room as mentioned
I went to measure the diameter of the pipe today to see what size transition I needed, and realized that the pipe starts to turn almost immediately behind the sensors, leaving practically no room for a silicone coupler to hang on to. That, paired with having no "barb" for the t-bolt clamps to grab onto would probably end up just blowing off under boost. Has anyone figured that part of the 99+ diy rip kit out? It completely slipped my mind that would be a problem and was wondering if anyone has crossed this bridge as I can only find info for -98.
The diagram isn't oriented correctly, but right where the sensors end is where it starts bending leaving no room as mentioned
