Yeah, sadly that's what I've heard. Sucks when I just dropped almost 700 dollars on it, but there aren't really any options left anymore for my car. I found this website, frozenboost.com, but I'm not 100% sure of their intercooler quality, and I don't really trust my ability to piece together the pipes, so it was either go risky for cheaper, or do a full a/w which is 2k easily. I'll wait until I can find a quality A/A on the cheap.
Alright. Sounds pretty easy, I can cut the pipe with my Dremel. Do I need to weld the pipes together? I can, but I don't really want to. What else did you have to connect to the intake pipes, like what vacuum lines, etc?
Maybe they've made improvements over the years? I just remember guys complaining of 3-4 psi drops when those kits first hit the market.
I don’t have the blower on the car at all, so we won’t know what the boost drop is. I’ll have to wire in some boost sensors I guess. I heard the same thing, and I’ll definitely go with a treadstone later especially if I get a deal. If I can free up more boost then that means I can make more power before hitting the limit of the block. We’ll see how CXRacing is.
I was going to go with a treadstone on my 2v d1sc setup but I couldn't get one in a good timeframe. I would up going with a mishimoto r-line intercooler which is 4 inch thick and had great iat's and almost no boost drop. fantastic intercooler for a great price
What did you do for your MAF setup? I'm thinking about getting a SCT BA3000 but I don't know how I'll hook it in.
Is this a slot style or the stock style?
I got this tube to put the maf in: VMP 3" / 75 mm ID Blow-Through Slot-Style MAF Housing
Why does everyone like the slot styles so much? They just seem more expensive, harder to wire.
Because its very hard to tune a stock style maf with a blow through setup (if you dont know what that is then google it) but slot style it is the proper way to go. Take my word for it when I say with modding cars "buy once, cry once"
Okay, good to know. I was tempted to buy a stock style, because of the wiring, price, and what not, but I suppose I can find a slot style for a good price. I just didn't know why they were better, I knew they pegged at higher airflows. Especially when I'm going for a blowthru app.
A stock 05-10 MAF will probably be fine too for your power goals. Most go bigger because, again, buy once cry once. BA5000 is what I did on my D1SC setup.
Didn't consider that, maybe. Hopefully, I'll be able to snag a deal with a dude for some injectors and a PMAS maf on Facebook though. I would like to build the block of the engine eventually, so if I can get the big MAF, that would be good with me.
How hard was it to weld in the flange for the slot style? My buddy doesn't have much experience welding aluminum, would it be that hard to do it?
The pipe in the used kit I bought had the flame welded also. You can find pipes with the flange already welded on. Or have someone who knows how to do it. Got to pay to play. Just do it
You can buy a tube with the slot already there. Quite a few different companies/sizes out there.
www.vmpperformance.com
It's all about the tuning. I switched from a BA2400 to a BA5000 in a 3.5" pipe and the 5000 was a lot easier to tune. Part throttle was no problem to dial in as the signal was a lot cleaner. And it wasn't even close to pegging on my set up.
