Guys I have got to the stage where I am fitting the fmic to my rally car and I have this little problem

as you can see the pipe is pretty tight against the rad surround here, no sharp edges but I don't think it will last long, would my best bet be a length of alloy 51mm ext pipe and make it oval where the tight bit is and just use the silicone as a joiner section both ends?

moving the ic forward is not an option due to the sumpguard mount.

this is how it should all fit hopefully, the lower boost elbow goes into the foglight hole in the bumper but that is fine

any ideas?

Aluminium wont last

You need stainless

hmmmm, goes back to ebay...

grrrr flippen hell I just remembered there is a new section of 51mm exh pipe in the corner of the w'shop, that would do nicely I could run a bead of weld around the ends to stop the silicone pipe coming off... 

ta Jase

Aluminium wont last

You need stainless

 

Won't last as a boost pipe? :think:

Guys I have got to the stage where I am fitting the fmic to my rally car and I have this little problem

any ideas?

 

Trim the inside of the bumper or the rad surround?

Trim the inside of the bumper or the rad surround?

trimmed both mate but the bit of rad surround it is up against now is the steel part that supports the slam panel mountings and I can't risk weakening that too much. Think I will go for the steel pipe and make it oval slightly, it shouldn't be as tight then and alloy would prob wear thru with the vibration in no time. tomorrow's little plan then lol.

Won't last as a boost pipe? :think:

No it wont

Not how the op wants to use it. It will vibrate and wear through in no time off the surrounding plastics / metals

Been there.... Got the t-shirt

I can see now where you've gone wrong, on the pic with cooler hanging on the rope you've got the cooler lower so the top pipe lines up nicely with the cut out above chassis leg, but when you've welded brackets to your crash bar you have lifted the cooler up so the pipe now does not line up with the cut out.

I would lower the brackets on the cooler or alter the outlet on cooler so the hose is angled down slightly.

Be better than bodging in a flattened pipe

In your application a slight knock to the front corner could then squash the steel pipe flat and end your rally :(

it is as low as I can go mate the top pipe is tight against the crashbar mount too, think I am going to make my own steel pipes from the cooler across the front, not ideal but I'll have to try not to hit anything too hard lol, to be honest if I had more time I would sell this cooler and buy a straight thru one as I think it would be simpler to get in there.