TFS: How to Build Custom Intercooler Piping
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- Custom intercooler piping can be very tricky to manage because there are literally thousands of ways to run and route the system. In this special segment of #TFSBoostFab, Justin the Fabricator demonstrates the simplified method for fabricating a custom intercooler piping assembly on an Evo 8.
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Thank you for the vid. I was a little stressed out about how to properly get this done, but after watching your vid, I was able to fab some custom pipes for my project and I was surprised at just how simple this was! Took a little bit of trial and error, but the methods shown in the video really helped me along in the process. Thanks a ton!!!
Honestly.. Thank you for noise warnings..
I'd also just like to chime in and say thanks for the little bits of wisdom I'm learning from your videos. Appreciate everything you do. Thanks buddy
Fantastic video. I've been wanting to add a centrifugal s/c and intercooler to my LS and this really helps show the proper way to get all the intercooler tubing done myself.
Straight to the point no nonsense information, great job thanks for sharing 👍
made my own custom intercooler pipes in a weekend using only this video as reference. very well done guide, it really made the whole job less daunting. I never would have thought to cut an angle in half to dodge other parts and was able to clear my sway bar so much better than if i had not known that trick. boost leaks begone
woah this was really cool to watch. Very interesting seeing it all come together!
I have sifted through over 100 turbo "build" videos. Most are 95% uneducational. This is the 1st one that shows hands on fabrication throughout the whole video. I learned more in 20 minutes than hours of other videos.
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I would love to see some intercoolers cores welded together for those really large custom jobs.
Noise alerts are life savers, keep up the good work subbed
Rivets or not that intercooler piping build is mechanical art...just beautiful. Its a skill I wish I had. If that were my car I would not complain about the rivets. I think it looks pretty nice with the aluminum piping. Good job!
Holy crap this is a good series!
All the time i see your videos i learn something new..thanks Justin!
This series is the BEST. Well presented, great photography, Justin is a super capable fab'r and excellent speaker. Thanks.
Man I learned SO MUCH from this video. Thank you!!
Great videos, thanks Justin!
Justin is like the Bob Ross of custom instillation videos
I use PET tape for powder coating. It's GREAT stuff and like Justin said, it can withstand pretty high temps and leaves no residue which is very important for powder coating. Thanks for the videos!
I love the stuff so much that I sell it on my website haha. Thanks for watching!
enjoying the automotive fab work while looking for a tig welder.
Phenomenal video. Thank you!
Great video, very informative!
Looks Great! Thanks for making video.
Thanks for watching!
I'm glad I stumbled onto your channel. It's pretty useful for my eagle talon build. I've only got 300 in the thing and that's because i had to buy injectors and fluids. everything else i've built by hand on it. so i've already made like idk 8 feet of intake for it out of scrap for free. Thanks man
Right on.
Fantastic.
Great job
hello Justin. This is Javier. i just wanted make a statement that you are AMAZING.
great video well explained. learning lots thanks!!!
great video!
Keep the videos coming bro!
More on the way up to the tube now!
I have used a small inexpensive (harbor freight) bead roller to put the slip ring on straight tubing before. it really looks like a pro job for a minimal investment and you have another tool that works in other areas as well.
I've had the same one for about 6 years. It's junk. It just sits on my shelf.
Once again nice and informative video. keep it up.
Thanks!
Good video bro Aussie boilermaker fabricator here doing coolers, plumbing and off road snorkel for ages. It’s funny to see even though were thousands of miles apart fabrication is fabrication “yer that’s were I’m cutting it that looks right there, tack tack perfect! I don’t tag my stuff but I would go a thicker tag and weld it,
Unless your using captive mandrel I would have kittens thinking the internal rivet shaft could end up in the engine!
Nice video, again a lot learing in it. Top...TFS
Great job, I like!!! Thanks
Thanks for watching!
This is a great video 👍
Good video man
Great video! Inspired to work on mine now. Though it may take years to do what you did in this video lol.
Great work and you have helped this newb on welding aluminum. I enjoy learning, as we all do, on new ways to tackle these jobs. Keep the vids coming...
man, 4 years later and I'm coming back for a refresh now that I have a tig welder... and people are still getting mad at the rivets xD you could take the BOV out, have that 1 7/8" hole open to atmosphere and still build boost.
Kickass work, just got a subscriber
I appreciate u bro big time
89mirageman here from mirageforums. Been watching all of your videos and I am impressed. I've picked up quite a few tips.
Chris Pearson Hey what's up!? There's a few MPF guys floating around here. Always cool to see some familiar names. Thanks for watching!
This video made me 100% confident in the fact that I need to bring my car to the shop 😂
Awesome
I'm getting ready build twin turbo on a 2006 dodge magnum srt8 6.1 hemi. I learn alot here
Thanks that was cool I do pip work to but to see someone else's tricks of the triad helps wasn't to long or over explained nice job o what kind of tape is that didn't realy explain much about it love to see more helpful tips AWESOME VID
I did exactly what he said not to do. Built my whole kit without having my rad installed and yep I dropped the radiator down and added a remote fill and relocated the sway bar because of it lol.
I wish I had a shop jack/lift :(
all do brody
Don’t let that stop ya brotha.
I wish someone like him lived in my area...im tired of dealing with these shops who cannot fabricate anything!
Good job bro, see you next épisode ;-)
Thanks! Two more are coming up very soon. Thanks for watching!
I love your work my friend , but if you have a customer that ever runs methanol injection, it will find it’s way into those those rivets and corrode them. I know it’s injected at the throttle body, but it’s corrosive as hell and I’ve seen the vapors do this over time, please tack weld those because your quality it is amazing
BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!! I would mind finding you to build me one for my Saab 9-3!!!!!
Cool tutorial.
I was going to ask why not weld on the tags, but found the answer in other comments.
Time to get out the powertig and attempt to do this!
Thanks about noise alert : )
Awesome video I love this and your exhaust work. Could you of used v bands?
I could have.
Like the kiss approach. My ocd brain wouldn’t worry about the rivets leaking boost, I wouldn’t do it for the “what if” factor of them failing under severe heat cycling and going through the engine. After being a heavy duty diesel mechanic for 15 years, you see some pretty crazy failure caused by $.50 parts. Lol.
You would make one hell of an audio book narrator.
Is there any particular place you recommend for parts and materials when building intakes and exhausts?
Thanks for the great instruction video!
Thanks for watching!
Very cool. I'm surprised you don't have a bead roller. There are a few ways to make you own bead forming tool using pliers. I'd love to see your take on it!
Aaron Wolff I know there are a few DIY tools and such, but I just don't need one.
Awesome vid man, how do you find the ebay cooler pipe when welding it up? I noticed you didnt back purge i this was a bit of a must do when dealing with elements such as air especially going into the engine? As in the flakey crust stuff that can chip off on the inside of the pipe or do you run a rag/pad etc thru the inside too? Cheers
Thanks as always.
Also, at 6:00ish, you mean vertical (which is, notably, perpendicular to the ground); no matter which direction you clock it, a 90 degree bend mounted/cut straight on will be perpendicular to tube you are welding it to 'cuz geometry.
This is to say, you were saying you DON'T want to make everything vertical.
Unless you did some pie-cut kinda trickery, the 90 degree piece *will* be perpendicular.
Valid point, but I'm pretty sure it was understood.
When you do brackets to reduce movement....where do you try to go to and what material do you use.. GREAT video. Thanks
How much flexibility do you typically allow in the piping for engine movement vs the solid mounted cooler? Any “rule of thumb” recommendations? (Couplers, etc?)
Another very informative video. Great job! I actually figured out to use the pet tape on my own about a year ago when welding up some pipes. I had a roll of that tape for doing powdercoating and i figured it would work really well for the welding. Im glad to see someone else doing the same thing with it. On a side note, you forgot to mention the most important part of cleaning out the pipes before final install. What method do you use for getting all the chips and oils out of the pipes?
dcstang67 I order the tubes already cleaned and polished. All I have to do is cut and weld. There's almost never anything remaining inside when finished.
Hey man.. Great content as always.. I think riveting on your tag isn't such a great idea.. But hey keep em coming.. Love ur vidz man
ThePitbull30 Trust me, there is nothing wrong with rivets. It's been done for years and it will hold for ever.
Riveting isnt an issue whatsoever. Anyone who thinks a 1/16" hole that's filled with the actual rivet will make a difference needs to stop commenting on turbo builds. Keep up the good work!
What welder settings slash filler rod do you use
Great work!! Where did you have your name tag made?
Arrh man I loved it until the rivets 😵
Come on man 😆
2 tack welds on each end would have suffice...lol
you know they put rivets on aluminum boats 😵😆
shawn e water is a bit more viscous than air, and boost leaks cause havoc with a tune.
@@brooks3racing1 Rivots do break off. Imagine the piece of aluminium causing damage to the engine and then the cat.
@@shawne7225 imagine having engineered holes in your boat
Can you please post a link of where you bought the pre made bends for the piping? I’d like to purchase a few of those! Thanks!
I wish there were someone who took as much care building the piping as you, would be nice to get my subie piping custom to be able to maximize fit and minimize the number of couplings. I don't want another crappy fitting ebay kit that still has to be cut anyway.
Great video!
I like the Intro very much.
How is that song called?
What could you use to knock down any welding debris on the inside of the piping? Say it was more towards the middle and you couldn't reach it to sand it down
So where does buy the metal for all this?
Could you please tell me what size tungsten was used and what amp setting? Just bough my first tig, trying to make custom intake... Not going well...
I'd like this video twice if I could
I guess the comment will count as a second like then haha. Thanks for watching!
What do you do when transitioning your 180⁰ and the cut ends are not completely circle (the outside edge is a little more flat then the inside of the 180)
id like to see those welds ground down, and the pipes polished so it looks like one piece.
Justin what carbide blade is on the chop saw and diameter?
could you do a vid on the saw did you use a speed reducer on it
Fantastic job!!! I just subbed your channel...But why didn't you tig your brand logo onto the top pipe?
Great video as always. Is there any negative affect of welding the tag on?
James Lames There is no negative affect to welding it.
Do you have a part number on that DeWalt blade?
What does the MP stand for on your tag?
As a headset user I thank you for the noise alerts
I'm glad it's being noticed. Thanks for the feedback!
Do you make an intake pipe, and fix a shilda with holes, on rivets? Is not it better to weld!
Hi! what is the model name of your DeWalt saw? I would like to buy it.
Thanks for this video man, amazing stuff.
Did you not have to roll the end of the pipes? I made some pipes up my self before and after a couple of weeks of some full boost every now and then it popped off the pipe
I've heard of people putting a weld bead on the end of they don't have the tool to roll it.
great video, wondering why you didn't purge the inside?
Aluminum is not a reactive metal. It does not require back purging and there is no benefit.
Is back purging not needed for aluminum intercooler piping?
could one use V Claps to connect the pieces
hey man nice work . when you're doing a custom job, do the placement of the box matter if it's on the cold side of the intercooler pipe or the hot side
Michael Angel There will always be an argument regarding hot side vs cold side haha. It's most commonly found on the cold side, but it doesn't matter where you put it at the end of the day.
Thanks man
Would it be possible to adopt intercooler for non-intercooled turbo engine?Example is the case of Delica Starwagon turbo.
I have a 2260 turbo on my 1.9 seat with a 63mm hot side charge pipe and cold side 76mm but it take a long time for it to boost what size should I fit to make it boost quicker
What is your tungsten and welder settings for intercooler tubing?
Cut deburr and weld , is there more prep off camera?
Gtperformance Dresden +1 for welder settings. mostly ac balance and freq. and power source?
There is no additional prep than what is seen. Cut - clean - weld.
I usually use 1/16" tungsten on this thin stuff and I taper down in amperage with my pedal starting around 85 amps or so (I can't look at the dial while welding). Balance and freq. are automatic on my machine so I have no control over them.
Just trying to improve my results on the same tubing.using a miller diversion 165 { only get to control amps} with mixed results.
Just practice. Dont be afraid to throw some amperage at it and run the pedal to your advantage. When welding, you are basically looking to time your dabs to a split second between the moment where the aluminum gets shiny and the moment that is starts to fall out. The higher the amperage - the faster it happens, but also the less control over the puddle you end up with. You can start high on the amperage while the metal is cold and slowly back the amperage off as you progress. It just takes some practice.
Gtperformance Dresden step on pedal until it puddles and then more or less than and go from there. That’s a tough machine for aluminum with no adjustments.
Where do you get your metal piping from?
I need 304, mild and 6061 deburr tool. What brand do u recommend off amazon? Thanks.
Ivan WNY I may be one of the few people in the world that don't shop on Amazon, so I have no idea.
did you not need to bead the egde on the intercooler side?
I have a question I was thing of using 316 stanless steel tubing for my ic piping because I have a bunch of it and trying to save money. is that ok to use, I know aluminum displaces heat more like I said I'm trying to stay within my budget
patrick koepfer Nothing wrong with 316. All it really needs to be is a tube.
Have you ever used a stick of brazing rod to bend to the angles you want and then take the protractor to the rod to get your angles?
I know the method but I don't use it. To me, it seems like something that takes additional steps for a process I can do without it.