ETS Intercooler setup has every hard pipe except..........

...the pipe that goes from the turbo to the air canister. It is using the stock tubing from the turbo to the air canister. Previous owner included the pipe but wasn't sure why it wasn't on there. Perhaps it required a special intake of some sort. The angle on it just seems all wrong. Any idea whether or not it is acceptable to use the stock pipe for this location or why the angle is all off on the hard pipe that I have?

Thanks for any ideas!

 

[SmoothCustomer]

You CANNOT use the stock intake with the ETS kit, you have to buy their intake.

 

What do you mean? Do you mean that it won't function properly? It is in use right now and everything sits properly. Please expand.

This is the link for the pipes that I have....

I have the black hard pipe and the black elbow. I think the previous owner avoided using that intake because not everyone is a fan of a short ram.

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[SmoothCustomer]

The only reason that they sell that pipe is because everything shouldn't be sitting properly with the stock intake.

 

[mountaineerjeff]

is there a chance he is a dsmer? and not realizing the difference between dsm and vr4 intakes?

 

Yes he is a DSMer...a real good guy too. I'll take some pics of how everything sits. It sits just perfect. It just isn't pretty but it's functional. Give me a little time.

 

Until I get pics, does anyone know how it is supposed to be setup? Is the black rubber part supposed to go to the turbo?

Thanks

 

[mountaineerjeff]

yes it attaches to the turbo, and then the pipe hooks to it, and the straight piece hooks it to the maf, and the smaller one recircs the blowoff

 

[boostedinaz]

 

[slugsgomoo]

either that or move your battery off the front corner of the car and run a normal DSM intake. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif

 

Thanks all.

 

[Chad989of2000]

Quoting slugsgomoo:
either that or move your battery off the front corner of the car and run a normal DSM intake. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif



Easiest way to go here. Get that battery in your trunk and free up some space.

 

[Lonewolf64]

Iirc I ran the stock intake with the ETS FMIC kit for a few months before upgrading to 2g MAS + battery relocation + 2g style intake. I'm not sure why it's advertised that this is not possible...

Picture for proofz.

 

OMG that's my setup lol...right down the duralast Gold!

 

[Lonewolf64]

Haha, that was my setup ~3 years ago. It looks a little bit different now.

 

Did it work out ok for you then? Did you find any issues with it?

 

[slugsgomoo]

Quoting Chad989of2000:
Quoting slugsgomoo:
either that or move your battery off the front corner of the car and run a normal DSM intake. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/dunno.gif



Easiest way to go here. Get that battery in your trunk and free up some space.



mine is in the trunk, another alternative is to relocate to where the charcoal canister is on the crossmember.

 

[Lonewolf64]

Quoting blkchr91:
Did it work out ok for you then? Did you find any issues with it?



I had no issues with my FMIC kit except one of the pipes they sent was the wrong length. I cut it down to size and put a bead on it and had no problems since then. As for that exact setup, I did not keep things that way very long. Within a few months of installing the ETS kit I put on a 3inch turboback exhaust, 2g MAS, 2g style intake pipe, and odyssey small battery relocation to where the stock intake sits.