LCR Turbo charge pipe

[D.K]

I'm going to be polishing the charge pipe soon and i think i read somewhere that there are baffles in the turbo end of the pipe that can be removed, If this is right what benefits will doing this give and is it worth the hassle.
Thanks

 

[karlosR]

i had a spare that i sold to a mate who then took the whole silencer part out then sleeved the inside. he fitted it to his LCR but didn't like the sound it made so i bought it back off of him, it turned out he had a boost leak! there is a bit more of a whistle when the turbo spools up (even more so now i have a decent map) and there was a small improvement in throttle response too.

i'm getting mine powder coated rather than polishing it, too much like hard work for me!

 

[D.K]

Has anyone else modded one of these and should i polish the pipe or spray it black like the strutt brace?

 

[stewbie55]

Personally I like the polished look - I think TTS do them for £95(?) on a exchange basis if you don't want to do it yourself.

There is an aftermarket one that comes without the baffles, I think Richybigman has one on his if you do a search

 

[Willie]

Black sounds good and would be far easier to keep clean.
Not heard of anyone going black so you could be the first.
£95 of a polished charge pipe, thats alot for a shiney pipe

 

[lc_allan]

I think black would look good. Not that I open the bonnet or show off the engine much. Prefer the subtle look to all the chrome though

 

[Ruddmeister]

Has anyone else modded one of these and should i polish the pipe or spray it black like the strutt brace?

Like this........

Speak to Feel he made up a load with the baffle removed

Feel even fitted mine for free and left the skin from his fingers on the hot engine.....although in retrospect I'm not sure this was specifically an 'option' offered by him

 

[Ruddmeister]

what benefits will doing this give and is it worth the hassle......

I could hear the turbo a little more, felt slightly better pulling at higher revs if I recall

The main advantage was it looked cool and just like magpie I was attracted to shiny things and couldn;t say no



(For less money you'd have more fun with a short shifter or put the money towards Anti-toll bars IMO )

 

[D.K]

Thanks for the replys guys
I'm waiting for the pipe to arrive its standard at the moment and whatever i do to it i'm going to have a go at it myself.
I'v also got another gear selecter coming wich i'm going to try and mod into a short shifter
All suggestion welcome

 

[DOLBY]

will tts de baffle mine then?...sounds like a cool mod..how much u reckon?

 

[richybigman]

Here's my one, all i noticed was the louder spool up of the turbo and of course the bling factor of it

 

[D.K]

Sorry for bringing this up again
Right i'm not going to de baffle it now
I was thinking about wraping the charge pipe and the lower pipe that joints the two intercoolers with exhaust heat wrap to try and keep the temps down, what do you guy's think

 

[rideonracing]

d.k.. someone on hear told me u do the polished charge pipe?? if so nechance u cud do one for me?? might also consider takin the baffles out???

 

[gb]

d.k.. someone on hear told me u do the polished charge pipe?? if so nechance u cud do one for me?? might also consider takin the baffles out???

i might have one up for sale soon sorry darren

 

[J0N]

d.k.. someone on hear told me u do the polished charge pipe?? if so nechance u cud do one for me?? might also consider takin the baffles out???

D.K does a wonderful job. Use the PM though.

 

[rideonracing]

im jst a new member to this.. not quite worked out how to work all of this site lol wat do i have to do ti recieve full membership, sumthin abt 10posts?? wat do they mean by that?

but neway, if ne1 knows of a charger pipe polished and preferably de-baffeld, let me know!! could also mail me a [email protected]

cheers folks!

 

[D.K]

You need 10 post's then 24 hours before you can send and receive PM's

 

[rideonracing]

darren jst realised its the inlet manifold that people has beeen chroming up!! dnt supose u so that aswell do ya??