Is it worth changing the standard intercooler hoses for smooth silicon ones??

I know Prodrive do it as part of the PPP, but is it worth doing it to a MY97 UK car, with a Scoobysport backbox, downpipe and 57i air inductor!

I've been quoted £70.10 for the hoses from GGR. Can it be justified??

Cheers
Andy

 

Have your existing hoses failed or ar they showing signs of failure? If not, then the change is not likely to do much for you apart from looking like you have bought aftermarket shiney bits for your engine bay...

I suspect that if the ppp intercooler piping actually improves performance it will be more to do with a change in design, routing and metal tubing bits than just some slightly more slippy silicon hoses... but I may be wrong.

It may be worthwhile of you are upping your boost a lot, but you would be looking at other bits to then...

Moray

 

Andy,

My MY94 WRX has new intercooler hoses. Mine was due to necessity (old one was bodged by previous jap git owner). I don't expect there was any increase in performance, but true blue looks much nicer than crap black plastic! Before you mention my bad taste in colour matching, the MY94 WRX has a standard unfinished block, none of this fancy red paint!

Pilch