cookstar

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Car is 02 WRX

StudentScooby

Just out of interest what is it?

cookstar

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Samco, induction pipe

360ste

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Think it is a case of removing the inlet manifold and shed loads of other bits.

cookstar

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whoops

RON

Yeh, and then having it mapped to suit...!!!

briforbes

It's literally the job from hell......

took me around 3 days to sort, fuel lines and injector rails had to come off the inlet manifold, plus all the associated clips and hoses involved in removing the manifold.

In hindsight, I wish I'd paid a garage to do it.

Hakon

Not difficult at all, do a search for inlet removal on scoobynet. Replaced my inlet as snapped off a hose connector, just remember where everything goes. I had never attempted anything like it before and it was a breeze. Do not pay for it and enjoy the saved cash !

Hakon

hades

It is possible to do it without removing the inlet manifold etc. It is a complete bitch to get it in place, and you will break the old pipe pulling it out if you do so.

You need to rely on the fact that the silicon is flexible to enable you to bend some of the outlet pipes back a bit, lubricate the outside of the pipe significantly, push it through at exactly the right angle, twisting it through to exactly the right angle and using a fair bit of force in order to pop it through. Despite first impressions, it will go through, but you will lose a fair bit of skin from knuckles etc in the process!

In retrospect, I did at least half wish I'd taken the inlet manifold off as it doesn't look that difficult a job.

hades

The Samco hose really doesn't make that much difference that you need a full re-map. It frees up the breathing to the turbo giving slightly earlier spool and a little more air at the top end; that difference is well within the learning capabilities of the ECU, especially as any increased airflow is directly measured by the MAF anyway. It has much less impact on the map than e.g. the exhaust, plenty of people never re-map with a complete exhaust change.

cookstar

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this will be fitted at the same time as a new turbo and injectors/fuel pump. Which is being done prior to a remap, so will be getting the garage to fit it

911

Wise move i assure you.
Been there done that just recoved after 2 years...