My build finally coming together - Page 7 - Perth-WRX.com

trainwrex · #61 03-10-2005, 10:28 AM

ramon yeah R/T fabbed up all the piping from downpipe/ upipe / intake and IC piping.. there was a heap of work involved as u and everyone else would know. The end result does look bling and well done i think...

Just got all my piping back from the ceramic coater, so the car should be ready by the end of the week. Fingers crossed

#62 03-10-2005, 10:56 AM

I just re-read your first post.

So pipework done in stainless and not alloy?

Hard to make out in the dodgy camera pics (who uses a real digi anymore!) cause of the way the multiple cuts are done on the bend(s) and big chunky welds suggest alloy.

Have you given any thought about fuel filtration? Can I suggest using a better micron fuel filter, ideally a reuseable type one. Doesn't have to a horribly expensive branded one either.

trainwrex · #63 03-10-2005, 11:19 AM

pipework for the FMIC done in aluminum.. Stainless for the down and up pipes.

Sorry about the pics im a newbie in that department. So wot do u think of the welds? Check page 5 for some better pics ramon

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Have you given any thought about fuel filtration? Can I suggest using a better micron fuel filter, ideally a reuseable type one. Doesn't have to a horribly expensive branded one either.

Dont know too much about this area? could u care to elaborate Where abouts can u get them, costing and overall benefits?

#64 03-10-2005, 12:29 PM

As you run a multiple fuel pump, even in-tank setup, and a very serious engine tune, attention should be paid to fuel filter setups. The fuel pressure demands will be quite high and risk of damage by contamination is all that much greater. The general rule of thumb, one pre-filter to protect the fuel pump and filter after the fuel pump.

This is something you don't have to spend a lot of money on (unless you want too).

Bosch or Ryco make good throw-away filters. Depeding on micron grade and psi limit, simple twist on filters from 12-18$ with screw-in types around the 40$ mark. Let me just say, nothing inherently wrong with these, but just as many things, you have better choices out there.

Now, if you want to be on top of it, cannister style element filters that are washable is that better choice. Granted they are ten-times the cost of your regular Bosch/Ryco units but you only buy them once. They naturally out-perform their lesser paper cousins in flow and filtration. All the top players (most are from the US) in the fuel game have a range of such filters.

I use over-kill Kluhsman Billet filters which are cannister style woven steel mesh.