Inlet Tubing

[Viper_ed]

Debating on if I should use 3" Steel Tubing, 3" Aluminum Tubing or 3" Thin Wall PVC to make up all of my inlet tubing going from my Turbo to Intercooler to Throttle Body. I can see each having a benefit, but not sure which one will be best for overall air flow and mainly heat dissapation. Chim in your opinions on each!

[Silverhatch]

Just need to check what the "bursting pressure" is on the aluminum versus steel. I would assume alot has to do with amount of boost your gonna run and the thickness of the walls of the pipe itself.

[Stangman701]

Debating on if I should use 3" Steel Tubing, 3" Aluminum Tubing or 3" Thin Wall PVC to make up all of my inlet tubing going from my Turbo to Intercooler to Throttle Body. I can see each having a benefit, but not sure which one will be best for overall air flow and mainly heat dissapation. Chim in your opinions on each!

Aluminum would probably be the best way to go, but also probably the most difficult.

[blkp42e]

i thought PVC was bad to use for intake tubing. something about heat and harmful gasses?

i may be wrong

[Silverhatch]

A bad thing about aluminum is if your doing the welding yourself. You don't have the ability personally to weld aluminum.

[Mitternacht]

pvc tubing is good for CAI systems because it doesn't hold heat like aluminum would. But for boost, go aluminum.

[wick]

You don't have the ability personally to weld aluminum.

But I do.

[yeahloh95]

my vote aluminum then you can pollish it .