Homemade R.I.P Kit... Anybody tried?

[The Flying Moose]

I got a couple of spare inlet mani's lying around if you want one so you can sort the t/b before and just swop the mani's. Foc just pay the postage or collect at avon?

Cheers james, I would appreciate that. I can collect at avon or in the unlikely event I dont make it the RR day. I think ill stick with existing tb and take my time porting the mani correctly then swap it over. That way if I dont like it I can simply swap it back.

pedro if your T5 tb is lying around and easily accessible if there a chance you could measure it up for me? Ill definately take you up on the offer of pre welded pipe and spare 90 degree and sort you some money out for them. Once I have that measurement ill order all the joints and find some 3" steel. How thick would you say it has to be?

[p fandango]

pedro if your T5 tb is lying around and easily accessible if there a chance you could measure it up for me? Ill definately take you up on the offer of pre welded pipe and spare 90 degree and sort you some money out for them. Once I have that measurement ill order all the joints and find some 3" steel. How thick would you say it has to be?

i think my original throttle body has been binned. Not sure how thick the metal is, i simply bought 76mm pipe off ebay

[Jamest5r]

Remind me the day before and ill stick it in the boot, got half a car in my spare bedroom and getting grief from the mrs lol so doing me a favour.

[The Flying Moose]

i think my original throttle body has been binned. Not sure how thick the metal is, i simply bought 76mm pipe off ebay

Ok thanks found 1m of pipe I think thats enough for £15. All joints I have found except the 76mm to 55mm 90 degree reducer. Cant seem to find any. Looks like whole job will cost around £120 so pretty pleased with that

[p fandango]

Looks like whole job will cost around £120 so pretty pleased with that

bit different to the cost of an IPD kit isn't it lol, don't forget your jubilee clips

[The Flying Moose]

Remind me the day before and ill stick it in the boot, got half a car in my spare bedroom and getting grief from the mrs lol so doing me a favour.

No problem, I would say you could store it all in my garage there is heaps of space and its "my space" the mrs stays clear, but distance may be a problem with that.

Cheers

[The Flying Moose]

bit different to the cost of an IPD kit isn't it lol, don't forget your jubilee clips

Crucial element I nearly forgot. Im going to see what I can rob from work, should be able to get the metal and jubilee clips so just the silicone hoses to contend with.

[rogert5]

as said sorry for the delay. Firstly the reason i used 3" is because i fitted a 3" throttle body off a Volvo 960 (not to everyones taste). BT had the original Volvo RIP kit which had pipework about 50-55mm, the 76mm pipes & larger throttle body really improved things

heres the pics

top pipe




IC bottom to throttle body

before the 19mm idle control port was added





sizes are
turbo output pipe is 51mm
bottom IC pipe is 51mm
top IC pipe is 55mm
960 TB is 75mm, not sure of the original T-5 throttle body size

the IC bottom to throttle body pipe needs a 19mm joint welding on for the idle control valve, however i'm not using mine so will swop for the same size length of tube to save you some bother. As for the silicone joints if you contact "nicenewcar" on ebay directly with the list he'll do you a very good price, i've got a 76mm 90degree spare you can have & more than happy to help if you want to venture into lovely Coventry lol

throttle bodies, 960 on the left T-5 on the right

I presume you just blank off the two vacuum pipes on the side of the 960 TB.
What's the best way of doing this?

[p fandango]

I presume you just blank off the two vacuum pipes on the side of the 960 TB.
What's the best way of doing this?

i just put screws in them tbh

[PaulZX]

there's a guy who wlds in exhall near covntry who said he'd do me a full 3" welded pipe for over the top of the engine for a ton, in 316 stainless.... VERY SHINY ****......

[PaulZX]

oh and double clip every joint with jubilee clips... trust me on this one, I really mean it, esp if you're gonna be running higher than standard boost... Mine poppd off regularly with single clamps at 16.2 psi...

coursee they poppd off with doubles when the mbc died, and she was boosting over 25 psi for the day or two it took me to get round to fixing her... (feed in the power at those levels, do not stamp on it lol)

[The Flying Moose]

Got the RIP kit fitted last night, went round to duanes. Nice to meet you mate and thanks very much for the help.

You can definately notice a difference in spool up times, also looks really good. I was amazed how much lighter the aluminium pipework we used was compared to the steel on BT. Plenty left over to do BT too! Oh and it also looks the part.

Pictures to follow but its dark and my camera has died

[p fandango]

Got the RIP kit fitted last night, went round to duanes. Nice to meet you mate and thanks very much for the help.

You can definately notice a difference in spool up times, also looks really good. I was amazed how much lighter the aluminium pipework we used was compared to the steel on BT. Plenty left over to do BT too! Oh and it also looks the part.

yeh nice to meet you as well mate, certainly does look alot better than the factory pipework & thanks for letting me have the first test drive (& it didn't blow any pipes off lol). Alloy is defo the material to use for everything . Thanks for the left over pipe, thats got to be another few kg off lol

[The Flying Moose]

No problem, you had been deprived of driving a T5 for over a year so naturally you had to drive!

Good news is didnt blow any pipes on way home and everything is still sitting as it should

[p fandango]

Good news is didnt blow any pipes on way home and everything is still sitting as it should

miracles do happen then lol, glad your happy with it & its made a difference

[LiamT4]

I must get round to doing this sometime, as getting the turbo to spool up quicker is a big plus when you've only got 4 gears!

[p fandango]

you've only got 4 gears!

& not being able to control them youself

sorry couldn't help it, i suppose your going to have to replace JelT5 for the pi55 taking now he's got a proper gearbox lol

[LiamT4]

& not being able to control them youself

sorry couldn't help it, i suppose your going to have to replace JelT5 for the pi55 taking now he's got a proper gearbox lol

I knew you were going to say something like that! lol

[p fandango]

I knew you were going to say something like that! lol

to be fair i had actually forgot you've got an auto, i'm sure you can expect more comments now tho lol

[LiamT4]

to be fair i had actually forgot you've got an auto, i'm sure you can expect more comments now tho lol

Not to many! There are other forums i could go to! lol