Looking at quite a few Z pictures, lots og you have got metal air intake pipes with ncie silicon joining pipes

 

I know that metal pipes would keep the air colder (ones that run from the intake along side the engine) but as its that near the engine, wont it get hot

 

Who does these pipes and how much do they cost (someone is selling a whole kit with induction bit on ebay lol)

Smithy sells the hard pipe kits. I think you'd be hard pressed to argue that they keep the air colder, they are just as likley to heat it up from the surrounding under bonet air temp - However, they look nice ....

Danny at DTA sells these now bud

Thanks for the help

Looking at quite a few Z pictures, lots og you have got metal air intake pipes with ncie silicon joining pipes

 

I know that metal pipes would keep the air colder (ones that run from the intake along side the engine) but as its that near the engine, wont it get hot

 

Who does these pipes and how much do they cost (someone is selling a whole kit with induction bit on ebay lol)

I was thinking along similar lines, but I'll try and phrase it a little better. LOL

 

Surely Silicon hoses will keep the charge air cooler than metal hard pipes as they will not conduct heat.

 

Is that what you meant Burf2000?

if you go the metal route....go with aluminium, stainless steel sucks ;)

Ztech advised me not to got for the silicon ones, as the get very hot and suck inwards restricting the airflow. I went for metal ones with silicon connectors from zcentre. Cost about £150. They do get very hot as the whole under bonnet space gets very hot, but at least they keep their shape.

the boost pipe upgrade is to combat expansion + it looks good

Ztech advised me not to got for the silicon ones, as the get very hot and suck inwards restricting the airflow. I went for metal ones with silicon connectors from zcentre. Cost about £150. They do get very hot as the whole under bonnet space gets very hot, but at least they keep their shape.

 

 

Turbo car, these are generally under pressure not vacuum.

Also, good Samco hoses should keep their shape no matter what...

I have the metal pipes you are on about and they do look lovely, but when you need to remove them and stick them back on they are the biggest PITA ever. IMO

But what you all are saying is there is no need to do this for performance. My point of the query was to find out if people do it for looks or performance requirements

But what you all are saying is there is no need to do this for performance. My point of the query was to find out if people do it for looks or performance requirements

I did it just for bling mate. LOL

yeah, i find it hard enough to take off the rubber ones! imagine not being able to bend the metal ones!

bling bling,,alluminium ones i have,,old ones need a right old pull to get them off

metal ones won't expand under boost pressure, whereas the silicon ones will expand (even samco). because the silicon pipes expand they will help smooth out boost spikes, ideal if you're using boost jets or a bleed valve. if you're running a proper boost controller then go for hard-pipes

heres mine i got from z centre-I got them plus some clear repeaters for £199 with delivery.

 

sorry for blurry pic but you get the idea.

 

I had no problem fitting either-on in under 10mins and cant see much problem removing either.

 

I did mine for the 'bling' really but my old pipes were split quite badly so though 'why not' to some hard pipes.

Well not really a bling bling person with the engine (would be if it was a tt) so I wont get the pipes for now

Worth getting if the old ones are knackered like my old ones where.