have you ever looked at a part and thought, "they want $xxx for THAT??"
i've been thinking that about some of the uicp's i've seen, so i decided to make one myself. albeit, other pipes may look nicer and be made of fancier materials, but i'm pretty sure my pipe accomplishes the exact same thing and cost me a lot less dough.

tell me what you think

 

interesting. It looks good. But when it pops off...

srs though, is that rubber tubing you used where the bends are? does it flex at all under pressure? Looks pretty neat - let us know if you see any gains from that

 

no, it's all silicone. it doesn't flex at all. and those things were such a tight fit that i'm pretty damn positive they're not going to pop off.
as far as gains go... who knows? i can't feel any difference, and i don't have access to a dyno. some companies were reporting +10hp with just a hard uicp, so maybe there's a little bit of a gain. the butt dyno is not an accurate calibration tool, haha.
the biggest difference to me is the added sound. it's quite nice.

 

+1 for cheap-*** ingenuity

 

I'm interested, where did you get the parts? Are you going to post a how-to?

 

I'm not a big fan of the couplers, even if they are silicon. If I had access to a mandrel pipe-bender, I'd make my own UICP with aluminum tubing, but otherwise, I'm not sure it's worth it to do it myself.

Yours looks good, though! Congrats!

 

let me know the size of the coupler you used from the turbo to the pipe... and where did you purchase??

 

i'm kinda on the same boat. the couplers are a little much. i might just take my stock rubber hose to a muffler shop and see if they can bend one for me.

i got the couplers from siliconeintakes.com.
i used a 2" straight, 2" 45 degree, 2" hump, and a 1.75" straight. the piping is just 2" emt, and a small section of 1.75" heavy wall. it's pretty easy to figure out once you have the right materials.