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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 12:40 PM
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Best LICP for a IX?

Price and performance? Can anyone point me in a direction of a vendor on here if so? ETS perhaps?
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 02:21 PM
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We guarantee 100% bolt-on fitment on our products and warranty everything we build for life, so I can assure you no fitment issues with our LICP kit We also include a 4-ply reinforced silicone coupler for the turbo outlet connection and 100% SS Breeze T-bolt clamps that will take everything a 3/8" impact gun will take without breaking (we will replace them no questions asked if they do!). Piping is 2.5" for the complete length in just one piece with no reductions. Pricing is $174 for either black or silver powder coated versions. We actually just redesigned our LICP for slightly shorter length:



If I can help answer any questions be sure to get a hold of me!

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:03 PM
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I have the Nesei licp and bought it for 140. Works fine, but fitment is not perfect. Bulges out a little, but still fits fine with all the stock parts.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:12 PM
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ETS FTW!!!
Love my LICP and IC I bought from them so much I just ordered their UICP and intake kit!
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:15 PM
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hmmmm i see ETS im my future hahaha but with a matching intercooler too
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:37 PM
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I love mine. I had the old style licp and now i have the newer one. Love both.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:48 PM
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i love everything ETS, and im sure their LICP works just as good as any other pipe if not better. but i have to say, when it comes to putting down power, and getting yout fittment just right, i went with the AMS LICP, it's a 2 piece unit, and made for perfect fitment.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:50 PM
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^and is also knecks down smaller too though.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 03:58 PM
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Well correct me if Im wrong but the coupler in the picture above looks like it necks down also.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by wreckless969
Well correct me if Im wrong but the coupler in the picture above looks like it necks down also.
The neck down, or we should say neck up since the flow is going the other way, has to happen somewhere since the turbo outlet pipe is 1 7/8" in diameter. We just chose to design our LICP to expand to a full 2.5" immediately rather than remain smaller diameter into the piping

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:07 PM
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No I undersand its necessary my question is does it make a difference?

Wshihdnevo made it sound like your design was superior to AMS because of the neck down, when to me it seemed like yours is the same just in a different place.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:25 PM
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More than likely there will be little difference in performance, we just avoided small diameter piping as early in the LICP as possible for the best possible flow. Replacing the factory LICP makes a fairly significant power, spool, throttle response difference in an EVO, and the only notable difference between stock and any aftermarket unit is where the expansion to 2.5" diameter piping occurs.

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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by wreckless969
No I undersand its necessary my question is does it make a difference?

Wshihdnevo made it sound like your design was superior to AMS because of the neck down, when to me it seemed like yours is the same just in a different place.
Assuming and Fact are 2 different things... I was just stating a fact, that AMS's is 2.5" only for about half of the length of the licp...
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 05:00 PM
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Originally Posted by wshihdnevo
Assuming and Fact are 2 different things... I was just stating a fact, that AMS's is 2.5" only for about half of the length of the licp...
You insinuated the ETS LICP didnt neck down, I didnt assume anything. Now if a drastic change in size is better then a slowly tapered one, I dont know but they both do change size (or neck down as you put it) just at different rates.
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Old Jul 31, 2008 | 05:29 PM
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^The pipe itself doesnt kneck down like the AMS one, only the coupler knecks down to accomodate the licp, just like most aftermarket pieces for most stock turbo cars of every make. You read too far into...
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