You will not gain anything except a lighter wallet.

 

Do any of the vendors, shops, or tuners have anything to say about this? I would like to know their stance on this topic is.

 

After getting an aftermarket licp, I noticed spool was a bit sooner and a lot harder. Kinda annoying now that I have an exhuast.... daily driving around the city it can be quite annoying compared to a softer spike in boost with the stock licp.

 

I have the Injen setup and it fits great, I don't know what or how the problems from the poster in the begining of this thread were related to. I noticed a subtle improvement in boost recovery between shifts and no more upper IC pipe blowing off at the TB. It looks nice too, although that is more of a personal preference.

The main reason a substantial boost hit is felt is because the LICP in stock form is a gradual enlargement from 1.75" to 2.5". The only other pipe in the market to follow this form is the AMS pipe or the Ebay copied version of this pipe. Although I give the benefit of the doubt to AMS as they designed it first. Based on ideal gas law you want a equal taper in the piping from the outlet to the IC. Any pipe that offers 1.75" directly to 2.5" will induce surge. A pipe that gradually goes from 1.75" to 2.5" will be better for ideal flow.

A LICP that offers a "boom" of power is likely to cause surging. This is the reason you want a smooth flowing IC pipe. Start out at 1.75" to mate to the stock outlet and then move to 2" then cone out to 2.25" finally reaching 2.5". The reason you don't get this is because it costs more. If a pipe can be made 2.5" with a reducer/coupler then money is saved. For ideal flow get an IC pipe that does not have major reductions/enlargements in size.

 

where is Warrtalon? I want his opinion.

 

+1

 

from what i know FQ 360 has HKS intercooler piping, therefore, it should be reasonable - mitsubishi know their stuff, right?

 

i don't see how you can look at the pictures of the stock and aftermarket pipes and now cringe and how ugly and not ideal the stock one looks.

 

This is like one of those posts where people speculate if you can do something even though it makes more sense to not do it.

Like saying you can have a 35R with a stock clutch even though it makes no sense to do so.

 

I disagree, countless tuners and customers have seen consistent dyno gains and faster spoolup and of course better throttle response. It works, end of story.

 

^^ +1

 

Prove it. If you can find at least 5 dyno sheets that show unequivocal gains from the addition of an LICP and ONLY an LICP I'll buy you a Pepsi...

 

I'd like to see that also.

 

why do you need 5?

 

In all honesty I haven't even seen one dyno sheet of the LICP. Its actually silly because it only takes 5 minutes to swap them. My guess is its been done but it didn't show any gain so vendors simply do not post the results.

I had an AMS pipe but am now back to the stock LICP. I noticed no difference in spool or power. Then again I'm at about 300whp and I doubt I'm out-flowing the stock piping.

I would be interested in seeing even one of those before/after dyno charts for LICP only that show gains in power. Claiming better throttle response is actually laughable.