Originally Posted by
brandon
I personally am not one to trust home made gaskets but if you are, go for it. In total though, I think I only spent around $30 for all the gaskets I needed. My IC piping consists of radiator hose, couplers, and exhaust pipe... but it's not the most efficient and is only temporary. When you say you're 'good with piping', do you mean you're going to bend some metal piping to your needs? If so, I say go for it... Same goes for intake pipe (I used the 1G pipe because it had the nipples needed).
If you yourself are making the downpipe, good deal... if not, you might as well just get the 2G downpipe as it'll be much cheaper than having a shop do it for you.
There are so many options when it comes to intercoolers that I'll pass on that question. I personally am planning on a GReddy air-to-air, tube and fin intercooler. But yes, pretty much any intercooler can work if you can fit it (which is by far the biggest issue).
Depending on what fuel pump you get, it may or not fit. The most common choice among the DSM community are the Walbro pumps if you're running higher boost levels. Your stock pump will flow fine if rewired to just over 10psi.
I highly recommend the RRE oil feed and turbochargers.com oil return, but yes you could rig something up with the right fittings and some SS line. For the water lines, you should get at least the metal sections of the ones made for whatever turbo you choose... the rest of the hose you can use whatever. You need the metal sections near the turbo due to the obvious heat.
Hope that helps.
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