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Doug
I'm trying to route my intake plumbing from the turbo to the MAF and air filter but the oil dipstick is DIRECTLY in the way from the turbo, is it possible to bend the tube straight and still have it work the same way?
silvia love
im not sure about bending it, but on my ka you can rotate it.
silverarrow27
You could sorta move the dip stick out of the way, other than that I would not recommend making it straight otherwise your oil dipstick reading would go way out of wack.

Trying to make a straight intake pipe I assume? I would suggest routing the intake the same way the stock rubber one goes.
asparagus
Bend it
Doug
will the reading go out of spec even though the tube would be the same length? i dont have a stock rubber tube because im no longer running the stock turbo, and to connect a new tube with a rubber adapter it brings the pipe right into the dipstick, so i need to do something to get it out of the way.
brewster240
QUOTE(silverarrow27 @ Jun 8 2008, 03:24 PM) *

You could sorta move the dip stick out of the way, other than that I would not recommend making it straight otherwise your oil dipstick reading would go way out of wack.

Trying to make a straight intake pipe I assume? I would suggest routing the intake the same way the stock rubber one goes.



how do you figure?

changing the direction of the tube does not change it or the dipsticks length.
seishuku
I had the same problem, I just undid the clamp and rotated it out of the way.
sil80
QUOTE(brewster240 @ Jun 8 2008, 02:46 PM) *

how do you figure?

changing the direction of the tube does not change it or the dipsticks length.

True.. just dont kink the tube.. that would suck!
drftnassmofo
QUOTE(asparagus @ Jun 8 2008, 09:12 PM) *

Bend it
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silverarrow27
QUOTE(brewster240 @ Jun 9 2008, 12:46 AM) *

how do you figure?

changing the direction of the tube does not change it or the dipsticks length.


Now thinking about it, I dunno what the hell I was thinking... laugh.gif

nismo200sx16
yeah just bend it. I had to do the same thing on my sr and ka-t
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