Randeaux/Rando/John/jr - '06 Cic ZHP; Southern California
"ZHP or not, I still like you"
ZHP Performance Package, Cold Weather Package, Leather, Jet Black/Black/BlackCube, NAV, Anthracite Black "my individual" interior trim
ESS Stage 1 Twin Screw Supercharger, Sprint Booster, BMW Perf Intake, Magnaflow Exhaust, Dinan TB & STEP S/W, UCC Sway Bars, Apex EC-7 18x8.5 ET38
Suspension: AST 44100 dampers, Bimmerworld front adjustable end links, Swift springs (8K front, 10K rear), Vorshlag camber plates
Dynavin D99+, Hardwire V1 (w/V1 Connection), BSW Stage 1 Speakers, Kicker Amp/Subwoofer
BMW Performance Strut Brace, Orion V2 Angel Eyes, No-holes License Plate, SMG Paddle Shift Mod, Besian VANOS, Gold DISA, Fan Delete, M3 Side Mirrors
Note: Actual car no longer resembles signature picture
I added a Mishimoto oil catch can to the setup:
And as you can sort of see in this picture, my intercooler hose that connects to the top intercooler hose barb on the manifold has a desire to kink. I've struggled with that smooth type of hose provided in the latest TS2 kits, it wants to kink so easily. I think I"m going to try to source about a 12 inch section of the ribbed hose they used to provided and splice it in at the top there were its kinking. I thought about a 90 degree elbow for about 5 seconds when I realized it would make it even harder to fill that circuit with coolant.
2003 BMW 330i ZHP
ESS Twin Screw Stage 2 - Wavetrac - Headers - Borla - BMW Performance
Turner Motorsports - Powerflex - Hawk Performance
Build thread: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...yan-s-2003-ZHP
Wheelwell: 2003 BMW 3 Series
Fuelly: 2003 BMW 330i
Good placement for the catch can.... never thought of that...
Dinan CAI &Throttle body, ESS Tuning TS2, Bimmerbrakes gen3 headers, UUC SSK & DSSR. Achilles oil pump, VAC oil pan baffle
M3 Motor mounts, UUC Trans mounts, Modified clutch style LSD 3.15, TMS front subframe reinforcement, Koni Yellow sports,
H&R sport springs, UUC sway bars, BMW Perf. Rotors, UUC SS brake lines, Hawk HPS pads, CSL replica wheels,
Rotora strut bar, FXR HID conversion, M3 Mirror conversion, BSW stage 1 speakers
I haven't, do you have a link to this stuff you speak of? My google-foo seems broken.
So I'm backing out of this idea. I've had reports from some folks that the ribbed hose they used in the earlier ESS TS2 kits is prone to deteriorating. Probably why ESS is supplying the newer smooth hose. So now I'm back to trying to find some kind of elbow fitting or something, or just letting it ride.
2003 BMW 330i ZHP
ESS Twin Screw Stage 2 - Wavetrac - Headers - Borla - BMW Performance
Turner Motorsports - Powerflex - Hawk Performance
Build thread: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...yan-s-2003-ZHP
Wheelwell: 2003 BMW 3 Series
Fuelly: 2003 BMW 330i
By the way, that mishimoto catch can is a fine unit. Very well built, I recommend it.
2003 BMW 330i ZHP
ESS Twin Screw Stage 2 - Wavetrac - Headers - Borla - BMW Performance
Turner Motorsports - Powerflex - Hawk Performance
Build thread: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...yan-s-2003-ZHP
Wheelwell: 2003 BMW 3 Series
Fuelly: 2003 BMW 330i
I love Google-Fu. They are called Socket-less AN hoses. They use Barb fittings.
http://aeroquipperformance.com/p-24060-hoses.html
It's not the cheapest of the stuff and I personally used it for coolant lines for my civic's turbo lines. It's the little blue/red one in cute engine bay.