InterCOOLactic Planetary - 2017+ Honda Civic Type R Intercooler Kit R&D, Part 3 - Piping Design Plans

InterCOOLactic Planetary - 2017+ Honda Civic Type R Intercooler Kit R&D, Part 3 - Piping Design Plans

Honda might have changed the game in the world of hot-hatches with the latest generation of the Civic Type R, but if you recall from the stock review, the FK8's intercooling system barely met the classification of "gamechanger." We're already well on our way to elevating the Type R's charged air heat exchanger to that level, as we covered in our last post, but what about the piping? After all, the car is an ecosystem and can only be as strong as its weakest component.

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Discussing the new piping requires a brief recap of our design plans for the intercooler itself. Specifically, we'll start with the revised end tank design. In the Type R's stock form, the piping was a combination of a rubber hose

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