I need to measure the piping for a smic to go into a 93 civic

 

okay, you go do that.

 

I need to measure the piping for a smic to go into a 93 civic how do i go about doing that

 

Well, you look in the engine bay. Pull out a tape measure, and measure it. The trick of the professionals is to have the turbo and the intercooler mounted first. Or even better yet, buy some PVC and some PVC elbows and mock one up with it. I know this sounds tough, but it should only take a few minutes. Dude seriously, everyone hates me for my stupid questions and mine aren't even this bad.

 

how i would do it is first make a mock up. place your intercooler where its likely to be mounted. hell, mount it if you can. then look at your setup and visualize the path you want your charge pipes to take. note the bends the pipes would have to make. then buy however many mandrel U bends you would need to complete those angles. Break out your sawzall or chop saw or whatever you would use to cut the piping and start running charge piping.

 

I would mount the IC & turbo and then measure. You should look up some various size piping too because the bend radiuses (or radii?) can be different. I'd maybe draw a 3D sketch, try to estimate the bend angles, where you would have couplers (which allow for some fudging). When you cut, be liberal about what you leave. Cut, test fit, cut, test fit, repeat as necessary.

Really though, you would probably have a 90 off the turbo (towards the driver's side), 180 to a front mount IC. Out of the IC, a 90 back and then a 90 up to the hole in your frame. Another 90 after that (towards your TB), a long straight section and at least a 60 degree turn into the TB. Done!

If you have a fender mount SMIC, you could do a 90 (towards the passenger side) and run straight into the IC (I think, I did mine way goofier and wouldn't recommend any else going up and over the radiator fan and then back down). Then after the IC, it's just a 90 through the frame, straight a few feet and then a 60 (or so) to the TB.

It's pretty easy if you use couplers. If you plan on welding any of this ---- together, it gets waaaaaay more complicated and precise. Which is why I use couplers...

Good luck.

 

when i went to a exhaust shop for them to do my bends, they told me to take a metal coat hangar, trace where i wanted the piping to go, and then bring the hangar back to them.

sounds like the exact same thing would work for your application.

on my SMIC install, i used a 90 out of the turbo -> straight section into the IC -> 45 out of the IC -> straight section -> 45 into the throttle body. all my couplers came from home depot, in the plumbing section.

someone made a real nice picture post in the GD under "turbo projects" with a smic mounted. also, check my sig, i have a picture of mine in there.

 

heh-heh... that was me.