Has any one removed the Cold Air Charge Pipe on their countryman s, is it very complicated to replace and do I also remove the OEM sound chamber.

 

Hey COUNTRY,

The cold air charge pipe is on the throttle body side. The hot air charge pipe is on the turbo side. The process is pretty simple.

Remove the clamps holding on wither end of the pipe. The "turbo muffler" is held to the plastic radiator shroud by (1) silver torx screw. I think the size is T15 or T20. Many people try to break off the mounting tab because it is kind of a pain in the *** to remove this torx, but I was able to remove it with a little patience and a small, circular "fingertip ratchet" and a 1/4'' socket to hold the torx bit.

Then, simply run the new pipe down and try to mock it up first. After making sure its not rubbing up against anything, you can tighten the hose clamps. Make sure the hose clamps are nice and tight. I used a flexible ratchet screwdriver to tighten the hose clamps on the bottom, since they are in an awkward position.

Good Luck. Drive Safe & Drive Often. Rubber Side Down. Over & Out.

 

Thanks a million for the great instruction, I ordered the hot air charge pipe, will be performing the removal once received.
Have you replaced the cold air pipe, if so, from which shop did you get it from.


Thanks for the info

 

What is the purpose of this? Trying to learn something new today.

 

Wondering if this NM Engineering 1.6L Turbo Hi-Flow Charge Pipe would be compatible with my CM 2011, I can't find this product for Countryman, they normaly say its for a R56

 

[QUOTE=CountryS;4173102]Thanks a million for the great instruction, I ordered the hot air charge pipe, will be performing the removal once received.
Have you replaced the cold air pipe, if so, from which shop did you get it from.

Hey COUNTRY,

There are a few places that you can get the cold side from. I chose the "JMTC ICI Pipe" as it replaces the ENTIRE assembly from the throttle body all the way down to the intercooler. It is all (1) long piece of mandrel bent & welded polished aluminum. It is a PITA to install because it is (1) piece, but it is totally worth it as it replaces all of the curvy, small diameter plastic tubing. You can see a picture of it in my thread.

The NM one is also good, but only replaces a much smaller portion of the cold side.

 

Hey MOOCHER,

The purpose of replacing the Hot&Cold Side intercooler piping is to provide the engine/turbo/intercooler with a higher volume of smoother flowing air.

The OEM piping/tubing is made of a smaller diameter plastic and has many sharp bends, angles, curves, etc.... These bends not only restrict air flow because of their design, but also create turbulence for the air that actually does go through.

Replacing this tubing/piping with a larger diameter pipe with minimal bends will provide the engine an increased amount of unrestricted air flow.

Combustion engines run on a mixture of compressed air and fuel. Thus, MORE AIR = MORE POWER.

This is very closely linked to the practice of installing "Cold Air Intakes" and upgraded intercoolers. COLDER AIR=DENSER AIR.......DENSER AIR=MORE POWER.

 

Thanks a million for helping me out, I already ordered the (one piece) pipe from the outlet of the turbo, now I will be replacing the outlet of the intercooler with the JMTC ICI Pipe (one piece) aswell.


http://www.jmturbocoopers.com/Countr...take-Pipe.html

 

I've been reading on their web site for an extra $100 for the Black ICI you can see up to a 20% improvement of the heat dissipation property’s of the aluminum with our proprietary heat dissipation coating.
Is this extra worth the price.

 

Hey COUNTRY,

I dont know if it is worth it or not. I chose the "Polished Aluminum" pipe because I like the look, and I figured my huge Forge FMIC is already cooling the charge air pretty well. Plus, the pipe is already pretty expensive to begin with, so it didn't hurt to save the $100.

 

Great info, I will do the same keeping it chrome.
Which DP have you installed.


thanks

 

Hey COUNTRY,

I have yet to install a DP, but I am about to order the Akrapovic Hi-Flow Catted DP.