[KurtCav337]

Originally Posted by budsdubbin

theres no real replacment for the stock location so just keep it in. It'll make no difference but you should probably look into the new kit eurojet came out with for stock charge piping from the compressor side to the pancake. If you were going to spend any money that would be my next move.

Eurojet MK4 1.8T OEM Discharge Pipe Kit -this will solve that leaky oem hard piping.

I saw that and decided unless something fails, I'm not replacing it. I don't understand why this kit is better than the stock one. I pulled the stock SMIC off tonight and there was no oil in the pancake pipe. Cold side of the intercooler was bone dry. Sure, there was some residue on the hot side but I didn't have a single drip of oil on the garage floor after taking the IC off.

What is this eurojet kit supposed to do besides look cool when I remove my wheel? This is an honest question because I'm afraid I'm missing something.

[budsdubbin]

I donno how many miles are on your setup but at 60 k my pcv system was leaking a shit load. If your as clean as you say you are your one of the lucky ones. The discharge hard connection usually ends up leaking eventually. You'll see alot of grease and gunk caked around that flange.

[budsdubbin]

Originally Posted by KurtCav337

What is this eurojet kit supposed to do besides look cool when I remove my wheel? This is an honest question because I'm afraid I'm missing something.

Once again this doesn't replace your pancake pipe, just the pipe that runs from the compressor outlet of your turbo to your pancake pipe.

[KurtCav337]

Is that a TB hose in there? So it's everythig from the turbo to the TB minus the pancake pipe?

[budsdubbin]

That isn't for the tb its for connecting the 90 hardpipe off the turbo to the hard pipe going to the pancake.