Ok what would be the best way to do intercooler piping on a EK with a 1st gen side mount besides using hard pipes?

 

easiest way is....... grab a lot of couplings, a saw, and go to advanced for your piping. I have done some horrific intercooler jobs since I am not blissed with a welder but, there were no suffocating bends, and I was able to use hard piping. Yes it looked terrible but it performed and it was very cheap. gl

 

use some pvc piping from lowe's it's been done and works good actually.

 

fence pipe and a hammer haha

 

If you have a cold-air intake, use that for some of it. Then just use whatever you can get your hands on.

I've done/seen some ghetto intercooler routes before, but they all have worked.

 

You can plumb the whole thing with silicon (or rubber) couplers/bends and straight hardpipe. It's not too ghetto, especially if most of the hard tubing is a straight shot anyway.