| The pipes you installed directly downstream of the turbo discharge pipes are supposed to go behind the intercoolers. Those pipes have a single 45-degree bend at one end and the correct pipes have two bends. Not sure if you've seen the install documentation for this kit, but if not, here you go:
[ http://ashspecz.com/Web%20Documents/2.5%20Intake%20Kit%20Install/2.5%20Intake%20Kit%20Installation2011.doc ] As far as the H2 gas from the battery, FWIW I've been running a second battery in the back of my Z since 2000. I'm still here and haven't lost the car to a fire. L/A batteries only really give off gas during charging conditions where excessive voltages are used as this drives the electrolysis of water within the electrolyte. That being a more extreme case, there is still some H2 produced in normal charging, however, our auto batteries have a catalytic cap that recombines H2 back with O2 which is also produced by electrolysis. In short, you really only have to concern yourself more with any leakage from the battery as sulfuric acid reeks havoc on paint and steel, which will quickly corrode any unibody structure it comes into contact with. In this case I do not recommend using a typical "capped" battery - go with a sealed unit instead. Even if you are wary of any gassing of the battery, sealed units I have used also have a nice single port which you can connect a hose to and drop through one of the rubber drain ports in the unibody - there are several of them in the back - in the spare tire well as well as both quarter wells.
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