Try this for cheap charge pipe
09-14-2005, 11:59 AM
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Re: Try this for cheap charge pipe
You could try the flexable PVC, but with all the PVC problems, I decided to try the kanaflex.
Clamps do work on it, the basic point is that if you put the kanaflex on the size coupling it's suppose to go on (2/3" ID pipe on a 2/3" OD coupler) it grabs so hard, there is very little need for a clamp. It takes an assload of pulling to get it off.
I just threw some of the cheap IDEAL hose clamps on there instead of wasting my T-bars.
The stuff is basically 50%" plyable rubber, and 50% 1/4" thick plastic.
My biggest fear using the stuff was that I couldn't couple it to a non-standard size. A Home Depot coupler on the outside of the kanaflex that connects to my 4" AFM adapter was going to be the problem spot. (No one makes a 2" ID to 4" OD.) I wound up putting it on like you see. I had to use a T-bar clamp on to get enough grip on the outside of the kanaflex.
A buddy wanted me to find out if a normal hose clamp would do the same. It was close, It would start leaking a little bit after a few days. On a night racing road side repair, we took a tube of Automotive Goop on it, then clamped the normal hose clamp back on. (Dumbass me Didn't have a T-bar clamp in the car...)
I haven't touched it since. I will when I get another intercooler, and finally decide if it's possible to cheaply twin turbo for the hell of saying I have a twin setup (I'm not a fan).
I told you that just to ramble.
Yes, you can use any hoseclamp to clamp the hose onto a connector successfully, but if you're going to couple something onto the outside of it, I would highly suggest a T-bar clamp & some kind of rubberized sealant (RTV, Automotive Goop, whatever you have) just to be on the safe side.
Clamps do work on it, the basic point is that if you put the kanaflex on the size coupling it's suppose to go on (2/3" ID pipe on a 2/3" OD coupler) it grabs so hard, there is very little need for a clamp. It takes an assload of pulling to get it off.
I just threw some of the cheap IDEAL hose clamps on there instead of wasting my T-bars.
The stuff is basically 50%" plyable rubber, and 50% 1/4" thick plastic.
My biggest fear using the stuff was that I couldn't couple it to a non-standard size. A Home Depot coupler on the outside of the kanaflex that connects to my 4" AFM adapter was going to be the problem spot. (No one makes a 2" ID to 4" OD.) I wound up putting it on like you see. I had to use a T-bar clamp on to get enough grip on the outside of the kanaflex.
A buddy wanted me to find out if a normal hose clamp would do the same. It was close, It would start leaking a little bit after a few days. On a night racing road side repair, we took a tube of Automotive Goop on it, then clamped the normal hose clamp back on. (Dumbass me Didn't have a T-bar clamp in the car...)
I haven't touched it since. I will when I get another intercooler, and finally decide if it's possible to cheaply twin turbo for the hell of saying I have a twin setup (I'm not a fan).
I told you that just to ramble.
Yes, you can use any hoseclamp to clamp the hose onto a connector successfully, but if you're going to couple something onto the outside of it, I would highly suggest a T-bar clamp & some kind of rubberized sealant (RTV, Automotive Goop, whatever you have) just to be on the safe side.
09-14-2005, 07:48 PM
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Re: Try this for cheap charge pipe
i wont to hook my two turbo togethe with it the put a y in and have my charge pipe to the intake
I'll let yall know how it goes. I've got an ungodly amount of spare. I may put some against a header and see how long it takes to soften up & melt.
09-15-2005, 03:21 PM
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Re: Try this for cheap charge pipe
Looks like a great idea and it obviously works. Great to see homemade minds at work here. That is the ghettoist ---- I have ever seen. ---- sucking tubing working on a turbo setup!!!!!!!! I love it!!!!!!!! 
Whats next, a garden hose for an oil return line
? Keep us posted if you can do that!!!
Whats next, a garden hose for an oil return line? Keep us posted if you can do that!!!
09-15-2005, 07:24 PM
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Re: Try this for cheap charge pipe
Na the oil return line was 5/16" high temperature fuel/oil hose LoL! (The 290*F stuff, not 250).
Ghetto?
That was during the original fab, before it got clocked up a few more degrees & the piping was ground & cleaned up.
No the actuator didn't scrape... Until I hit a speedbump doing 25-30mph. It got destroyed LoL! Didn't matter... Small *** turbo - I had welded the wastegate shut anyway so it's not like it was doing anything LoL!
Think that's ghetto? You should see how I ported my heads, and how that super ghettoness gave some massive returns.
Ghetto?
That was during the original fab, before it got clocked up a few more degrees & the piping was ground & cleaned up.
No the actuator didn't scrape... Until I hit a speedbump doing 25-30mph. It got destroyed LoL! Didn't matter... Small *** turbo - I had welded the wastegate shut anyway so it's not like it was doing anything LoL!
Think that's ghetto? You should see how I ported my heads, and how that super ghettoness gave some massive returns.
