[Supras] IC hoses and clamps

[joe at wilmcd.com]

Bernie, you will want to use T-bolt clamps for the silicone hoses. Worm
clamps are total junk and you are right that the stock clamps just won't
hold.

I've bought from a couple of places including turbohoses.com and
hightempsilicone.com. I'm sure there are a ton of them on eBay as well.

-Joe


> The popular silicone rubber hoses do not appear to offer any size
> advantage over the stock parts, although rigid parts made from 2-1/8"
> thin wall tubing (welded mandrel bends and straight sections) do.
> Moreover I have rigid mounts in the car.  The question is one of hose
> clamps. The stock band clamps and aftermarket screw/slotted band clamps
> seem somewhat fragile at high compression.  It does not feel as if the
> clamp can get a new hose tight enough that it will not blow off at 15
> PSI boost with new stock hoses after a little while.  So I reinsalled
> the two hoses and the cast aluminum 45 degree ell from the intercooler
> to the turbo with formerly used hoses.  At least they are indetented
> enough at the hole clamp location that they will hold for sometime,
> particularly at the turbo outlet.  Has any one else had the same
> expeience?
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> BernieK.
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