That would be a job for Cool Cat Racing....they'll leave all kinda things wrong with your car lol.


Scott,
your couplers look like shit.... learn to cut.

as said before, and taken from (my) experience: hairspray works wonders

fucking thing popped off again......

the comp outlet should have a bead rolled on it. I don't know why FM doesn't. easiest thing to do would be to mix some jb weld and build up a jb "bead".

if you could afford downtime (I know you can't though), I've seen C.Bell offer to add the bead to an FM comp outlet at no charge quite a few times.

I don't think i'll have any downtime for something like that with my new job starting tomorrow.


Alrighty, i got it back on again. This time i cleaned the inside with wheel cleaner since it has a slight acid to it and will hopefully take away any oil that might have been causing it to be slick. Then I noticed that when i was messing with a coolant line, that coolant gets nice and sticky when it dries. So I wiped some coolant on the inside and let it dry. On top of that, when i put the hose back on, i put the clamp all the way up to the very edge of the hose... every so slightly over hanging and I was able to get it tighter than I had been able to before. I guess we'll see if it works... I feel better about it this time over the other two.

have it happen on the track a few tries and ultimately fix it with friction tape....not fun.

Oh, i had the most PITA time getting all of the intercooler pipes on my s/c'ed car to stay. I think i had to fix them about 9 times on the drive home from the shop that did the intercooler for me. Then, on the Dragon one night, i had to pull over about 4 times to fix it. I had the shit down to a science.

My last fix-it-at-the-track were the manifold to turbo bolts..... i had to tighten them between every session....with only a 30 minute cool down period and no hotsleeve.

Anybody got the part number for the t-clamps at napa?

You could also go to home depot and try to find some type of construction adhesive e.g., liquid nails for stoves.

Stuff like

http://www.woodstove-outlet.com/gaskets.htm

I don't know if you ever want to take off your hose again but if you don't, this might work.

Goddamn thing popped off again.... and this time i wasn't even in boost!

I'm seriously considering adhesives at this point.

get some new motor mounts :)

btw regarding adhesives--- i strongly recommend gaffer's tape over duct tape. absolutely superior in every aspect...

not for engines though :)

Whats up bro, you don't have any hairspray layin around? I've been trying to tell you it works. I have been minutes from the bar/club, not dressed to be under a car, and had the fucking couplers pop. I have had dates in the car, and had the fucking couplers pop. I have had my god damn mother fucking couplers pop, blow, and explode all the fuck over the place more than enough times. :vash:

Since I have hairsprayed the inside of the couplers, I have yet to have one blow. And I've turned up the boost twice. This is also on pipes without beads. Instead of bitching about it, try the fucking hairspray!! :bang: Alot of people swear by it, I am one of them. Spray, t-bolt tight, and say goodbye to all your coupler nightmares. Yes.......its very true. :bigtu:

Vash-

I've never blown a coupler, even at peak boost of 15 psi. See if corky has a extra compressor housing around. He might do a switcharoo for you if you beg nicely.

use F**KING hairspray.. I had to do it with the talon, it works mike. Just go steal some from Jenn.

BTW congrats on the job

I DID!! I think her shit is too fancy lol:giggle: Maybe i should have tried some AquaNet:bang:

OK, i came up with another solution that is a big "fuck you" to the clamp...I went all out McGyver on this fucker. There is a area on the compressor right above the clamp that is tapped for a screw. So I put a screw in there and ran a piece of heavy wire around part of the clamp and the screw to hold the goddamn clamp in place. Here is my awesome anti-expensive non-slr picture, but it least its not from a shitty cellphone lol.

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So far, so good...drove around with no problems.

try using a smaller clamp

^^^ditto that. Looks like your clamp is too small. No matter how shitty the pipe, if you have a good coupler, a DRY, CLEAN connection, and a properly-sized clamp, it shouldn't pop off. I've blown a lot of connections, and they've been oily or underclamped every time.

that's pretty gay. Mike I've got a pile of t-clamps if you want to go through them to find one that fits better.

of these....which one do you think is going to fail first? :)


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