Z10ROB

Just wanted to let you guys know we just completed our 3 Inch Intercooler
O-Ringed V-Band Flanges. A good alternative to the super expensive Wiggens
clamps. These are CNC Made with a standard V-Band Clamp for all intercooler pipes..

More sizes are to come. They are $78.00 Shipped. Comes with both parts of flange,
O-Ring, And Clamp.. 3 inch pipe slides right into the flange and then just need to be welded.

15psi of fun

look nice

Pelican

Looks very nice.

Z10ROB

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Yes.. 2.5 is getting made Next ( within a month ) and will sell for around $5 Less.

Waiting on the Custom V-Band Clamps to come.. The 3 inch also uses a special clamp.




Modified by Z10ROB at 8:00 PM 2/6/2004

st00pid

how do they handle vibrations and the engine movement?

Z10ROB

Should be no diffrent then a Wiggins in that Aspect..

FOrSfEd

Damn they look very very good

turbotypeR@SPEC

awesome.looks like i will wait a bit before i re-do my pipes

V-SPEC 1

looks good

wHOAlly

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which is why i dont see this working too well for a street car, ill sticl to my hump hoses

Kwuaymaikrup

I swear to christ I had this idea a few months back. I was gonna lathe some grooves in a couple v-bands for the o-ring to lay in. Then I got to thinking how much more this setup is compared to my silicon/T-bolt setup. Never the less, product looks great!! I would expect nothing less from Z10.

-Ryan

Phoenix GSR

verry cool, and the price is reasonable too!

one thing I might suggest is to make the 2.5" one with an aluminum v-band on one side, with a steel one on the other... it should bring the cost down a little, and most people that are running a 2.5" charge pipe are using mild steel pipes... that would make it so people dont have to replace all their charge pipe to use your vband.. you may sell more kits that way...

on the other hand, everyone will need 2 aluminum ones anyways... will it work using a standard steel vband on the other side? or will the o ring get in the way?

tony1

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Wiggins clamps work alot different, you can have up to 5 degrees of misalignment with them and they will flex and seal up to that. These look just like v-band exhaust flanges and won't have any movement.

QUiKSR20

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Wiggins clamps work alot different, you can have up to 5 degrees of misalignment with them and they will flex and seal up to that. These look just like v-band exhaust flanges and won't have any movement.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Yes you are correct. I would say have rubber by the TB or Turbo but these will be good on all other connections.

kpt4321

Yeah, this is a bad idea. For connections where you don't need any movement (where you would use these) you might as well just weld.

On the ends of the pipe, or wherever you determine you need movement, you want to use rubber hose.

Wiggins clamps, first of all work differently (have a movable rangee) and second of all are used on cars that don't have as much of a motor movement problem as a street car.

Dee

Like someone has already mentioned Siliconce grommets will be needed at the TB and/or turbo to compensate for flex if theses clamps are used. The only way to allow for some movement would be to use a thicker O-ring. Even with a thicker O-ring the ability to compensate for flex will be minimal.

Will there be a cheaper steel version? Will there be more sizes because I use 65mm(2.55") piping from the turbo to the IC and 70mm(2.75") from the IC to the TB?

A 3" stainles steel version with a high temp o-ring would be great for exhaust systems

BodyKits NW

Has anyone used these yet for connecting the intercooler pipes to the intercooler. So is it not recommend to use these at the throttle body to intercooler piping.

Anyone got more pics.

Is it 70+bux per side?

B20TDC2

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1358874


i believe they are running them on this car

tony1