Get the car started w/ no time to tune ems just used a fmu/check valve and about 12lbs everything seemed great ..soon as i hit about 3-4 shift blow off piping this happened all 3 passes (when the rubber gets hot its geting flimsy and pops off) ....so can i run a self tapping screw through the gasket into the piping as a quick fix--I just want 1 clean pass this year and dont care bout trashing the piping--will it work

 

why not use some jb weld and then put sillicon cuplers over it? its an easy job and cheap and will most likely work

 

thats ghetto. Just get a real silicone coupling and a bolt style clamp and you will be fine.

 

I made this little bracket which is bolted down. Theres a threaded part welded onto the IC piping, and the bracket bolts to the TB

 

That is a good idea Ron. I haven't seen that before. What about down by the intercooler, I have seen those couplings blow off so many times on different cars. Any ideas for that?

 

well, i have a backdoor intercooler setup, and that rarely blows off since the bumper is holding it on most of the time. I dont have any pics of the lower portion, but its basicaly bolted down prety solid.

Edit: most of my pipes have tabs welded everywhere. However, this puts some stress on the pipes, because the motor flexs. It rarely blows off this way tho..

 

I see why the backdoor is a very good idea. I was at the track last week when Terry's pipe blow off twice and the 90 degree coupler thing split too. So after seeing that backdoor looks very appealing to me. What kind to you have? Thanks.

 

Spearco. The less couplers you have, the easier your life will be, hehe

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by B18egHatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Get the car started w/ no time to tune ems just used a fmu/check valve and about 12lbs everything seemed great ..soon as i hit about 3-4 shift blow off piping this happened all 3 passes (when the rubber gets hot its geting flimsy and pops off) ....so can i run a self tapping screw through the gasket into the piping as a quick fix--I just want 1 clean pass this year and dont care bout trashing the piping--will it work</TD></TR></TABLE>what kind of clamps do you have? if they are the normal pipe clamps with all the little slits in them then ditch those and get some T botl clamps. i had the same prob with mine and after i slaped the t bolts on there everything has held up since, i check them every once in a while and they havent moved a bit. Hope this helps

 

I did the same thing, but made mine out of aluminum and polished them, it looks nice and i never worry about them blowing apart.


Rob