huge230

Im short a couple of couplers. Will the plumbing rubber Hoime depot ones work or will they melt? Id place them after the intercooler which should be a bit cooler. Anybody do this?
Sorry this was posted in welding/fabrication as well by mistake

pip9

I've used them off of the turbo and they did melt and tore alot. if its just temp. then it'll be ok. but get some good silicone ones evenually.

huge230

thanks how quickly did they tear?

ccivic

I ran them for 4months on my boosted LS. Never had one melt, tear, rip or blow off. Even had one coming right off of the turbo

Schister66

don't cheap out....if you need couplers i have some extras w/ good Tbolt clamps.....just PM me and i'll make you a good deal...

shortyz21

used em for lets see now, almost a year.

no problems at all. where they get hot make sure u try to butt the pipe up so it cant balloon.

also ive had em up to 15psi with 0 problems.

iBrandon

My cousin blew a big A$$ hole in his 90 degree elbow when he upped his boost to 14 psi...i dont recommend it

ccivic

Well yeah.. I could see that happening with an elbow, but there should be no reason why you'd need to use anything but straight couplers on honda/acura intercooler piping.

alpha

Turbocharging a Honda the right way isn't cheap. Home Depot couplers are not fun. I can post pictures of cars that developed rips and holes in them. My boy's turbo RSX and I went out. The car was building 17lbs, suppose to build 21lbs, but the CFM wasn't there. Looked at my datalog and it was reaching 17lbs by 7,000RPM Dont cheap out on couplers or t-bolt clamps.