i keep blowing charge pipes and i have conprssion clamps and beveled ends, can the intercooler be the problem, not flowing it enough or good??

it just started to happen to me and wont stop, lol idk what to do!

thanks

 

is it always the same pipe? try spray glue around the pipe.

 

Hairspray

 

If the ends are beaded and your using T-Bolts I dont see how they can still come apart, do the pipes line up correctly?

 

X2

 

i had the same problem, bead rolled ends with t-bolt clamps, it gets old real fast. try the things mentioned, actually the spray glue helped quite a bit for me but...sooner or later you will just end up going v-bands or some similar alternative.

 

x2

Geez, I'm running 30lbs on a BW366 and I'm using WORM clamps on some of my connections with no problems. Are you sure that the clamp is on the other side of the bevel? Maybe the clamp is crossing over the ridge when you tighten it down.

MB

 

ok i know why i got a new manifold and it not stright its at a angel and i think its too long can this be it, i mean its tight and connected what is the length have to do with it, ill post pics soon.

what about the intercooler

 

If the two pipes are joining at an angle with just a straight connector they probably will blow apart, if you have a flex coupling in there you need to tighten it harder and use some glue, I held 20+psi fine with crooked piping, no beads etc just t-bolts......

 

one other thing that i have seen from others is they tighten the t-bolt so tight that it dents the aluminum and then you loose your "bite" on the coupler.

 

when the pipes blow off, do they usually have the t-clamps still on the couplers? do they slide from under the t-clamps? you may need a new quality set of couplers and clamps or widen the beaded endings on the piping a bit more, theres a week link somewhere, ive seen couplers burst before then slide off.

 

yes they are still on and tight just not tight to keep them on under boost.

 

Pics of setup many help see problem.

 

I use just normal 4ply silicone couplers and T bolts.. and I bead rolled the aluminum myself. 32lbs and NEVER blown a coupler ever. I think engine movement has a lot to do with it as well. I have solid mounts.