please dont send me to home depot for rubber pvc connectors

 

silicone couplers are the best but can be pricey

 

any place that has them cheap? silicone that is

 

here are some places to get them........shop around


http://www.hosetechniques.com/
http://www.atpturbo.com/
http://www.extrememotorsports.com/g1cat/full.htm
http://www.roadraceengineering...s.htm
http://www.turbohoses.com/Couplers.htm
http://www.optauto.com/

 

well lets see

the real silicone deal i see them online all the time for about $14 ea

the home depot ones i have and so far they work great $3 ea

u make the math

 

Coolant hose should work fine.

For less than 10psi even those home depot sewer pipe connectors will probably be ok. At least for a while. Be sure to buy 1/2" smaller than you need. IIRC the ones that are called 1 1/2" fit 2" thin wall pipe well.

 

i would invest in t-bolt clamps so your piping isn't popping off every 2 days

 

i bought the rubber home depot ones and they keep popping off @ 9psi on 294hp gsr... i just bought a 3ft long reinforced silicone tube for 40shipped.... PLENTY of couplings

 

if you have problems with the couplers popping off....a little trick is to spray some hairspray on the coupler and pipe. But not too much, or u will have to cut them off when you wanna take it apart cuz trust me......they will stick like a ****.

 

Thats how I put grips on my bikes. They slide right on, and after the stuff dries the grips aint going to shift at all. Spray paint works just as well as hair spray.

40$ for a large diameter length of silicone hose is really cheap. Care to share your source?

 

http://www.ebay.com

 

yup hairspray is the ****

 

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Word. I bought a 2ft length of this for $25/foot and got 8 couplings out of it [3 inches long each]. This is the most inexpensive way to get good silicone couplings...I got mine from roadraceengineering.com

 

T-bolt clamps and Thermal Flex silicone couplers

 

NAPA gasline hose This stuff is great! $15 a foot. I've got my D16z6 @ 10psi and it holds REAL well. Using standard clamps as well. They stick real tight to the charge pipes.

 

http://www.atpturbo.com $6 a coupler Black/Red/Blue I think are the colors. I have black

Also get some t-bolt clamps while your at it. I have the ones from http://www.vecco.net $3.79 a piece, but thier is a place online called partssytems or something like that that sells em for like a $1 less a piece

 

I bought my T-Bolt clamps from partssystems.com....like $2.75 each, and excellent quality.

 

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The Home Depot rubber couplers are only rated to 3-4psi. It states it right on the paper ring. You can't go wrong with ATP's silicone couplers, though! I bought two 2.75"-to-... reducers for my intercooler end tanks.

-Mark

 

NAPA silicone couplers for radiators.
awesome and cheap for about 11-12 bucks a foot
holds up to like 30 psi and 500 degrees


Modified by igo4bmx at 3:23 PM 4/12/2004