I'm gonna find 15 ft of silicone tubing from ECS, and i thought I'd go ahead and replace all the crimp clamps with mini screw ones. Any thoughts on sizes? The smallest they have are 6-8.3mm, but I think the tubing may be a bit bigger. I measured, and it seems like most tubes are 8-11mm outer diameter. Can anyone confirm this, or has anyone else replaced these? I was going to get 12 clamps. Sound good?

 

you should let me know when you finish that, i would like to do the same thing come summer time... this info could make the purchase go a lot quicker ha

 

ebay man its just silicon vacuum hose its much cheaper on ebay. i got 20 feet and had just enough to do all plus the boost gauge and like 1 foot extra. i used either clamps i had in the garage or zip ties for some of the vacuum connections which didnt need a clamp.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...=STRK:MEWNX:IT

^^ what i bought

 

I know, and I'll probably grab the lines from Discount Imports, I was just wondering about the clamps mostly. Zip ties are alright, but screw clamps look good, work good and are re-usable.

 

Yea I was planning on doing this too...
Soo the size is 4mm then?
Nd kayakman sorry I don't have an answer for you but I was also interested in the clamp sizes

 

Sounds about right. Thats internal diameter. I'm gonna have to re-measure, i wasn't doing this correctly. I know the tubing is 3/8th inches ID, so thats about 10mm. That means the OD is probably closer to 12mm! ugh!

 

If you have a Pep Boys, just go buy 10ft. of the smallest one they have (7/64") They're a little hard getting on, but they make a tight fit and don't need any clamps at all.

 

wouldnt that restrict flow?

 

I thought the same thing at first, but I don't think it matters that much really. My cel disappeared when I did it and it feels like I have more power, so I'm happy with the results.