silicone couplers argh!!

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#11

09-14-2008, 08:42 AM

hiwords

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don't use the tape with the hairspray. try one first and then try the other. reason is that hairspray gets really sticky when it drys up, especially on metal surfaces but not on tape lol. another thing that you could do instead of welding a bead on the lip is take the IC to a muffler shop and have them flare it with their machine. all it does is it pushes the metal apart. only problem is that if they flare too much, the metal might separate

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09-14-2008, 11:38 AM

Audi_Skydiver

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and make it really hard to get the silicon coupler on!

josh

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09-14-2008, 03:51 PM

chaos92287

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Originally Posted by 01afour

if i had the supplies to weld alum., i wouldnt have started this thread haha. thanks though.

the main problem is that the pipe and the coupler dont line up exactly, so its like the pipe is pullin on it at all times, and the T clamp thats on there is not perfectly level w/ the edge of the coupler. even if i start them level, by the time i get to really cranking it down it starts to slide towards one side. as for the T clamps, thats what i had on there and i feel like they losen up to easily. im gunna try the tape (its not a bad idea at all) and the hairspray and see what happens. i just need this to hold until i have the cash to weld up custom 2.5"-3" pipes.

you said you had the ones with the grooves along the band. that is not a t-clamp. and my hotside pipe has the same problem as the one your describing. as soon as i switched to a t-clamp, it still did the same thing but the pipe never blew off (25psi out of a k04). you can tighten these suckers down like no tomorrow. it will actually indent into the coupler.

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09-14-2008, 07:47 PM

01afour

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Originally Posted by chaos92287

you said you had the ones with the grooves along the band. that is not a t-clamp. .

no i know. i HAD the T clamp on there, then switched to the crappy one. im off tommrow so im gunna play around w/ it. i think ill just try the T clamp again, w/ hairspray. im also gunna take the pipe completely off so i can make sure the clamp is on the same angle as the pipe, then just crank the hell out of it. well see what happens.

either way i kinda gotta tone down the boost till i get a new clutch so i dont think ill have this problem again for a while.