[s-cars] Those @##%^ Samco hoses!

[Keith Maddock]

I heartily second MLP's opinion on this one.

Having spent a cumulative several hours over a 4-day period under my S-Car in the pit lanes at Indianapolis Raceway Park, on the side of the Interstate in Oklahoma (post toll booth WOT), and in the pit garage at Texas World Speedway, I come to the following conclusion:
The more friction you can have on that joint, the better you are.  Those hoses WILL stretch a bit with time.

IMHO, an extra hour spent installing it right (sans lubricant) may save you an hour on your back on the side of the road.  Otherwise, you might get quite good at the belly pan R&R procedure!!! :)

Keith "Pssssst... POP/WHOOSH... DOH!"  Maddock

93 S4 - Good boost, samcos seated fine for 8k+ miles and counting... (Oregon)
95 968 CS - No boost, no samcos.... (here)

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Keith Maddock, TRW Automotive,  Koblenz, Germany
Slip Control Systems, Systems Design, Traction Control
+49 (0)261/ 895 2474     -    -    keith.maddock at trw.com

>>> "mlp qwest" <mlped at qwest.net> 08:29:57 20.10.2002 >>>
Remember, there's an old Italian saying. "What you grease to slide on, you
may have likely greased to slide off."

FWIW, a rather well versed German gentleman opined this week, that if you
find your self faced with SAMCO fittings that tend to slide off, under
hapersized boost conditions for example, it was his advice, based on some
personal experience, that one may need to revisit the offending site with a
clean rag and brake cleaner.

Maybe there's something better to use than "grease."  i.e., something that
is slippery for a time, then wears off ~ ? soapy water or its ilk.

HTH,

mlp

~-----Original Message-----
~From: s-car-list-admin at audifans.com
~[mailto:s-car-list-admin at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Rich Assarabowski
~Sent: Saturday, October 19, 2002 5:12 PM
~To: 'Jim Bonnet'; 'Darin Nederhoff'
~Cc: 'S-CAR LIST'
~Subject: RE: [s-cars] Those @##%^ Samco hoses!
~
~
~Are you guys putting some silicone grease on the hoses to make them go
~on easier?  Just wondering, mine are still in the box...
~
~-- Rich Assarabowski
~
~>My IC to throttle body and crossover to IC fit fine. They are a b*tch
~to get on though.. I wonder if your hose is wrong?
~
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