[s-cars] Hose clamps

[Igor Kessel]

Folks,
I've been sucessefully using the SS, rolled clamps from McMaster for my
hoses. Now with the full Samco treatment under the hood I have made a
sad discovery. The hoses work themselves loose within a couple of
months. Last time the hose blew off at 7,000 and 24 psi of boost as I
was racing a neu S4. With a very loud "POP" to my embarassment. It's the
one which connects to the BOV thru the barb to the turbo-to-crosspipe. I
fixed it on the side of the road with the phillips screwdriver to the
joy of the onlookers.
Last night as I was changing the oil I decided to go over all of the
clamps with the 7mm socket just for the hell of it. Guess what? Every
damn hose clamp was loose! They turn into regular mainetence items. What
a PITA! I feel this is happening because the Si Samco hoses are so sleek
to the touch.

So, the inquiring minds would like to know what the cat's meow in the
world of the turbo hose clamps?

--
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros