[s-cars] Adventures in S-car hoses

[Elijahallen92 at aol.com]

Oh yea, I forgot we were still talking about the MAF to turbo hose. I don't 
even understand why this is even an issue. If you are going with an RS2 or 
smaller turbo the stock hose is fine, and cheap. It lasted 100,000 miles or more 
on most cars so why not just spend the $30 and be good for another 100K?? If 
you plan to go to a bigger than RS2 turbo then yes you may want something that 
will not collapse but 2Bennett already makes this and it is a nice product, yes 
its expensive but if your going over RS2 then its a drop in the bucket.

Elijah

In a message dated 9/10/2004 9:00:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
tmullane at snet.net writes:


> Thickness might make more difference with this particular hose, now that I 
> think about it.  The other hoses just have to be strong; it does not matter 
> whether they hold their form or not because boost would always force them 
> open.  With the MAF to turbo hose, it needs to be thick enough, or rather: rigid 
> enough, to hold shape against a vacuum (albeit a weak vacuum if you have your 
> negative boost minimized).  Then again, as long as those building the hoses 
> take that into account, it shouldn’t be an issue.
> 
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> Tommy Ricer
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