[s-cars] Pop Goes the Michelin Man

[Igor Kessel]

Robert Myers wrote:
> 
> I AM Samcoed.  The GD Samco MM hose is about 2 cm too short.  I can 
> force things to come together enough to get the hose on and the clamp 
> tightened but then there is tension on the install and when boost comes 
> up it's questionable whether or not the blinkin' thing will stay where 
> it's s'posed to stay.  I end up blowing it off every couple of months it 
> seems.  That (plus a couple of other ideas ;-)) has me thinking FMIC.
> 
> Send me info about that chip'n'salsa party.  ;-)
> 
> At 10:58 AM 4/8/2005, Dave Forgie wrote:
> 
>> Bob:  You gotta get Samco'd.
>>
>> PS: I'll be dipping those chips in Salsa tomorrow.
>>
>> Dave F.
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Bob,
I am on my 4th or 5th iteration of the Samco MM hose piping and 
clamping. The hose just kept blowing off under full boost, 
whatareyougonnado?

Right now I have:
1. a steel reinforcement ring inside the plastic cross-pipe.
2. a steel exhaust pipe extension connecting the two wrongfully cut 
pieces off the MM hose (Don't ask. Did I ever mention how pissed I was 
at Ivor over at TAP?).
3. a boatload of constant torque Breeze clamps holding the pieces together.
4. two steel brackets made out of cheap perforated clamps at 180º 
opposite to each other holding the two adjacent Breeze clamps together 
thus precluding them from slipping off the sleek Si hose in opposite 
directions.

Everything is torqued to the Max. Contrary to the popular belief, even 
the Breeze clamps need re-torquing at least once a year.

So far so good. Knocking on Carbon Fibre.

-- 
Igor Kessel
two turbo quattros