60six
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Jun 17, 2012 19:28:37 GMT
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Need to fabricate a long pipe from my front mounted 9000 intercooler.
Not interested in using stiff aluminium as I need too many bends. So far I have thought of:
Tumble dryer extraction hose - PVC tube with a spring along the inside.
Vacuum cleaner hose - It doesn't crush under suction but will have some movement.
Household drainage pipe with adapters (may need too many bends)
Swimming pool filter hose. (I think I will be laughed at using this!)
Open to any ideas - I have all the hose clips and plenty of spare rubber unions. Pipe has to be about 60mm.
Any ideas?
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Jun 17, 2012 19:40:21 GMT
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I used stainless exhaust pipe and bends on mine with silicone hose joiners
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Well you will mess with these cars....
Mk4 golf gttdi highline. Mk2 golf 1.8T
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60six
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Jun 17, 2012 19:51:15 GMT
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I used stainless exhaust pipe and bends on mine with silicone hose joiners How much are silicone hose joiners? Will need quite a few and ones I have for the other saab 900 I have cost $$$$. I just about made it fit   |
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Some 9000's, a 900, an RX8 & a beetle
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Jun 17, 2012 20:00:54 GMT
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I get all mine from ebay,seller:800bhp,cheap as chips and only down the road from my work so I collect! ;D
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Well you will mess with these cars....
Mk4 golf gttdi highline. Mk2 golf 1.8T
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bortaf
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Jun 17, 2012 21:26:15 GMT
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Need to fabricate a long pipe from my front mounted 9000 intercooler. Not interested in using stiff aluminium as I need too many bends. So far I have thought of: Tumble dryer extraction hose - PVC tube with a spring along the inside. Vacuum cleaner hose - It doesn't crush under suction but will have some movement. Household drainage pipe with adapters (may need too many bends) Swimming pool filter hose. (I think I will be laughed at using this!) Open to any ideas - I have all the hose clips and plenty of spare rubber unions. Pipe has to be about 60mm. Any ideas? TBH i would have thought all of that list would blow appart under boost pressure  seriousely, tumble dryer hose ? What about flexable exhaust pipe ? but i wouldn't like to guess at the flow restrictions it would create not being smooth on the inside |
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Jun 17, 2012 21:31:25 GMT
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Tumble dryer extraction hose - PVC tube with a spring along the inside. Vacuum cleaner hose - It doesn't crush under suction but will have some movement. Are you serious? That stuff would blow apart before you hit 5psi!! At 10 psi plastic pipe would work, but seriously it's metal pipe and silicone joiners for you. |
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Vauxhall Carlton V8
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Jun 17, 2012 21:37:16 GMT
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No easy ans to this on bud . Budget being a problem for me too but I just used ebay hunting .. and the elbows came via Volvo trucks
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meltedcheese
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Jun 17, 2012 22:05:11 GMT
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I work at a boat builder and we need to fit a lot of breathing in the engine room to keep it happy, plastimo and vetus do a fairly cheap line of flexible, tough piping. May be worth a look. If you need me some more info on what we use just PM me  |
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Jun 18, 2012 14:49:48 GMT
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I used radiator/coolant hoses for the bends on my turbo setup. Just went down to the shop and found a piece with a fair amount of bends that was the right ID. Cut it up and clamped it to pieces of exhaust tubing.
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Jun 18, 2012 19:43:57 GMT
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don't forget - the pipe from the turbo to intercooler, can easily get upto temps of 100 degrees C. This is enough to melt pretty much ALL the above flexible options you gave
steel exhaust pipe, alloy tubing, and silicone connectors I'm afraid.
Pop into your local scrappy, and see what kinda piping you can find in there. Look for the diesel engined cars, and grab what you can from there
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You're like a crazy backyard genius! |
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Jun 18, 2012 20:27:16 GMT
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if you have a welder you could fabricate it using lobster back bends and 60mm exhaust pipe.
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Jun 20, 2012 12:43:45 GMT
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it has to metal joiners and reinforced rubber/silicone hoses...anything else will just blow apart.
sorry but doing anything turbo related and penny pinching at the same time is a recipe for problems.
i'm guessing your running about 1 bar peak boost on what...so anything other than the above will just burst
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if at first you don't succeed...use a gas axe!
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seriousely, tumble dryer hose ? 
