Mishimoto Silicone Hoses

snowballs · **Joined:** Sun Aug 13, 2017 4:05 pm **Posts:** 85

Any opinions / comparisons between Samco and Mishimoto Silicone intercooler hoses?

Price point on the Mishimoto hoses is lower (even when you have to buy clamps) and they do come in some of the funky colours blue, red & black.

Thanks in advance

weeks101 · **Joined:** Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:29 pm **Posts:** 747

Samcos are worth the extra money. They are the highest quality and manufactured in Europe. Mishimotos are made in China.

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Nov 10, 2018 11:50 am

Samco also went out of their way to work with me to develop the CRD boost hoses. We used to have no option in boost hoses, just factory, and those fail often.

The Very first set of Samco CRD hoses ever made(the prototype) is still running strong in my CRD.

Without Samco we would not have cheap knockoffs.

I went and looked up the date, Dec 1 2007 is when I first installed them. So nearly 11 years and no signs of needing replacement.

Also I'm using the original clamps with mine. No problems with those either. I don't see the need to purchase other clamps. I have seen which band clamps clamp too hard and deform the plastic intercooler pipes.

snowballs · **Joined:** Sun Aug 13, 2017 4:05 pm **Posts:** 85

Thanks for sage advice gentlemen; Samco it will be :BANANA:

snowballs · **Joined:** Sun Aug 13, 2017 4:05 pm **Posts:** 85

Sir Sam wrote:

Samco also went out of their way to work with me to develop the CRD boost hoses. We used to have no option in boost hoses, just factory, and those fail often.

The Very first set of Samco CRD hoses ever made(the prototype) is still running strong in my CRD.

Without Samco we would not have cheap knockoffs.

I went and looked up the date, Dec 1 2007 is when I first installed them. So nearly 11 years and no signs of needing replacement.

Also I'm using the original clamps with mine. No problems with those either. I don't see the need to purchase other clamps. I have seen which band clamps clamp too hard and deform the plastic intercooler pipes.

Hello again Sir Sam,

Do you recommend re-using the black mesh that comes on the OEM hoses?

Thanks in advance for advice.

mass-hole · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 7:49 pm

If you find a good deal on mishimotos then there is no reason to pass them up. I’ve had them on 4+ years and really pushed my turbo here at altitude and they held up fine. Only reason I got rid of them was because I got an aftermarket intercooler and had to build my own cac lines.

I think when I got mine they were on clearance for $125 or something dumb. I don’t care how good the Samcos are for that price.

WWDiesel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 16, 2018 10:13 pm

I reused the black mesh from the OEM hoses on my Samco's.
A little extra insurance never hurts!
And we aren't building show engines.... :lol:

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Nov 17, 2018 3:01 pm

snowballs wrote:

Sir Sam wrote:

Samco also went out of their way to work with me to develop the CRD boost hoses. We used to have no option in boost hoses, just factory, and those fail often.

The Very first set of Samco CRD hoses ever made(the prototype) is still running strong in my CRD.

Without Samco we would not have cheap knockoffs.

I went and looked up the date, Dec 1 2007 is when I first installed them. So nearly 11 years and no signs of needing replacement.

Also I'm using the original clamps with mine. No problems with those either. I don't see the need to purchase other clamps. I have seen which band clamps clamp too hard and deform the plastic intercooler pipes.

Hello again Sir Sam,

Do you recommend re-using the black mesh that comes on the OEM hoses?

Thanks in advance for advice.

I tried, I could not get the chinese finger puzzle mesh over the samco since they are larger diameter. If you can I think it could help protect against rubs.

MtnClimber · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:49 am

My upper Samco hose is shot as when the turbo went it shot shrapnel through the upper hose. Right now I’ve got the factory upper installed and want to replace it with something better. Unfortunately you can only by the Samco’s and the Mishimoto’s as pairs which I don’t need. So a question for you Mass-hole, would you make your own CAC hoses again (upper hose in my case) or just bite the bullet and buy the set of silicone ones?

MtnClimber · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2018 10:57 am

Same question for Seth as I know that he had previously built his own CAC hoses.

flash7210 · **Posted:** Mon Nov 19, 2018 2:04 pm

Make your own.

MtnClimber · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2018 3:59 pm

flash7210 wrote:

Make your own.

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flash7210 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:07 pm

Stupid photobucket.

DieselJeepLuvr · **Posted:** Fri Nov 30, 2018 12:59 am

WWDiesel wrote:

...we aren't building show engines.... :lol:

Speak for yourself. :ROTFL:

ROKTAXI · **Posted:** Fri Dec 07, 2018 10:14 pm

.....Make your own.

What was you source for the rubber pipe connections? Standard radiator hose?

Sir Sam · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2018 12:22 pm

ROKTAXI wrote:

.....Make your own.

What was you source for the rubber pipe connections? Standard radiator hose?

You can find off the shelf silicon hose couplers in different diameters and bends for custom IC piping work. Search around online and you will see plenty, the hard part is figuring out what ones you need.

ROKTAXI · **Posted:** Sat Dec 08, 2018 2:56 pm

Thanks for the info! Found it all on AMZN :BINGO:

mass-hole · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2018 6:36 pm

MtnClimber wrote:

My upper Samco hose is shot as when the turbo went it shot shrapnel through the upper hose. Right now I’ve got the factory upper installed and want to replace it with something better. Unfortunately you can only by the Samco’s and the Mishimoto’s as pairs which I don’t need. So a question for you Mass-hole, would you make your own CAC hoses again (upper hose in my case) or just bite the bullet and buy the set of silicone ones?

I had to. I probably would not if I still had to stock intercooler just because I wouldnt want to increase the number of connections that could fail. The regular silicone hoses are fine.

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