Would anybody be interested in stainless steel turbo hoses?

ribbon · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 1:41 am

im in. have to see a test fit first though.

litton · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 11:01 am

Are we talking mandrel bent SS, or SS braided hose?

mackruss · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 1:25 pm

No not stainless steel thanks, they will get too hot and defeat the purpose of having an intercooler.

canlib · **Posted:** Sun May 10, 2009 5:42 pm

Stainless seems like a great idea especially in view of abrasion failures of the Samco hoses. This came up in a quick search and might take care of temperature problems http://www.jegs.com/p/Thermo+Tec/750863/10002/-1

ribbon · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 10:11 am

you can also just paint it with thermal paint... or get it coated. as long as its smooth bends I'm in.

honey_don't · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 11:44 am

Interested. I would prefer raw pipes not coated or polished, will coat them myself.

Vox Fatalis · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 5:25 pm

OK, I will talk to my neighbor about getting those prototypes made ASAP.

I will also discuss the heat sink concerns about stainless steel (like I said, this was MY assumption they would be steel, I could be wrong) with him and see what he says. I was thinking the best solution to that issue would be to ceramic coat it, but again I'm only voicing MY thoughts. ;-)

I will defer to his turbo expertise on materials and finishing.

Hopefully I'll have a set to show images of in the next week.

Sidewinder · **Posted:** Mon May 11, 2009 6:24 pm

I would be very interested

Pablo · **Joined:** Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:06 pm **Posts:** 1201

Vox Fatalis wrote:

Pablo wrote:

I got mine done, $165 bucks. I don't think $2000 is a sane price. Or do you mean 2000 for 10?

Err... I said a set would cost $200 USD. Not sure where you got the $2000 from.

But yes, 10 sets would cost $2000.

The heat sink concern is definitely a valid one. I'll run it by him. I thought the lines were stainless steel, however I'm not the turbo expert and COULD be wrong about the materials. He's going to start working on the prototypes this week.

Too many hours looking at the computer, saw an extra 0, no matter how longer I looked at it.

Mine is coated in a thermal paint. You could also just wrap it in "header tape" or similar, from the inner cooler to the motor.

ribbon · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 9:11 am

http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/sho ... hp?t=85513
http://www.ausjeepoffroad.com/forum/sho ... 504&page=7

few pics on there too if you login
pretty cool. I'm sure the engine cover isn't the only thing different in those au jeeps though

Squeeto · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 12:38 pm

Ribbon
From your link, something for us to consider:

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Are there any issues with the differential movement between the intercooler and engine? I notice that my engine moves a fair bit.
Are the connecting silicone sections sufficient to absorb this movement?

ribbon · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 1:04 pm

on my race car i have had them on with zero problems. The silicon hose sections work very well. I run 30 lbs of boost on my car and they have never popped off.

The silicon hoses i had on before blew up like balloons under boost but never popped. I'm sure the samco hoses do the same thing. Not sure if they are 4ply or not but i hear they do inflate quite a bit.
For this reason i switched to metal.

My race car vibrates WAY WAY more then the crd. Many wheelies later the silicon hose sections are still on. I would NOT just use metal clamps. You need the hose sections for shock absorption.

blake1827 · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 1:50 pm

I have Samco's but may consider...

ac5501 · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 2:08 pm

Definatly interested

jiungyee · **Posted:** Tue May 12, 2009 5:33 pm

I am interested if the prototype works.

patracy · **Joined:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:50 pm **Posts:** 115

I'd like to see pics.

ribbon · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 10:24 am

same same. if it falls through i know of a few good fab shops that would do a group buy seeing that everyones interested.

dog_party · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 11:49 am

Intrigued. Definitely interested in seeing prototypes.

bigugly · **Posted:** Wed May 13, 2009 7:40 pm

I'm interested. Like everyone else would like to see pics first.

BCool · **Posted:** Thu May 14, 2009 7:23 pm

Interested, looking forward to pics.

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