Gtr #2 Turbo Intake Pipe Sucking Shut

[jwah]

Ok i'll try explain this as best as possible, and hopefully someone will know that im talking about.

Basically, the 2nd turbo intake pipe, inbetween the AFM and turbo, that pipe is sucking shut right where the springs are. I have T517z Turbos i only just upgraded to about 2 months ago. I had the heat sheilds off for about a month and a half, and i had to change the 02 sensors, but i didnt pull anything apart i just used a screw driver and pried the pipe away. I think when i did this i may have damaged a spring or moved it aswell as the heat. I played around with it one day when i put the heat sheilds back on. It hit 1 bar of boost for about 5 seconds then cut back down to .7 to .5. It variates. I was wondering if anyone has fixed this before, or should i just make up some new intake pipes?? I was gonna weld up some bigger alloy pipes at work because i still have to fit my Z32 afms. But if i could fix the standard pipe, i would much prefer that. So if anyone out there has fixed this. Please help me! Hope someone understands what im talkin about too.

Cheers

[Gav]

A quick fix is to secure cable ties into the ribs on the hose. This helps stop the hose collapsing because it actually expands slightly in order to collapse and kink. It may take a couple of dozen to do so, but if it doesn't work you are only out of pocket a couple of bucks.

[RANDY]

I was about to suggest that! That or big metal hose-clamps, cause they are harder to distort than cable ties.

In any case, it'd be a quick fix type thing that I wouldn't leave in place... change the pipes over, but remember that the motor needs som flex in all the piping, so it might not be a good idea to have all steel piping. Buy some of that blue/purple rigid silicone piping or something.

[inissane]

either what was said above or buy a aftermarket induction pipe set, or what i did was buy 3" mild steel elbow from exhaust place, trial fit and hack saw. Then also cut the rubber pipe nearer the turbo and insert the steel pipe and clamp her in tight - no way itll collapse

[R31Nismoid]

or run some rigid steel wire ytou can get from hardware stores around the inside, bit fiddly but very strong

[Downforce]

easy to fix, if you want to do it properly and no hassles, just replace the intake pipe with short length of aluminium (not stainless steel, aluminium is much better for minimizing heat). done.