Intercooler Piping Question

[craziichriss]

Finally got the GTR back on the road after losing my key and a dead coilpack, took her for a spin tonight amd blew the stock intercooling pipe off the turbo manifold.

Ive got it at 21psi for 315rwkw, Will upgrading this to stainless steel piping reduce the likelihood of this happening again? What other benefits are there of going S/S?

Cheers fellas

[hypergear]

Just need better clamps. Material wise on cooler pipping technically makes no differences to performance.

[KiwiRS4T]

Put a flange or whatever its called on the end of the pipes or some people just dot with a welder. There is a special (swaging?)tool if you can borrow one.

[KiwiRS4T]

Like this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz1ic-w_gsU

[scotty nm35]

I use one of those for alloy, it won't last long doing stainless though.

[Badgaz]

run some big zip ties around the middle of the rubber hose to stop it expanding so far....

[craziichriss]

Thanks for your advise guys, I think just putting a better clamp on it will be enough to stop it happening again

[scotty nm35]

Better clamp does not mean those wide Tbolt clamps though. I find the normal worm drive clamps work better, as long as they aren't overtightened or re-used too many times.

[C4a0s]

actually, i find the worm drive ones are usually quite thin and force distribution uneven and the metal strap cuts into the silicon hose... the thicker T bolt ones are stronger, holds better and most usually have the lip thingy to prevent cutting at the edge.

but all that is useless if u dont have a lip/bead thing at the end of the pipe.

[scotty nm35]

Yep, sounds like way too much force on the clamp. The silicone beside the clamp should be flush with the outside of the clamp. If you get it right you can't damage the silicone or the clamp.