What silicone pipe do i need??

[lock1981]

how much did you get quoted for all the pipe?

 

[chrisr45]

I would be interested in the prices too, Seen some 1m lengths on Ebay in Red for £5 a time

 

[itfben]

would 1m be enough or should I go two, I want to do all my vaccumm hosing in my engine bay like everything that can be dont really! so looking at...

1m x 4mm
1m x 8mm
1m x 16mm

what else?
coolant? screen wash? dv? any thoughts i want to do in 1 shot as postage at £6 ant cheap really.

 

[sambryant]

2m of 8mm, 2m of 4mm to be safe.

 

[itfben]

that will be everything!? no 3mm 5mm 6mm 7mm 9mm... ? lol

 

[sambryant]

well, you can use 3 or 4 mm for dv and fpr, 3mm is better imho as the nipples under the inlet mani are tiny and 3mm is just a little tighter, but its up to you. if you look at my bay, i have used only 8mm and 3 mm.



the 6mm in my bay you wont need as it for my mbc

infact get 1 m of 6mm. this is to go grom n75 valve to charge pipe, i did use 8mm before but 6 is a better fit.

so your list should be
2m of 8mm
2m of 3mm
1m of 6mm

 

[itfben]

would 4mm not provide better airflow for the dv that 3mm though? (just curious)

what is an mbc?

[EDIT] Reducer?: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/4mm-3mm-REDUC...CarParts_SM&hash=item483faf482f#ht_1859wt_907

 

[itfben]

also, Robbie has blue tube down the far far left hand (drivers) side what would that be?

 

[sambryant]

just edited my post. well my 3mm of hose is allowing 285bhp on a tough dyno so im happy just make sure you get good quality hose.
mbc is a manual boost controller, my turbo was spiking at 2 bar eeek. now runs at 1.4 bar all the way to the red line

 

[sambryant]

thats for his boost gauge and thats also 3mm

 

[itfben]

O right cool I might get a boost gauge at some point, that needs to be quite long doesnt it for boost gauge to run all the way in to the cabin?

thanks bro

 

[sambryant]

yeah, if its something you are going to do get 5m of samco hose at 3mm, works out cheaper that way

 

[itfben]

5m of 3mm for the boost gauge alone or total (including 1m for DV)

 

[aaronipswich]

I used 10mm for the hose on left hand side that goes near that top intercooler hose

 

[itfben]

so fooking confused now

 

[sambryant]

I used 8mm as i already had it. Imho these vacuum pipes need to be a tight fit, even more so on a mapped car. U have the pic and sizes, if you like what you see just buy the same, simples

 

[itfben]

cheers sam, well merlin motorsport dont do 10mm vacuum hosing anyway. I will go with your original list matey.

2m x 8mm
2m x 4mm
1m x 3mm

(will do boost gauge piping later down the line)

the last thing is is eBay the best place for clips and if so what type is best to go for i see you have two types of clips in your set up?

will order vacuum hoses now... seing as its a 4week dispatch time and i hoping i might get lucky and it will arrive before sunday the 26th June haha

 

[itfben]

ordered above list

£35 incl. postage

 

[rideonracing]

Anyone know what the charcoal and expansion tank pipe size's are? The internal bore that is?

iv used 7mm pipe on mine mate!

 

[itfben]

Oh great! Merlin Motorsport contacted me this morning saying they had none of my order in
Stock and that i have to order 3m length when ordering it in. Its guba take 4-5weeks :S

So should a knock off the 3mm stuff and use 4mm stuff that we in turn dave me having to but and additional 3m? or is it rrally worth getting the 3mm stuff?