Wanna hear the truth now.All in mine car are samcos,been told should be more flexible??Then somebody says,if you put pipe from t4 to intercooler you will have faster moment and i also now spec r doing pipe for intercooler to throttlebody,someone using them some dont,i am f..king confused.please tell me
Regards Alex

 

would have thought metal pipe would be better than silicon hoses as they wont crush at any realistic boost pressure and will have smoothyer internal surfaces.i think.

 

if you use a more solid hose you will lose no pressure ! if the hoses are soft they can expand and use pressure .
i had all polished alloy ones made for my renault 5 turbo , i didnt really notice any difference but i never split another hose after having them made !!!
im using samcos on my 2wd and i personally think they will be fine .

 

I've got metal pipes, no problems from them at all at 23psi

PJay

 

yeah thats it ! if u can afford the ally pipes go for them , they look superb and wont ever split ,

 

Samco and hi grip jubilee clips seem ok on my T4 car.

 

good point rude dude !
get some mikalor clips , they aint cheap but grip so much better than jubilies !!
thats where most people loose pressure from !!

 

what do these mikalor clips look like?

 

they are about 3/4 of an inch wide , and instead of having a little screw to tighten them , they have a half inch bolt that goes thru a bar on the other side , which works basicly the same as a jubilee but a hell of a lot tighter .

 

and there stainless steel so wont rust

 

rs500 hoses and normal jubilee clips worked fine for me, never lost a hose ever and was running well over 35psi

 

Phil,i tried a RS500 throttle body side hose and at 34psi kept blowing it off until i used proper clips..but that caused it to split around the dump valve take off No probs with the samcos

 

saying that my throttle-body side hose is just like an rs500 but has a smooth finish and a part number stamped into it!? whereas my compressor side is a normal cloth texture finish!

very odd!

mines using ford jubilee clips and they actually seem very strong, but now everythings out its all going to have proper bling clips when rebuilt!

 

top quality clamps


http://www.powerengineering.co.uk/mikalor/

 

i never had any probs with the cossi , but i was forever splitting and blowing off hoses on my r5gt so i use em with samcos as a matter of precaution now !

 

if u like i can go take a photo of em and post it on here , so u can see what theyre like .

 

spt the difference ?

 

mikalor clips

they dont cut into hoses either , worth while getting them imo