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Marko R1 Grand Master

Marko R1

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hi guys,

im about to order t-clamps for my intercooler hosing on my gtr...can anyone tell me what the outside diameter is?

for some reason i think its 80mm but i need to confirm (i cant measure this as my hoses are with my builder who is currently away)

thanks :yes:

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Cartman Rising Star

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do yourself a favour and don't! T-bolt clamps are rubbish. personally I wouldn't use one to hold the expansion joint on my dunny!

you gotta be shitting me? i hope your not talking about the ones i've put a pic of below as they are all i will ever use for intercooler piping as they are by far the best for it out there i have not once had a hose pop off using these but i cant say the same for the rest of the hoseclamps out there, sure there bit big and bulky but they work and they work well!

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Marko R1 Grand Master

Marko R1

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do yourself a favour and don't! T-bolt clamps are rubbish. personally I wouldn't use one to hold the expansion joint on my dunny!

you just cracked me up LOL, not good enough to hold a bog :/

ive always thought these are the best available?

Marko R1 Grand Master

Marko R1

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you gotta be shitting me? i hope your not talking about the ones i've put a pic of below as they are all i will ever use for intercooler piping as they are by far the best for it out there i have not once had a hose pop off using these but i cant say the same for the rest of the hoseclamps out there, sure there bit big and bulky but they work and they work well!

clamps2.jpg

i see u have a gtr - what size t clamps are u using for your I/C hoses?

i have 3 choices:

a. 74-79mm

b. 80-85mm

c. 86-91mm

...now u may understand why i am confusED

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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you just cracked me up LOL, not good enough to hold a bog :/

ive always thought these are the best available?

noooo, they are the cheapest and best marketed ones available! not the best. they have flat insides and due to their design are usually way over tightened. you should not be using clamp force alone to seal the pipe. you want a clamp with beads in it to create seals and with rolled edges. sard dual bead clamps are my favourite but they are just re-selling another company's clamps i'm sure. the norma constant tension clamps look good too.

you want the clamps that have an inner ring, with dual beads, and rolled edges and then a clamp that goes over it. these wont cut into your joiners and they don't need to be wanged up to 1000ft/lb of torque just to seal either.

In that thread above I think someone posted a link to another brand of dual bead clamps, but even the sard brand ones are not expensive. plus it's not like you have to keep buying them over and over.

these are the ones to get: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=4455418

Beer Baron Grand Master

Beer Baron

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and another opinion on those "awesome" t-bolt clamps...

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/in...t&p=4486391

get the sards, or these ones: http://www.norma.net.au/norma-constant-ten...ose-clamps.html

Cartman Rising Star

Cartman

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out of all the cars i've used the Tbolt clamps on, i have never had a leak from any of them at idle or under boost

as for the answer, sorry dude i actually dont know what size the standard gtr stuff uses.. like alot of r32 owners.. my gtr doesnt have an engine in it at the moment lol

Beer Baron Grand Master

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80-90mm should to it. something around that will usually have a wide enough range to fit. if you have to choose 80 or 90, I'd choose 90. things get pretty big by the time you add pipe OD plus joiner OD.

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bozodos

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I'm interested in the beaded type clamps, however I can't find anywhere which sells them around here, so I've stuck to using Cummins Tee bolt clamps, which as long as they are done up in the right spot seem to work really well (in conjunction with their silicon hose which has a textured wrapping on it causing the clamps to stick really hard into it). $5.90 per clamp is exxy though, I'm just replacing mine as they start to stuff up.

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