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hey all,

for the second time in a few days my car has broken down, same problem i think. the first time i was in 2nd gear at around 5-6k rpm when all of a sudden the car went poooff, lost power, engine stalled. when i tried starting it up again it wouldnt idle and continually stalled. took it to the mechanic who said it was the clamp for the intercooler which had failed. this fixed the problem for a few hours until the exact same thing happened again. this time 2nd gear around 4k rpm.

while it may be easy to say its the clamp again i cant help but think there is something else going wrong to cause this to happen. has this happened to anyone else and is this a regular occurrence? any input would be much appreciated, my long weekend is now toast!

cars mods are:

gcg high flow

exhaust

hks ebc and apexi pfc

r34 smic

pod and bov.

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Make sure you actually clean off the oil where the pipes joins as no matter what clamp or how hard you have it clamped down it will just blow off again at with high pressure.

What kinda clamps are you using?

I suggest replacing them with these: Norma constant Tension S/S wormdrive clamps

If money isn't an issue go with the Sard (Sard dual bead clamp) or Turbosmart (Turbosmart Murray Clamps)

How much PSI are you running also?

Intercooler clamps have been discussed quite abit:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/In...sn-t259242.html

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/In...tr-t272125.html

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