Andybarbet
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 posted on 30/3/11 at 10:03 PM |
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Silicon hose stubs for gsxr's ??? & advice please
Im after 4 short bits of silicone hose (or any fuel resistant hose) to connect my GSXR throttle bodies to my inlet manifold.
Im also after a bit of advice....
My GSXR 600's are 43mm outside diameter, my manifold is 45mm outside diameter, do i go for 45mm hose & if i do will it crush down 2mm to get
a good fit or do i find something thats 43mm if this exists ?? & stretch it 2mm over the inlet manifold if this is possible ??
Im not worried about it being silicone hose, normal black fuel resistant hose will do, i was wondering if anyone else has had a similar problem ?
One last thing, where is a good reasonably priced place to buy from, i understand if i go silicone i will probably need 'fluro lined' to
make it fuel resistant or is this not required ?
Apologies for all the questions - Cheers Andy
Give a man a fish & it will feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod & you've saved a fish.
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owelly
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:10 PM |
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I've just taken some off my Alfa engine. I'll go and measure them now....wait there.....
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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owelly
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:14 PM |
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I have blue silicon and it was fitted for about 20 minutes. Then the engine went pop.
The bits I have are 100mm long and are 45mm I/D and thye squished up nice and snug onto the 42mm inlet runners. Any good to you?
Like this...
[Edited on 30/3/11 by owelly]
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Andybarbet
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:26 PM |
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Spot on owelly, that sounds great.
Pop a U2U over to me with a price & i will let you know if i have enough pennies in the kitcar fund 
Also, where did you get the clamps from ? are they standard jubilee clips ?
Cheers Andy
Give a man a fish & it will feed him for a day, give him a fishing rod & you've saved a fish.
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owelly
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:34 PM |
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you have u2u
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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drury318
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 10:58 PM |
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I used inlet rubbers from a V6 vectra or omega, they fit a treat and there are plenty about for pennies!
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owelly
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| posted on 30/3/11 at 11:08 PM |
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If you can find an alternative, don't think you have to buy mine. Have a looksy and let me know whenever.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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James
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| posted on 31/3/11 at 12:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Andybarbet
Im after 4 short bits of silicone hose (or any fuel resistant hose) to connect my GSXR throttle bodies to my inlet manifold.
Pretty sure that silicon hose isn't fuel resistant.
Cheers,
James
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 31/3/11 at 01:20 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by James
Pretty sure that silicon hose isn't fuel resistant.
It isn't, unless you use the expensive flouro lined stuff. Not too much of a problem in a throttle body or plenum like Owellys as the injectors
are fairly downstream of the hoses so they won't see a lot of fuel.
[Edited on 31/3/11 by MikeRJ]
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