SS braided lines for intercooler???
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SS braided lines for intercooler???
I was looking through a book of one of our suppliers here at work and they have SS braided lines up to 4" in diamiter. my idea is to get pipes made that are threaded on one side and straight on the other and use couplers to the turbo and the the FMIC and SS lines with threaded fittings for the IC pipes.
What do you guys think?
I think it would look kinda cool and it should be pretty easy. not sure on price though.
What do you guys think?
I think it would look kinda cool and it should be pretty easy. not sure on price though.
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First of all, stainless steel AN braided lines are rubber hoses wrapped with a SS braided sleeve.
The whole hose is not made of SS.
Even if the SS braid heatsoaks, it still needs to go through the rubber hose cross-section.
Second, I would worry about the flexing of the hose.
There's a reason why you use "hard" pipe for most of the intercooler piping.
Hard pipes don't flex and balloon - this minimizes turbo lag.
SS braided hose would start flexing all over the place, and the stainless steel braid tends to *eat* into a lot of other things, like plastic, rubber, and even steel parts of the car!
-Ted
The whole hose is not made of SS.
Even if the SS braid heatsoaks, it still needs to go through the rubber hose cross-section.
Second, I would worry about the flexing of the hose.
There's a reason why you use "hard" pipe for most of the intercooler piping.
Hard pipes don't flex and balloon - this minimizes turbo lag.
SS braided hose would start flexing all over the place, and the stainless steel braid tends to *eat* into a lot of other things, like plastic, rubber, and even steel parts of the car!
-Ted
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