I want to get new hose clamps for all my intake hoses, ones that wont thread out if you screw them down tight (standard hose clamps). Ive seen them before, but the auto parts store doesnt carry them, who does? Id prefer not to order them online, Id like to just go pick them up today if possible. Thanks.

 

I would suggest T-Bolt Clamps, great for intake and IC piping, I don't know where to localy buy them but ebay has plenty for great price, worth buying in my opinion.
You may try local auto shops, it's possible to find them but you will be wasting more gas running around than what you would pay for shipping. lol.

 

Home Depot carry them?

 

www.mcmaster.com Catalog pages 215-216. Take your pick.

 

You most likely won't find T-bolt clamps locally. But, if you have problems with the stock hose clamps stripping out, a new set of worm drive clamps will work great.

Worm drive clamps do eventually wear out. They don't have to be SUPER tight, but if you tighten them with a nutdriver they'll be just right. You can get good quality worm drive clamps at Home Depot or Lowes, though, that are big enough for the IC pipes and intake pipes.

Dale

 

Stock boost levels? If so your tightening the clamps to tight.

I have the 3rd style (right side) on my IC pipes, they work fine but they are a PIA since the only socket I have that fits them is a 11mm deep.

 

why is that such a pain?

I ordered a bunch of thoes from hose techniqies last week

 

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Someone pulled an all-niter in the garage and fell asleep on the keyboard ^

I think there is nothing wrong with the stock worm-drive clamps. When tightening them, don't tighten the snot out of them, that's the trick. Snug them down and make sure the tag end of the clamp stays nice and straight. It's when the loose end starts getting crooked that the worm gear eats up the holes in the band.

Dave

 

This is what happens when your kids are big enough to reach the keyboard. LOL.

 

Ahem, I have a drag race car and will run over 25lbs of boost. At that boost level you find out real fast how durable worm drive style clamps are...

Couplers blowing off sound like sombody fired a shotgun under your hood

 

Constant torque clamps (the first two in the McMaster pic) should stay tight more reliably. For normal worm-drive clamps (with no spring), heat cycling works them loose. The ones with springs can grow and shrink as they heat cycle while maintaining some tension, so they don't work loose. The third on in the McMaster pic looks like it has a nylock nut on it, which should also keep it from working loose even though it doesn't have a spring.

-Max

 

Summit racing also has the Gorilla clamps (clamp on far right in pic above) as well. About $5 bucks each depending on size.

 

What are the stock clamps on the hoses connected to the air filter box called? They are difficult to remove without a special tool. Which clamps would you recommend replacing them with?

 

If you are refering to the spring clamps on the stock intake hoses, I just use Channelox (or however its spelled).

 

What are the stock clamps on the hoses connected to the air filter box called? They are difficult to remove without a special tool. Which clamps would you recommend replacing them with?

 

Spring clamps.

Get yourself a pair of channel locks with a wide jaw.

Just reuse the stock clamps. They work just fine. If you have to replace them, standard worm drive hose clamps are fine if you don't overtighten them.