I think my samco might be sucking itself closed
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I think my samco might be sucking itself closed
i have fitted what i belive to be a 3ply samco inlet hose
bought from ebay, and advertised as 3 ply
when i looked at the hose it was 3 layerd, black then blue and then red
this should be 3 ply?
i was lead to belive the 3 ply models dont suck them selves closed
the problem i have is this.....
fitted the pipe, went for a quick drive, engine noise changes at approx 5500rpm (simmiler to a choke or sumthing on a carb opeing up or such) power dies
on rembering such posts about the old model inlet hose i unclipped my air box and removed the K&N pannel filter and retried the test
same effect, approx 5500 rpm and i can see the boost dropping on my display followed by an extreme lack of go go.
i am going to recheck everything next week and see if i can adjust the hoses position or see if anything is not quite right, but im thinking i have bought an crappy part
i have read about the standerd "snorkel" restricting flow, if this is removed, does it really help?
car drives fine up till about 5500 and then its just plain ****e
bought from ebay, and advertised as 3 ply
when i looked at the hose it was 3 layerd, black then blue and then red
this should be 3 ply?
i was lead to belive the 3 ply models dont suck them selves closed
the problem i have is this.....
fitted the pipe, went for a quick drive, engine noise changes at approx 5500rpm (simmiler to a choke or sumthing on a carb opeing up or such) power dies
on rembering such posts about the old model inlet hose i unclipped my air box and removed the K&N pannel filter and retried the test
same effect, approx 5500 rpm and i can see the boost dropping on my display followed by an extreme lack of go go.
i am going to recheck everything next week and see if i can adjust the hoses position or see if anything is not quite right, but im thinking i have bought an crappy part
i have read about the standerd "snorkel" restricting flow, if this is removed, does it really help?
car drives fine up till about 5500 and then its just plain ****e
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can sumbody confirm which model samco is the early one
i thought the 2 ply one was the bad one and the 3 ply one was the best
read a post which says the 3 ply one is the crap one and the 4 ply one is the newer version
here is the advert from ebay where i bought it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=7945765291
when i questioned the metal tubes in my other post i receaved an email from the seller telling me that he was an ex prodrive mechanic and stuff, here is his mail
Mick,
I have been wondering why you havent left me any feedback yet, a simple mail would have cleared this up.
Let me say first that i am an Ex Prodrive engineer, i have no reason to feed you any bull**** so the following will all be factual, if you like you can post what i have written on your thread on scoobynet to get some more opinions. I am a little pissed off that you feel that i would supply you with a Faulty Inlet pipe, especially given my background.
if the 3ply version os the crap one and there was NO 2ply version i would like to know
thanks
i thought the 2 ply one was the bad one and the 3 ply one was the best
read a post which says the 3 ply one is the crap one and the 4 ply one is the newer version
here is the advert from ebay where i bought it
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=7945765291
when i questioned the metal tubes in my other post i receaved an email from the seller telling me that he was an ex prodrive mechanic and stuff, here is his mail
Mick,
I have been wondering why you havent left me any feedback yet, a simple mail would have cleared this up.
Let me say first that i am an Ex Prodrive engineer, i have no reason to feed you any bull**** so the following will all be factual, if you like you can post what i have written on your thread on scoobynet to get some more opinions. I am a little pissed off that you feel that i would supply you with a Faulty Inlet pipe, especially given my background.
if the 3ply version os the crap one and there was NO 2ply version i would like to know
thanks
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met and talked to so many 'ex-prodrive' employees it must be like a small country in Banbury...............................wonder where they all park on a morning?!
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I had the same problem with mine, phoned samco direct and they swapped it out for a new 4 ply one, no question asked.
If you want pm me and i'll give you there number.
If you want pm me and i'll give you there number.
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problem is, i will then have the car off the road while samco swap it
arghh, i wish i hadnt of left him reasonable feedback now the ****en *****
will have to try the jubliee clip and see how it fais
arghh, i wish i hadnt of left him reasonable feedback now the ****en *****
will have to try the jubliee clip and see how it fais
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Samco had to make me one, as they did'nt have any in stock and i still got it in 8 days, if they have them in stock it'll be a lot quicker.
If you use the car every day could you not put the std one back on?
If you use the car every day could you not put the std one back on?
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i butcherd it to death removing it
i removed it with the inlet manifold and the powersteering still attached, does that give a clue to the damage it receaved
i removed it with the inlet manifold and the powersteering still attached, does that give a clue to the damage it receaved
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well today i bought 4 large jubliee clips and managed to get 2 of them on
either end of ther pipe, enar the turbo entry and near the maf pipe
i blocked the inlet and reved the engine and had a good look to see the entire thing collapse and suck itself inwards
it now revs past 5.5k, but its still not right, i think its still collapseing in the middle so the inlet will still need removed, although i think it will probably be fione with the extra 2 clips in the centre
i was actualy really suprised how stiff it made the thing when the clip was put around it
either end of ther pipe, enar the turbo entry and near the maf pipe
i blocked the inlet and reved the engine and had a good look to see the entire thing collapse and suck itself inwards
it now revs past 5.5k, but its still not right, i think its still collapseing in the middle so the inlet will still need removed, although i think it will probably be fione with the extra 2 clips in the centre
i was actualy really suprised how stiff it made the thing when the clip was put around it
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