Hi been looking at some hoses to pimp out my engine bay but the price difference between the samco and hose sets is phenomenal, can anyone explain the difference between the two apart from saying samco on them, I'm currently running 380 bhp on 1.4 boost with 2.5 engine, I am looking for more power next year when I get forged internals so don't want to buy twice, has anyone else bought the cheaper sets and any problems at high bhp. Any opinions would be appreciated cheers

 

Think your better off with the samco hoses mate. There good quality stuff and considering your running 380bhp your gonna want the decent stuff compared to the rubbish stuff matey just incase the worst happens

 

Yeah I figured that but its just the price difference is that big just wanted to know if anyone had has problems with the cheap oneslol

 

js performance mate personnally i find the quality better than samco and they cheaper

 

Hi mate try www.SubaruTuning.co.uk (eclipse performance) they are advertising silicone hose kits for £69.99 don't know if they are any good though, just read about the offer in Total impreza magazine.

 

Thanks Pete. Yes, we do the kits discounted for Scoobynet users. We also do the turbo inlet pipe, full coolant kit, vacuum hoses & coolant hose fitting kit for £160.

Our hoses are made up of 4 reinforced layers (just like samco). I guess Samco had the market sewn up for a long time, so their price wasn't threatened by anyone. Also, im sure they make their kits here in the UK, and if you consider 1 turbo inlet pipe can take up to 4 hours to make, that's a lot of labour to pay for. Our coolant kits are also made by hand, so you can imagine 8 or 9 hoses, all made with 4 individual layers can take a long time too!

We have our sets running on cars in excess of 400bhp without any issues at all!

 

try mishimoto mate ,

im fitting there radiator and full hose kit to my hawk.

lifetime warranty on both, cant go wrong and a lot cheaper than samco!!

 

Cheers guys all really helpful gonna put me thinking head on lol

 

old thread but update.. got onto scoobyspares got some off a breaker for next to nothing happy days no problems :-)