Author Topic: swirly rubber tube from supercharger elbow  (Read 2043 times)

Offline liam

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swirly rubber tube from supercharger elbow
« on: February 08, 2010, 09:05:53 pm »
just fitted a front mount intercooler to my g40 today and i heard that the swirly rubber tube coming from supercharger elbow needs to be there for certain reasons is this true or can it be done away with, thanks

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Re: swirly rubber tube from supercharger elbow
« Reply #1 on: February 08, 2010, 10:27:06 pm »
It's that shape to supposedly allow movement, the engine moves and the intercooler is fixed. But it doesn't have to be there, people use a straight walled 45° hose instead of it. As long as the hose(s) to your front mount have a little flex it'll be fine, just check them every so often.