Aluminum dryer tubing as a air lid to maf tubing??

[Dirty8-un-Dreds]

I was looking into this, its all nice and shiny and cheap, and seems like it would out last that nylon **** that they give you with the whisper lid. What possible problems am Ilooking at if I do this??? Possibly metal shards?? wouldnt the tb screen catch those??

[xjarayax]

Don't do it, had ton's of metal shards on my MAF screen after a month, can't imagine what would have happened had I removed the screen.

[magic1872]

Use 3" PVC pipe instead of that cheap dryer hose, that's what i used before i got my volant

[blackbyrd]

dont use pvc either when it heats up it releases a gas that can harm the internals of an engine. bad stuff

[Dirty8-un-Dreds]

thx much for the replies, good things to know. These should be in the database or something.

[nova]

Just as an aside, nylon tubing is actually quite durable. We use nylon tubing at the flight lab that I work at for aircraft instrumentation systems. Granted its smaller tubing but the durability should be approximately the same.

[AMinor65]

I bought some 4" air intake/duct hose from advanced auto over a year ago. No problems yet. No cracks or anything. I check it all the time.

[jonny985]

The have almost any diameter Intake Air Hose at Advance for about $4 for 2 or 3 feet worth. I used that before the SLP CAI

[Dirty8-un-Dreds]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by nova:
Just as an aside, nylon tubing is actually quite durable. We use nylon tubing at the flight lab that I work at for aircraft instrumentation systems. Granted its smaller tubing but the durability should be approximately the same.<hr></blockquote>

Strange =) the stuff I had tore in about a week, I had to switch it around so that the torn end is connected to the air box, theres more area to fasten it there thus eliminating the problem till it tears again. But I wish I had a better lasting/looking material that was safe to use.

[nova]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dirty8-un-Dreds:


Strange =) the stuff I had tore in about a week, I had to switch it around so that the torn end is connected to the air box, theres more area to fasten it there thus eliminating the problem till it tears again. But I wish I had a better lasting/looking material that was safe to use.<hr></blockquote>


Probably thinner material than what we use. Now that I think about it the stuff we use is pretty thick. The inner diameter is only about half of the outer diameter.

[Dirty8-un-Dreds]

yah ill bet. The stuff you guys have would probably out last my car. The stuff they gave me is probably manufactured by some child in libya or something.

[nova]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Dirty8-un-Dreds:
yah ill bet. The stuff you guys have would probably out last my car. The stuff they gave me is probably manufactured by some child in libya or something.<hr></blockquote>

I wouldn't doubt it. Some corporate bean counter was cutting corners at some point and said, "Boy if we cut the thickness of this in half we'll save x amount of money."

[Guardsman]

What's that about the PVC??? I know there are a few people, including myself, that use a PVC piece as an air silencer bypass, so I'd like to know more about that....maybe start another thread on it. Thanks.

[strobhen]

pvc isn't going to get that hot

remember it is connected to rubber which is then connected to the engine, which also puts about 4 inches of space between the pipe & the engine. It just doesn't get that hot

As long as the pvc is ok for outside use (and it is), it will be fine in that configuration.

[Steve Caroccia]

Well I have been using a piece of flexible dryer hose for about 6 months now ... wrapped in black duct tape (because I didn't like the shiny silver color). The dryer duct hose is flexible enough to turn the corner, if you bought an ls1 lid like I did ... back in my in-experienced days. LOL