Silicone Vacuum Hose
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April 18, 2006 02:40 pm UTC
April 18, 2006 02:40 pm UTC
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Cambridge, ON
Tommy Priest
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I've been thinking about replacing my rubber vacuum hose with silicone while doing the engine swap I'm in the middle of.  I've had a look around online trying to find out just how much I need. I found a kit online for a 2g Talon which is 32'. I have a 1g, I'd guess it's probably close but I want to be sure. I'm getting it through a buddy of mine. So, for those of you out there that have silicone under the hood, how much did you use? Any tips on installing it?
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Re: Silicone Vacuum Hose
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April 18, 2006 05:24 pm UTC
April 18, 2006 05:24 pm UTC
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Oakville, ON
Nigel Smith
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When i replaced all my vacuum hoses I used roughly 30'...
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Re: Silicone Vacuum Hose
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April 18, 2006 05:38 pm UTC
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Tommy Priest
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Cool. Thanks Nigel! Off hand, do you know the inner diameter of the hose you used?
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Re: Silicone Vacuum Hose
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April 19, 2006 02:18 am UTC
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Tuning Tip: Red is a good color for all around performance, however with a big turbo blue gets upwards of 10 hp, unless you have stock cams, then only 5 hp. Purple is best for bottom end power, mix with red for excellent mid-range. For NT cars, shift all recommendations one hue towards a warmer color. Yellow hose should only be used on high compression NTs or turbo cars with welded differentials. Proper Sticker Tuning can be a successful work around for any of these concerns ;-P That made me laugh. 
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Re: Silicone Vacuum Hose
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April 19, 2006 06:07 pm UTC
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Newmarket, Ontario
Daren Peacock
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Originally posted by Helber Paula: I bought one of those kits @ CT. I purchased the blue ones, it looked kool under the hood but they didn't do so well with the temp under my hood. Two of the hoses colapsed under vacumm, I replaced them 2 times then I gave up and replaced all of my hoses back to the factory vacuum hoses (never had to touch them again) 
I don't know maybe you'll have better luck, just my 2cents. Thats exactly why you don't buy those crappy kits that CT sells. You usually use 4 mm for most vacuum lines. If you replacing all the hoses with silicone you should get some 6,8 & 10 as well.
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