Hey guys,

So as is a pretty common problem, the upper IC piping likes to blow off from the throttle body under boost. It's happened 7-8 times on me now, twice while using the hairspray/t-bolt clamp method, so what should I do? I'm pretty sure the problem is the crappy rubber hoses, so should I get whole new UICP? Or just find a different coupler that can connect to the throttle body?

 

Did you clean the inside of the upper pipe in case there's some type of oil/build up on there? My suggestion is to use brake parts cleaner to clean the inside of the hose that connects to the tb and the tb where the hose clamps on. My guess is there must be some residue or something that's keeping the connection from being secure or you aren't clamping down tight enough. If you're using the stock piping I'm guessing you aren't pushing a ton of power to cause this to really be an issue so there's probably some oil residue or something in there.

 

This happened to me yesterday right after I installed a new aluminum UICP with silicon coupler, t bolt, and hair spray mod.

I was using a 3" t bolt claim, switched it out to 2.75" after it happened...we will see..

 

I'll try cleaning out the inside, but yeah I'm not pushing that much at all, 305whp, so I'll look into the oil thing.

 

It used to happen to me all the time. My suggestion would be to upgrade. Greddy makes a uicp stock battery replacement and almost everyone else makes complete piping kits.

 

Have you ever completely taken out the UICP? Like down to the inlet of the intercooler? If so. Make sure the upper lines up just right bend for bend. I took out my oem intercooler and then put my stock upper back on. But I didnt route the piping right like it should have been. Cause I didnt think It would blow off with hairspray and t-bolts. But it did several times. And then I went back to redo the piping and straighted it out. And well it never did it again.