How tight should the T-bolt clamps be on the intercooler piping?

 

Please note that I have the ETS piping, which I believe is steel. So I'm guessing I can just tighten it hard?
(Pipe wont bed because its not aluminum)

 

Tight enough not to spin when you grab it and try to rotate it.

 

tight enough to where you cant tighten it with one hand on the ratchet

 

It almost seems like it turns forever eh? As long as it feels tight on the actual pipe its fine.

 

Gotta agree with optiblue here, when I was doing my uicp it seemed it was turning forever.

 

Yeah mine seemed to turn forever. But since the ETS pipes are steel and not aluminum I went ahead and tightened it until I couldn't do it with 1 hand anymore

 

Your good! The guys here are crazy they use an air ratchet lol.

 

^i wish this was facebook and i could like that comment! Im doing my Ets intercooler install tomorrow. Thanks for the advice.

 

tighten, boost leak test, results

boost leak test is fairly easy, so once you're all good to go, and you finished installing anything that has to do with pipes, or anything that can create a boost leak, i do a test. Before you get tuned, boost leak test. Changing uicp, or licp, boost leak, etc.

May sound like a pain in the ***, but sure beats NOT loosing power, and not blowing hoses on the freeway.

dave

 

I know this is about IC piping, but I over tightened a brand new FullBlown Throttle body. I only used one hand and it snapped the TB inlet. It's pretty much useless now until I weld on a small 3" aluminum pipe with a lip. I boost leak test, tighten clamps where leaks were, and repeat. However, be careful on aluminum, especially cast aluminum.

 

How do u perform a boost leak test?

 

Just go a half turn past bad ***