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Originally posted by mike2002@Apr 8 2005, 03:21 AM
my cai is always comming undone, i open my hood and see it disconnected, usually between the pipes by the battery, once it came off the TB. no matter how hard i crank those clamps, it comes undone
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you have 3 choices....
go get smaller couplers that fit tighter....
or if they are the right size...
go to the store and buy some cheap hair spray and sand paper. go home, take out your CAI and remove the couplers and clean the pipe with soap and water and dry it off. scuff up the area where the couplers go and clamp on to and then clean up the pipes again.
when you go to install it again, spray a little bit of hair spray onto the pipe where the coupler will go and a tiny bit on the inside of the coupler. assemble while the hair spray is still wet and tighten the clamp.
let it set for 15 mins after your done to give the hair spray time to dry and become sticky.
i promise it works for most situations. it helps hold 12 psi of boost in my car.
or if you dont want to do either of those...
you can have a bead pressed or welded around the tip of the piping. when you clamp it down the ends are bigger than that clamp, so it cant come out. you can also achieve this effect with a small hammer and some blunt force trauma to the pipe. you basically just need to flare the ends