motorcycle intake manifold

Jeffery Flanary jefff at mounet.com
Mon Oct 12 01:13:12 GMT 1998


Or just use a flare tool.

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> From: Stuart Baly <S.Baly at bom.gov.au>
> To: 'diy_efi at esl.eng.ohio-state.edu'
> Subject: Re: motorcycle intake manifold
> Date: Monday, October 12, 1998 12:19 PM
> 
> > From: cosmic.ray at juno.com (Raymond C Drouillard)
> > Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 00:49:40 -0400
> > Subject: Re: motorcycle intake manifold
> >
> > I used ordinary hose clamps on my Holley Pro-Jection setup without a
> > problem.  Most of the connections aren't even beaded.  The secret is to
> > slip about three inches (or more) hose over the tubing and to use two
> > clamps.  It also helps if there is no room for the hose to blow off.
> >
> > I have been running this way for a year (15,000 miles or so) without a
> > problem.
> >
> > Let's see... with 3/8" tubing... (3/16)^2 * 3.14159 * 60 = 6.63 Lbs.  I
> > don't think that even fifty pounds would pull my double-clamped joints
> > apart.
> >
> 
> I was talking to an EFI mechanic a while back about this, and he reckoned

> either a ball bearing or a centre punch can be used to put a bit of a
flare on 
> the end of the tube. Just a bit more insurance.
> 
> Stuart.



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