Another tip from the master

[Motorhead350]

For those of you with centrifical superchargers you might run into a problem sometimes. That problem being that the tubing will blow off can cause your car to stall. A few months ago I mentioned to check the clamps often to make sure they were tight.

Recently I discovered it's much more effective to tighten them with a wrench as suppose to a screwdriver. The screwdriver is good to get the clamp going if you need your other hand to hold the tube, but when you want it tight as possible, use a wrench. My blow off problems have now vanished.

Also when you tighten the piece that attaches to the throttle body, make sure you are tighening it in the center of the oval. The corner may look better, but it won't seal as well if you tighten it from the side.

I hope this helped some of you, but chances are you all already know basics like what tools to use for what jobs.

[bawazir]

so are u still running rich?

[Motorhead350]

so are u still running rich?

Yup. Haven't dyno tuned it yet.

[bawazir]

When are you going?

[-Matt-]

You just now figured that out?......

[Mike M]

Thanks for the tip, been doing that for the last 30 years.

It actually did blow off on me once, now I keep a 1/4 ratchet setup in my console just in case.

[blazen71]

Hairspray on the rubber connecters helps

[Joe Walsh]

Hairspray on the rubber connecters helps

and T-bolt clamps!

(sorry Dave, I couldn't resist!)

[Egon Spengler]

The all knowing all powerful Zack didn't tell you of this?

[Motorhead350]

If you turn the key all the way, the car should fire up too.

[juno]

and a socket is even better then a wrench grasshopper!!!

[ctrlraven]

People still use screwdrivers for clamps???

[RR|Suki]

Stainless T-Bolt clamps. End of problems. I'm not that shocked by this, lots of people still use worm clamps on charge pipes, and use a screwdriver to tighten them.

[Egon Spengler]