Induction hoses....

[phillpot]

....were looking a bit tatty. the re-inforcing wire was starting to show in a couple of places, there may even have been a slight air leak.
Not over impressed with big fat silicone hoses and using some of the other various ducting available doesn't give a properly moulded end cuff to get a good seal onto plenum in particular, where the spigots are quite short.

So I've wrapped 'em with some of this. One roll just did each hose and I used up some old fashioned amalgamating tape ( more of a matt finish) to repair worn areas before a complete wrap in shiny new stuff.

Hopefully last another year or two?

Oh, and a new bracket, can you guess what it's made from

Edited by phillpot on Saturday 23 June 10:16

[S2Mike]

Very neat job there Mike, is that a stainless drainpipe clamp you have used ?

[phillpot]

S2Mike said:

is that a stainless drainpipe clamp you have used ?

No, just bent it up from a bit of 20mm stainless strip



And some nice narrow (as per original to fit the short spigots on AFU's and plenum) stainless hose clips



4 years ago and still good

Edited by phillpot on Saturday 23 June 10:55

[pequod]

SA tape seems like a neat solution and looks better than silicon hoses and SS pipe, IMHO!

Anyone tried the wider (50mm) stuff?

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Yuzet-Amalgamating-rubber...

[phillpot]

Wider the better probably as it stretches down to about 1/2 its width as you wind it on

[TVR-Stu]

Sorry for going off topic but does your engine paint still look as good as in that picture Mike?
I found your thread on the paints you used and I plan on doing mine at some point and would love to think all the hard work of cleaning and painting the engine block wasn't going to end up a flaky charred mess!

[TVR-Stu]

Bump, are you there Mike?

[glenrobbo]

TVR-Stu said:

Bump, are you there Mike?

We've all been away for a bit of an 'S' shindig oop norf, Stu. Not much in the way of wifi, but lots of beer and wine.

I'm sure Phillpot will be returning to these hallowed pages shortly, especially with a bump like this from me!

[greymrj]

Mr Stainless has come up with a good post on a (mostly!) non stainless item! Thanks Mike I will follow that up, the original on my S1 is remarkably good (boot polish tidied up the looks very well!) but it is also fraying at one end and I am not keen on the heavier pipe mainly because the S1 K-jetronic air meter cap would be under even more stress. I will get some of the 50mm and try that.

[pequod]

I bought a couple of 50mm rolls last week and looks ideal although a little thicker than the 25mm stuff I already had, but nice and stretchy and reduces to about 40mm!

When the temperature in my garage drops to below 'incinerator' levels I will give it a go!!

[phillpot]

TVR-Stu said:

Sorry for going off topic but does your engine paint still look as good as in that picture Mike?

No!

TVR-Stu said:

I found your thread on the paints you used

What did I use? ....


From memory that grey paint was some "industrial stuff" (similar to Rustoleum) surplus from where I used to work? It burnt off around the exhaust ports.

I then bought some of this...... E-Tech
No grey available so mixed up as near match as I could from a tin of black and a white one, dried to more of a matt/satin finish than the original glossy stuff.

It's holding out better than before but still peeling a bit, possibly if heads were off and sandblasted back to bare it would do better? All I could do was clean off the old stuff and rust as best I could with some small rotary wire brushes with heads in situ.

I think I'll settle for treating it as a "Service Item", clean and paint annually or whenever!



Those head bolts are a disgrace!!!!!

[TVR-Stu]

Thanks Mike, it was the E-tech stuff that I was hoping would have been successful. In fairness it doesn't look at all bad in that picture (except for the head bolts )
Looks like all your black paint has disappeared from your manifolds though!

[phillpot]

Yes, that was barbecue paint from B&Q, again may last longer if put on a sand blasted clean surface rather than wire brushed?

Toying with wrapping them ...

[BIG DUNC]

I had a bad experience of wrapping on my 350i.

The wrap held water against the manifolds and they rotted through very quickly.

Ceramic coating is the way to go, but probably only viable on new manifolds.

[TVR-Stu]

BIG DUNC said:

Ceramic coating is the way to go, but probably only viable on new manifolds.

Any idea how expensive this is? Got a bad feeling I'm not going to like the answer.
My manifolds need tidying but the options appear to either not last very long or cost as much as stainless replacements......... which also discolour over time.

[BIG DUNC]

You are not going to like the answer.

camcoat.co.uk or ACT.

When my mild steel manifolds started blowing badly, I went for stainless manifolds, but had them ceramic coated. You can leave them as shiny stainless, or choose any ceramic coating colour you like. I went for the ceramic coating more to keep under bonnet temperatures under control rather than for cosmetic reasons, although I am sure they will stay looking nice for a long time.