guys with vortechs and powerpipes

[UCBeau]

how do you keep the powerpipe from slipping off the blower inlet? that stupid rubber elbow slides off all the time, no matter how hard i tighten the hose clamp. wtf do i do?

 

[JKD]

how do you keep the powerpipe from slipping off the blower inlet? that stupid rubber elbow slides off all the time, no matter how hard i tighten the hose clamp. wtf do i do?

I've never had that problem with mine, but mine are pretty new to. If yours are older I would suggest replacing them with some newers ones. If not, I would think there is a issue with the fitting/alignment.

 

[Leeroy697]

DONT GET ME STARTED ON THIS. I had this problem with mine for 2 years before me and a friend got creative with a few zip ties and now it wont budge. They are out of the way and you dont know they are there. When this first happend I called Rick at Anderson and he just about laughed at me and told me I was doing something wrong!!! There is nothing that you can do wrong when you install these. Either do what I did or take the thing off.

 

[LS1PUSSOUT]

mine stays on no problem. Loosen all your clamps, especially the one to the maf. You must clamp the rubber elbow to the blower inlet first. Clamp it down, THEN adjust the powerpipe once the elbow is on good and make sure it sits flush on top of the maf. Tighten the maf clamp down. Then lastly, tighten the clamp where the powerpipe meets the rubber elbow. You should be good to go after that.

 

[Svtblack95]

i had the same problem but i did that zip tie mod and now it stays where its supposed to be

 

[droptopsnake01]

mine dosnt slip at all either, does the side of the hose that attatches to the blower have a "thicker" spot on it?

 

[droptopsnake01]

mine dosnt slip at all either, does the side of the hose that attatches to the blower have a "thicker" spot on it?

 

[wallie40]

3yrs never slipped off.

 

[droptopsnake01]

this man must have some bad ass luck.

You have problem after problem...

 

[UCBeau]

zip tie mod?


basically mine has the rubber elbow and a reducer that fits into the elbow and over the blower inlet. that rubber reducer stays on the elbow but not the blower. i'll try what you guys said about clamping it down first, after loosening all the other stuff.

 

[SQ Stang]

Never had a problem here with it, going on 3 years :shrug:. If anything pops off of mine, it's the pipe going into the plenum. Did that a few times on the dyno and once on the street.

 

[type911]

I have that problem. From time to time it will slip off. Lucky for me the Maf is set up as blow through so the car still runs fine when it falls off.

 

[UCBeau]

yea mine is set up for blow through right now too, it's just annoying when that tube comes off because no matter how hard i try and tighten it, it'll slip off fairly quickly.

 

[type911]

I have found connecting it first without the power pipe then connecting the pipe keeps it connected longer.

 

[UCBeau]

yea that will be the next thing i try. maybe.

i may just strip the blower stuff off and sell that all

 

[type911]

No, Don't do that. You could always get a piece of tubeing about 2 inches. Connect that to the SC first then connect the elbow to that. I heard that will take care of it for good.

 

[Leeroy697]

zip tie mod?


basically mine has the rubber elbow and a reducer that fits into the elbow and over the blower inlet. that rubber reducer stays on the elbow but not the blower. i'll try what you guys said about clamping it down first, after loosening all the other stuff.

Thats exactly what happens to mine. I think its that darn reducer.

 

[UCBeau]

Thats exactly what happens to mine. I think its that darn reducer.

yup I bet it's the reducer on mine too, it just slides off. i need to find a 90 degree rubber elbow that reduces without using another rubber insert.

 

[pbm.cc]

this hasnt happend to me either, well yet!?

here is a thought:
if its the actual pipe slipping from the rubber fitting either on the MAF side or the 90* fitting, just get some duct tape and place it on the edge of the pipe cut it where it looks nice and not all rigged up.... then place the rubber fitting on that so that it can get good grip!

my 2 cents

 

[STROKD]

I've had 4 Vortechs with 4 different power pipes... never had one fall off dude... tighten the shit out of it, or get a new one like JKD said... maybe it was cut a litle short, and doesn't fit properly. Make sure the clamps are at the VERY end around the metal it is clamping around... this is VERY important, or the sleeve will move and fall off.;-)