Smooth Tubes-Wall Thickness & Reinforced?

JonB

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Are'nt you the guy who says the corroguated hold more so they are better ~~~~~~: )<~~

Some vendors have steel-wall hose. Those are them. BUT:


We have tested various wall-thickness of hose from aviation, marine, auto, and found impressive wall thicknesses made by Goodyear, stiff reinforcement made by Trident, and a few other vendors. The fact is, the "average" tri+ wall rubber or silicone wall hose is NEVER EVER gonna colapse in a normally aspirated Viper! Not our $59 loss-leader rubber, MoPar's $240 silicone elbow, or the rainbow of hoses in between.

P.S. I have NOT seen a red hose to match the red of the motor.

Years ago I posted: 'Tubes Is Tube'...or some such trite answer. Still 'trite and true' (as well as tried and true)....

We are already monkeying with a Gen-III single inlet hose....
 

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I may be wrong, but I can't see that as being a real issue, (unless you're just curious
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). The high vacuum is inside the intake manifold, behind the throttle bodies. Though there's about 16" of vacuum inside the intake at idle, there's none inside the smooth tubes. I don't think anybody makes a Viper smooth tube set so thin that they would actually collapse.
 

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The air filter box being a little lower than the throttle bodies, the Mopar tubes are molded with a slight angle/elbow in it.
Do the after market tubes are the same or like it seems to be on many pictures, just have a slanted cut at the trottle side?
Luc.
 
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