Weld Vband on Stock Tbody?
 

who here has welded a vband to a stock tb. Any pics... and what size aluminum vband did you use for the job. Using silicon and tbolt and it wont stay on at 25+ psi now. Want something to solve the problem for good.

Have you considered welding a bead around the TB so when you clamp the T-bolt on the engine side it has less clearance to work it's way past? We used that tactic in my old TA and it worked great.

A good bead and clamp should hold lots of boost. Ensuring all surfaces are spotlessly clean of course, maybe some hairspray to help them stick.

Or a bolted brace across the two sections of metal to secure them together so they cant pull the silicone coupler apart.

ie this sort of thing

http://vibrantperformance.com/catalo...Path=1022_1213

Or this style of clamp is popular and allows some flex at the joint, Wiggins type joint

http://vibrantperformance.com/catalo...oducts_id=1628

There seem to be cheaper versions on egay etc, search clamshell clamp, pegasus clamp

Here is mine. IMO I think it looks super clean and no way to blow apart.

http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k2...pscjgpfkcr.jpg

Granted it's not on the stock intake and tb.

I have a stock ls1 throttle body with a 4" vband welded on and an 4" aluminum elbow with the other vband on it. I bought it from a member on here but switched intakes and can't use it. ( need an ls2 style throttle body. I will sell it cheap. It needs cleaned up. He put a black wrinkle finish on it. The elbow reduces down to 3" after the 90

did you buy it from digitalsolo or something like that? I remember seeing it... pm me a price on it

Just weld a bead onto the TB,
and add a strut/brace from the engine to the intake piping with a Rod end/heim joint style adjuster

stock TB, silicone boot, t-bolt, & hairspray. 30 psi + with not an issue.

I used to blow boots off of my diesel truck at 40 PSI...used the strut rod method on the pipe to pipe...would be an easy alternative to buying an expensive v-band.

Plus, you will still have the flexible properties of the silicone boot using a strut bar.

All these joints/braces etc. are completely over kill. If you want to just weld a bead on the TB that would be a good idea but with a properly sized boot and a GOOD clamp you shouldn't have to worry about secondary clamping methods untill you get into the 60+ PSI range. Clean your pipes and make sure you have quality stuff and try it again. I push 55 PSI daily in my F-250. I had this happen a few times in the past and it was nothing more than dirty pipes and crappy equipment.