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Correct way to measure v-band? Need help. Ebay-PTK Turbo kit setup
All of my v-bands are leaking due to them being too big or too small for each pipe. Going to rip the kit apart and fix all of them. Before doing that I need help as all v-bands I have been looking at online show different measurements on what a 2.5inch and 3inch vband clamp is for.
If anyone with the identical 1st gen Ebay turbo kit setup can chime in with part numbers to the v-band clamps you used it would be helpful.
Are you sure its the V bands and not the surfaces being flat-you might run a file
across the surface and ck for flatness, mating. I needed a couple sizes, called
Race Parts Solution, gave them the dims., they got me the right ones.
they fit a range usually. it's by diameter of the sealing face & often in millimeters. look for clampco stuff on ebay. I can usually find them no box or surplus for pennies on the dollar.
Its not the surface being an issue. Its the clamp being too big. The clamp I purchased was Description
CodePart
NumberFlange
ApexFlange
OD
V0135100M-0320- S2995CS-03200.296
3.106
They're measured by inner diameter. They're sometimes slightly bigger than their advertised size so that you can buy tubing of the same size (which is measured by outer diameter) and it will slip fit straight in.
06-27-2018, 08:35 AM
Correct way to measure v-band? Need help. Ebay-PTK Turbo kit setup 
