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Old 05-19-2008, 11:25 AM
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Default Throttle body hose won't fit, help!

I'm replacing my LS6 intake with the new 92mm FAST. My problem is the fact that I also have the KIFP air intake and the hose that goes between the T/B and MAF is not big enough for the Big Mouth T/B. Any suggestions?
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You can try heating it up with a heat gun and streaching it over the throttle body if it is the stock bellows. If it is a smooth bellows or silicone bellows it may take a little more work.
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it's a smooth thick bellow that doesn't seem to have any stretching to it, I guess i'm just going to have to find a different hose. I'll try heating it up. Thanks.
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Anybody else have ideas?
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i had a stock one i heated it with a heat gun and took a standard screw driver and a radiator pick and got it on the 92mm i called the company were i got it and they really had no suggestions so that just what i did
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You could try some adaptors... think plumbing parts ..
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*bigger hose*
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Originally Posted by Nick_Rapitis
*bigger hose*
Great idea, I never thought of that.

Come on guys, surely i'm not the only one that has had this issue.




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