7.3 Rapid Transit Bus Growling Again Got Plenty Boost!

[DART505]

Well just came back from the test drive & blew the tubing off 2 times in 8 miles broke the clamps trying to tighten more.Well the ball buster does spool faster than the GT42 & pretty quiet (like that when you get older unless you are making 6000 horsepower).It deffinately has a lot of air moving when she gets going till the boots blow off,got a laugh made the neighbors Shi*.I use to only have 46 to 48 psi with the GT42 saw the guage peg 60 fast.Guess it's time for a bigger one.It's done for the weekend have to find a better boot & weld more flange on the end of the pipe.

UPDATE:Well stitched some welds at the end of the piping & went to a different type clamp & good so far.Now need to figure how to regulate some boost.My boost guage goes to 60 psi then another quater round is the peg next to 0 well it hits the peg at 3/4 throttle!Being that I don't know what it can take (the motor) I wanted to stay at 70psi & creep up on more boost as I go.For some reason I don't think they can handle more than 80 psi but I could be wrong.So far the highest EGT's I saw was 1600 but never ran it super hard yet,being it was apart for 4 months I want to ride. Tried hooking up the wastegate & it blows the hose off of it.
Also notised it has less smoke at low speeds.

 

[DART505]

Got my hose today from stealthwork,silicone high temp 3 ply turned out the driveway rolled first 1/2 throttle second rolled a little more locked up rolled on up to 60 psi in tow mode not quite 3/4 throttle BOOM blew the hose almost completely apart!-mad
Poped like stomping a big bug.
Will ad it to the pic carnage tomorrow.
Have another company that could do one aramid belted 5 hose mininum $100 each!
Boy a tig & some pipe would go a long way!

Oh well if it was easy everyone would be doing it!

 

[DragonSlayer]

diggin the carnage ...i remember some of the old turbo boots had that coiled wire thingy around them, would that work?

 

[DragonSlayer]

let me revisit this wire around the hose thing...i am the maintence supervisor at penske truck rental and i'm around diesels all day...most are alot bigger than my 6.0 but i'm seeing those wires around alot of hose. monday when i go back to work i'll get a number...i know the comp. name is "flexfab" maybe this will help

 

[DART505]

Thanks but I am fabing the connector pipe with v-band flanges as soon as they arrive.