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They seem to have some plastic bits on the Vortech kit's intake. I believe they are the only parts that don't break  TB
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The plastic part we are concerned with is the sonic/friction "welds" that hold the two pieces together. I can see a boost leak there. If it was monocoque I wouldn't be concerned. Seams can be scary  Oh, and Tony, the Vortech's plastic piece doesn't get boost. It is on the intake side of the compressor.
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Originally posted by Chris Hightower: The plastic part we are concerned with is the sonic/friction "welds" that hold the two pieces together. I can see a boost leak there. If it was monocoque I wouldn't be concerned. Seams can be scary
Oh, and Tony, the Vortech's plastic piece doesn't get boost. It is on the intake side of the compressor.Thanks, I couldn't remember which end if the compressor it was on. I remember seeing it, remember being amazed about some plastic bits in there, but couldn't remember if it was the suck or the blow part of the blower TB
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Originally posted by Chris Hightower: The plastic part we are concerned with is the sonic/friction "welds" that hold the two pieces together. I can see a boost leak there. If it was monocoque I wouldn't be concerned. Seams can be scary
Oh, and Tony, the Vortech's plastic piece doesn't get boost. It is on the intake side of the compressor.Chris I would not worry about the plastic. If the manifold will hold vac then it will hold pressure. I'm not saying it would hold 1,000 lbs. but then you arent going to put anywhere near enough pressure on it to burst. You would be surprized at how much pressure it would take to make it fail.
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Chris I would not worry about the plastic. If the manifold will hold vac then it will hold pressure. I'm not saying it would hold 1,000 lbs. but then you arent going to put anywhere near enough pressure on it to burst. You would be surprized at how much pressure it would take to make it fail. I am just talking crap here, but... I am pretty sure that the manifold is designed for vacuum. Probably something like .75atm max. 1 atm=16psi??? so there is 4psi maximum pushing in normally. When you add the turbo you will have ~6-8psi or more (chris?) above the 1 atm so there will be atleast 6psi pushing out, plus the air temperature will be much hotter. This just seems bad to me.
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Maybe we'll just snag one from a junkyard, heat it up, and apply some pressure to it until it pops. We'll see.
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Originally posted by SeR Guy:
He'ssssssss Baaaacccckkkkkkk....
(In reference to SVT KRiS) wazzat supposed to mean? 
95 SE Champagne Mettalic
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