It's possible you could of gotten an inlet hose made for say an AEB motor. I'm not sure what that little hose does, but the older motors have less overall 'stuff' under the hood so that could be very well feasible.

 

looks ;like you got a B5 hose and not a B5.5 hose that has an extra fitting needed. Just my thoughts...

 

I'm gonna have to take a look at what it looks like on my car, but IIRC, that hose is relocated to another hole in the inlet pipe. B5.5's require using a little plastic "T" fitting (that should have come with your intake hose) to do that. I'll let you know when I get out of class...

 

does anyone see any performance out of this or is it just to replace it so you know its all good?

 

No performance gain from the hose....... unless the OE was leaking air somewhere. I've heard the Neuspeed samco hose supposed to give you some kinda gain with the velocity stack.




Josh

 

Yeah, see, you need to use the included plastic T and cut another hose:

 

James bondage on that shzit(helpin out the peeps!) ! I want one, but there too expensive. maybe when i get everything else upgraded

 

Thanks A lot. Unfortunately ECS did not send one with it. I will call them and hopefully they will ship me one. Do you know the inside diameter of those hoses just incase I need to find one for myself?

Yeah, see, you need to use the included plastic T and cut another hose:

 

ECS has no idea about this. I explained to Jack and even sent him the pics. Looks like I am on my own to find this T fitting.

Do you think I can find at Auto Zone or Home Depot? Does anyone know what size I should look for?

Or any other suggestions?

 

I just bought one of these from ECS, didn't get a T fitting with it but didn't need one either. install was straight forward.

 

IIRC, that line is an alternate purge for the vacuum reservoir or the brake booster... pre-turbo engine vacuum sucks air out of that line and into the big intake hose at that small port.

Buy a multi-size pack of "T" fittings from autozone/pepboys/etc. I'm gonna guess the 1/8" or 3/16" fittings are the right ones.

JamesBondage's picture shows that line Tee-ing into the EVAP purge line, IIRC.

 

does anyone see any performance out of this or is it just to replace it so you know its all good?

No performance gain from the hose....... unless the OE was leaking air somewhere.

According to Borg-Warner engineers, the more laminar the flow into the turbo, the better. Getting rid of the humpty-humps of the stock TIH is a big step in the right direction.

 

According to Borg-Warner engineers, the more laminar the flow into the turbo, the better. Getting rid of the humpty-humps of the stock TIH is a big step in the right direction.

You know, that's what I thought too, but once I got the stock TIH out, I noticed it is just as smooth on the inside...

 

You know, that's what I thought too, but once I got the stock TIH out, I noticed it is just as smooth on the inside...

Really? I could have sworn that I've had my TIH off and it was bumpy on the inside... maybe I dreamed it...

 

I'll dig mine up and try getting a pic of the inside...

 

super old bump but i took a look at my oem hose today and it is bumpy.

quick question though. limey has a b5.5 and his hose did not come with a plastic T yet it worked fine. angelo also has a b5.5 but he needed one?

so what's the deal?

 

Oh yeah, my OEM hose actually was bumpy. I don't know what I was smoking at the time.

As far as the T, I have no idea. I had my indy shop install the hose for me. The mechanic told me that he couldn't find a place for one of the hoses and asked me if the SAMCO kit came with any other peices, I remembered I had the T in my pocket, handed it to him, and he said "that's it!" and finished the install.

 

 

Is that custom made? Little rough but I likey.

 

Are we talking bumpy on the inside, or bumpy on the outside? My stock hose has ribs on the outside for flex, but is smooth on the inside.

 

Are we talking bumpy on the inside, or bumpy on the outside? My stock hose has ribs on the outside for flex, but is smooth on the inside.

obviously is smooth on the inside and yes it is custom made.Look:

 

obviously is smooth on the inside and yes it is custom made.Look:

Whoa Rogerius, I wasn't talking about your creation, just the other comments debating the stock hose characteristics. And, yes, I think it is clear your TIP is custom made.

 

oem is smooth initially but if you looked at the ribbed portion, it definitely is bumpy.

so just to confirm, even for the b5.5s, that extra port on the samco does not exist and you need a T hose to relocate that hose?

 

so just to confirm, even for the b5.5s, that extra port on the samco does not exist and you need a T hose to relocate that hose?
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exactly

 

did anyone else experience this? but this past weekend when attempting to install the samco, one of the ports extending from the hose was too short/stubby and thus i could not get the clamp to lock down without sliding up each time?

any solution to this? i even tried a 2nd thinner clamp and that still kept sliding up as i tightened it.