Well said. As far the ply of the silicone, I believe more layers would be more rigid and hold charged air better? I suppose the difference between 3 and 5-ply is negligible unless you're running some serious boost.

 

Thats what i thought. Or maybe if there is excessive heat under the hood from massive amounts of power.

 

Perrin is 5 ply and the Samco is 3. how it evens out is that each ply of the 5 ply is a little thinner than each ply of the 3 ply. (follow me? ) so the result is almost the same thickness between the two manufactures. as for the price difference, well i'm not sure about that.

although, i think Samco is now using 5 ply, so that the two companies are similar.

 

Makes perfect sense, more smaller layers for added integrity and strength. Like plywood. Or those big cables on suspension bridges.

 

Yup I needed those pliers to do it. But did not have them at the time... Next time I have the IC off I will do that hose

 

For a stock car with basic mods, like exhaust and blow off valve is the $160 on hoses worth it. Or would my money be better spent on a more useful mod?

 

well 5-8 hp sounds good to me. As for paying $160 for them, thats up to you. This will probably be the mod that i do when i replace my uppipe, because the intercooler will already be out.

 

Hehe, that's why I'm running without the clamp. I never could get it back off. It actually broke one of my pliers (mind you, the pliers were pretty old). I've gone 6000 or so miles without the clamp without any problems (knock on wood) so hopefully it'll stay that way.

 

Just did this install. As everyone says the BOV hose is a kinda a PITA. There are two small hoses that block access to the clamp that is hard to get too. After I took out those hoses it was much easier to get my pliers in there to loosen the clamp. Just remember to put the small hoses back on.