Has anyone ever had any problems with the ducting blowing off from the charger to the throttle body on a Paxton for a TPI??

 

Yep!, you can fix it with T bolt clamps. You can get them from a diesel shop. I get mine from a local Cummins dealer.

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Tracy /AKA IROCKZ4me
'86 IROC-Z Camaro
"Cogito ergo zoom"

• 355 cid
• AFR heads
• Arizona Speed & Marine hydraulic roller cam w/ AFR hydra-rev kit
• modified SLP runners
• TRW forged pistons/ceramic coated
• fully balanced
• Edelbrock headers/ceramic coated
• SLP cat-back
• Paxton supercharger
• Nitrous Express nitrous oxide

My IROC-Z
EFI Performance Club on Yahoo
Club IROC-Z

 

What are T-bolt clamps?

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91 Formula
305 TPI 5speed
1LE/G92/WS6

Paxton SN92 polished kit, SLP airfoil, ported/polished plenum, March pulleys, Crane AFPR(43psi),Crane Gold 1.6rrs,MSD coil,MSD6AL,MSD boost-master,Holley 9mm wires,Ac delco R43ts plugs,custom fastchip,Ford SVO 24# injectors,Bosch O2sensor, Bosch in-line pump(w/stock pump), SLP 1 5/8" headers,SLP catback,short shifter,3:73s w/Auburn posi,170* t-stat,JET 195* fan switch, Macewen white face gauges, Autometer gauges, Zoom hi-performance clutch.

 

This is going to sound funny to but if you invert one hose clamp from the other one it helps too.

I dont know why but when I had my paxton I had the same problem and when I inverted the clamps then it stopped happening.

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-86 IROC
Vortech Supercharged 406
-=ICON Motorsports=-

 

Hey the formula,
I know this has nothing to do with the subject but i see u have Zoom clutch on your car. Is it a T-5 tranny that u got, if so how does the clutch hold up. Im going for either the zoom or mcleoud, or centerforce dual friction clutch. But the mcl. and centerfor. is too expensive i wanted to get the zoom clutch but i need you information. I see u got a paxton so im guessing the zoom is a good clutch. One more question how much holding power does your zoom clutch have over stock.

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92' camaro
New 305 block TPI conversion, Forged parts all around,Edelbrock intake,ported plennum,ported corvette alluminum heads accel cam,52mm throttle bodie, SLP runners,ford SVO 19lb injectors,fuel regulator,cloys timing chain, comp alluminum roller rocker arms and pushrods msd 8.5 mm wires hypertech coil and plug, Edelbrock TES headers, free flowing catalytic converter and a 3 ich force II flowmaster exhaust system.
Soon to come!!!
Procharger system 12lbs o boost.
Favorite quote: "where ever u go, there u are"

 

Hey, the Zoom clutch is pretty good I love it. It cost me $191 to my door from Summit.

It is supposed to have 30% more holding power over stock, but if feels like 90%!. I have around 400miles on it so far and i'm putting down a lot of power. We'll see how well it holds up. So far, I love it

 

T bolt clamps are the type of clamp used on the air ducting for deisel & industrial engines. Instead of the "worm gear drive" that common hose clamps use it has a T shaped bolt. You tighten a nut up on the bolt to tighten the clamp. You can get them way tighter with T bolt clamps than worm gear clamps & the T bolt clamps Don't strip out easily like worm gear clamps. There is a picture & more info at http://www.breezeclamps.com/tbltpage.html

I tried Guidos suggestion on mine years ago and it didn't work for me. I then tried double clamping with worm drives and it still didn't help. I used course sandpaper to scuff the surface of the tubes that the hose slips over. still no luck, I then sand blasted to roughen it up more and that still didn't help. I then bought silicon hose from a turbo shop and that didn't help. I then went to a deisel shop and got T bolt clamps and haven't had a problem with the tubes seperating since.
The guaranteed fix is using T bolt clamps.

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Tracy /AKA IROCKZ4me
'86 IROC-Z Camaro
"Cogito ergo zoom"

• 355 cid
• AFR heads
• Arizona Speed & Marine hydraulic roller cam w/ AFR hydra-rev kit
• modified SLP runners
• TRW forged pistons/ceramic coated
• fully balanced
• Edelbrock headers/ceramic coated
• SLP cat-back
• Paxton supercharger
• Nitrous Express nitrous oxide

My IROC-Z
EFI Performance Club on Yahoo
Club IROC-Z


[This message has been edited by IROCKZ4me (edited February 22, 2001).]

 

For that price what did the ZOOM clutch include.

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92' camaro
New 305 block TPI conversion, Forged parts all around,Edelbrock intake,ported plennum,ported corvette alluminum heads accel cam,52mm throttle bodie, SLP runners,ford SVO 19lb injectors,fuel regulator,cloys timing chain, comp alluminum roller rocker arms and pushrods msd 8.5 mm wires hypertech coil and plug, Edelbrock TES headers, free flowing catalytic converter and a 3 ich force II flowmaster exhaust system.
Soon to come!!!
Procharger system 12lbs o boost.
Favorite quote: "where ever u go, there u are"

 

cover,disc,alignment tool

 

Hey Formula, you forgot to say two things.......#1 the kit comes w/ a throw out bearing as well........#2 you forgot to mention that you were able to chirp third gear that time we went out for a race. I remembered!!!!! Also doesn't that cover you mentioned mean the pressure plate????

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1988 GTA 5.7L Auto
355 ci. block, SLP Cold Air Intake w/ K&N, fully modified MAF Sensor, TPIS 52mm Throttle Body w/Air Foil, Fully Ported and Polished Plenum, Nikel-plated Ported SLP Siamesed Runners, Ported TPIS Big Mouth Intake Manifold, stock heads w/ 1.52 Comp Cams Self-aligning Roller Rockers, TPIS ZZ-9 Roller Camshaft, TPIS Valve Springs, Cloyes True Double Roller Timing Chain, TPIS Adjustable Fuel Pressure Regulator, Balanced Bosch 22 lb/hr Fuel Injectors, MSD 6AL, Taylor 10mm Wires, Bosch Platinum +4 Spark Plugs, MSD Blaster Coil, March Underdrive Pulleys, 6 3/4" Vibratech Streetdamper, TPIS Level 4 PROM, 160 T-stat, Low Temp. Fan Switch, Stock Distributor w/ Bronze Gear, SLP 1 3/4" Headers, Random Technologies High Flow Cat., Adjustable Borla Cat Back Exhaust, Level 10 PTS-3 700R4 Trans, B&M Holeshot 2400 Stall Converter, B&M Trans Cooler, TCI Aluminum Finned Trans Pan, Torque Converter Lock Up Switch, 3" Balanced Aluminum Driveshaft, 3.73 Richmond Gears, Auburn Pro-Series Differential, Aluminum Differential Cover w/ Main Cap Preloads, BF Goodrich Drag Radials 255/50 R16, Hotchkis Lower Control Arms, Hotchkis Panhard Rod, Hotchkis Tie Rod Adjuster Sleeves, Bilstein Heavy Duty Shocks and Struts, 1LE Springs, Energy Suspension Polyeurethane Bushings, Global West Tubular Subframe Connectors, Global West Steering Box Brace, HP Motorsports 3 Point Strut Tower Brace

"Why ride a stang when birds can fly?"

http://www.geocities.com/thegta

 

guess i know what clutch im getting. Im sorry to bother u guys, just wondering i have an 88' 305 TPI motor, and a 85 z-28 T-5 manual tranny, now can i use the same clutch as u used if so can u give me the part number and place u got it from. thanks i really appreciate it.

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92' camaro
New 305 block TPI conversion, Forged parts all around,Edelbrock intake,ported plennum,ported corvette alluminum heads accel cam,52mm throttle bodie, SLP runners,ford SVO 19lb injectors,fuel regulator,cloys timing chain, comp alluminum roller rocker arms and pushrods msd 8.5 mm wires hypertech coil and plug, Edelbrock TES headers, free flowing catalytic converter and a 3 ich force II flowmaster exhaust system.
Soon to come!!!
Procharger system 12lbs o boost.
Favorite quote: "where ever u go, there u are"

 

I had the same problem with my duct blowning off.
I found that just using some 220 sand papper and sanding only where the duct slips on to T/P resoved my problem.
Check out PICS of the paxton install on my site.
http://www.lbsz28blown.cz28.com

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Louis
Convertable
92 Z28 305tpi Auto w/Paxton, Ram air mod,Water methanol inj.,52mm T/B,ASM Large tube runners, ported upper & lower intakes,AFPR,23# injectors,1.6 roller rockers,slp tri-y headers,3in. cat,3in. gale banks cat back system,3.42 gears,and much more.
http://www.lbsz28blown.cz28.com