Engine Bay Details - Just Hose Clamps

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Engine Bay Details - Just Hose Clamps

Postby MSP SuperStreet » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:14

So I'm getting my Ride ready for the 2010 Car Show Season. Focusing on some engine bay details, I decided to do some one-off CNC machining on hose clamps. I had them engraved with the "Mazdaspeed" logo. Here are some pics of the injen CAI and SMIC clamps.

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Postby iani1.1 » Mon Apr 05, 2010 9:14

Damn those clamps look sharp.
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Postby RX-7 Chris » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

Where did you get those?
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Postby tsx_guy » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

that looks nice...it's the little things...
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Postby MazdaTom » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

It's probably too late now, but you should get your serial number engraved on there as well. Right now they look like a catalog item. Put your serial number on there and yeah......
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Postby jdmsp » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

Nice man!
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Postby dommo_g » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

Awesome but you should have used T-bolt clamps.
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Postby Eclipse » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

looks clean, awesome idea!! and +1 on t-bolt clamps... they hold 25 times stronger than wormgear clamps..
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Postby movovr » Tue Apr 06, 2010 9:14

OCD wrote:looks clean, awesome idea!! and +1 on t-bolt clamps... they hold 25 times stronger than wormgear clamps..


Same here. Can you rotate the clamps to hide the grooves on the wormgear? I would try to show off the engraving as much as possible...just my .02
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Postby erod550 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

Plus they last longer. If you overtighten worm clamps too many times, they stop working cause the grooves get all messed up. Don't ask me how I know this. :P

But the engraving does look really cool.
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Postby speedjunkie » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

Yeah those do look really good! Wow. I never thought of doing clamps lol.
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Postby rmeeker13 » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

Those are pretty! +1 on the t-bolts
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Postby chickenwafer » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

T-Bolt clamps are good but for low boost applications worm gear clamps work fine really.
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Postby TheNewBlack » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

Those look nice!
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Postby MSP SuperStreet » Wed Apr 07, 2010 9:14

RX-7 Chris wrote:Where did you get those?

Met this guy at Hot Rod show last fall. He had some custom engraving under his hood and he offered to some items for me. Kind of slow turn around but please with the quailty of the work. Especially since he had to hand digitize the logo.

MazdaTom wrote:It's probably too late now, but you should get your serial number engraved on there as well. Right now they look like a catalog item. Put your serial number on there and yeah......

I didn't put the serial/VN on these. But I'm working on some other items that will have the VN.

chickenwafer wrote:T-Bolt clamps are good but for low boost applications worm gear clamps work fine really.

I've always had worm gear clamps on these hoses and never had a problem with them holding. Might consider T-bolt clamps if I decide to upgrade after I get the other engraving work done.
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