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• needed: various ID's of hoses by somedumbjerk on 22 Jun, 2011 14:34
• honestly I tried searching, and couldn't come up with it. Is there a standard ID for the tube to the wastegate and the tube from the LDA to the intake? I'm trying to plumb out the boost controller and gauge and I'm a little hesitant to cut it open to bring it to the hardware store that barely has anything in stock. My girlfriend will kill me if I render this car undrivable one more time.
  
  thanks!
• #1 by Thezorn on 22 Jun, 2011 17:08
• 1/8th inside diameter will work fine, I used high temp silcone hose since I got it for free from my job a while back
• #2 by somedumbjerk on 22 Jun, 2011 17:12
• 1/8th for the LDA?
• #3 by Thezorn on 24 Jun, 2011 17:50
• for LDA and the wasteagte also
• #4 by vanagonturbo on 24 Jun, 2011 20:05
• 3.5mm. use silicone if you can. if you are using silicone, go with 3mm as the silicone gets a little stretchy over time.
• #5 by somedumbjerk on 24 Jun, 2011 20:21
• Thank you very much!
• #6 by somedumbjerk on 19 Jul, 2011 08:37
• the hose to the wastegate is closer to 3/8" it looks like. the damn boost controller i bought off ebay has 1/4" barbs. anyone got a pic of what they did to get the boost controller to fit on the t3? cut the metal line? or the rubber? or just build a boost controller with the right barbs... heh....