Cokeybill

Would anyone happen to know what kind of torque pressure would be used on the clamps that are loose causing the problem that some having with low boost levels?

ChevyMgr

44 lb in (note inches not feet)

bartSS

Get tbolts and forget all your problems lol

JeramieJJ

I don't have any boost issues, but I wouldn't mind securing for future state.
I haven't crawled under to see yet, is that part of the problem? generic clamps? I have no problem with swapping out stock clamps.

Anybody know which ones are needed? I may pull the beast into the garage this weekend and swap them all out. I have T-Bolt clamps on my 2.0L turbo eclipse awd.....for years with no problems. And the car is 14 years old!

Cokeybill

Thanks again ChevyMgr.

JeramieJJ

After tightening mine a touch, I see why so many want the intake pipes changed...the Upper pipe from the IC is terrible (flat spots, plast tube, and even a mushy tube as it routes down behind the air box). I will give more serious thought to a Hahn or other setup now. This was one of the first things I did to my Eclipse turbo routing when I bought that vehicle so many years ago.

-J

bartSS

The tbolts are awesome. I would say swap out your piping for like the Dejon kit and get some tbolts and nothing will get loose and you wont have any boost issues

mr_hhr

Does the intercooler kit void the warranty? Thanks.

ChevyMgr

If a failure is attibuted to the add on accessory, the warranty can be voided for the specific failure or for the entire powertrain system. And now, effective 3/31/2009, if a dealer decides that an accessory was added to the vehicle and caused a failure they can deny warranty and every GM dealer in the nation will also know this as stated in the bulletin linked below.

https://www.chevyhhr.net/forums/show...19&page=24#232

bartSS

Yeah I'm not worried about it.