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Cool Car Tip Of The Day

If you’re working on your car, and you have a vacuum or water hose that just won’t stay on, no matter how hard you tighten the clamp…

Spray a thin layer of hairspray on the joiner in your troublesome area. Assemble the parts and wait 30 minutes for the hairspray to dry. This will make the surface sticky to hold pieces together and prevent leaks, but not strongly adhere or damage anything. Many people use hairspray on every connection – not only does it make for better connections, but it also makes pieces easier to slide together when you first apply it. (from siliconintakes.com)

Now, you may ask, “Mike, why do you suddenly have issues with hoses”? Well, it’s because I went to the junk yard last week-end, and came home with one of these.

It’s an air intercooler, from a 96 VW Corrado, to be installed into Murphy, the $500 87 Subaru Turbo Wagon! The turbo compresses the air, which also heats it. that makes the air expand. The intercooler allows some of the heat to be removed, which means more air and fuel can go into the cylinder, creating a bigger bang when the spark plug fires, which in turn means… you guessed it, More Power! More hoses connected to the compressed air flow means more hoses that can pop off due to the pressure. I’m either going to go faster with this mod… or blow up the engine in the process!!!

When done, it should look something like this.