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we were here last year at the same time just before I retired from the military. Also it is before spring break, and before the crowds at the beach. Weather yesterday was 74 degrees, today is supposed to be about the same.
I still have my original boots on my '99 F350. Which brand/site are a good source? My boost pressure barely gets up to ten with normal driving, unloaded, even with a moderate acceleration to around 2500 RPMs. What is normal? The only thing I've done is bigger exhaust, 6637 mod, and Edge programmer set to level 1 "tow mode."
I still have my original boots on my '99 F350. Which brand/site are a good source? My boost pressure barely gets up to ten with normal driving, unloaded, even with a moderate acceleration to around 2500 RPMs. What is normal? The only thing I've done is bigger exhaust, 6637 mod, and Edge programmer set to level 1 "tow mode."
You need to test for leaks. Lookup boost leak tester. you can make one from a 3" pvc plumbing cap and standard air hose fittings.
That's pretty simple in thought! @Riffraff Performance needs to sell these wire holder things too. Put 'em on with three little dabs of JB Weld to permanently affix them and problem solved.
One thing I did to combat this problem on my old '02 was to put a third clamp in the middle of the boot as it comes off of the spider to keep it from balooning and expanding.
These threads are always odd to me. I ran Riffraff boots at 35psi for 140k miles and never had an issue. Try tightening them down a little more. The clamps aren’t so much about a torque value as it is about a feel. You’ll know when they are tight enough, they won’t blow off
I still have my original boots on my '99 F350. Which brand/site are a good source? My boost pressure barely gets up to ten with normal driving, unloaded, even with a moderate acceleration to around 2500 RPMs. What is normal? The only thing I've done is bigger exhaust, 6637 mod, and Edge programmer set to level 1 "tow mode."
I have been told BD Diesel has boots with the dimple/bump molded to them. I may look at these as well.
Originally Posted by brandon_oma#692
I keep a 1/4" drive ratchet with an 11mm deep 6 point socket in the truck for this. excellent preventative maintenance lol.
Brandon, I told my wife that I should have packed the extensions, but I didn't think that would happen. If we knew what was going to break before we left for a trip, then it would not break on the trip. Luckily there was an AutoZone 7 miles up the road with extensions to choose from. Now I have an 18" extension in my tool inventory.
Originally Posted by Stewart_H
That's pretty simple in thought! @Riffraff Performance needs to sell these wire holder things too. Put 'em on with three little dabs of JB Weld to permanently affix them and problem solved.
One thing I did to combat this problem on my old '02 was to put a third clamp in the middle of the boot as it comes off of the spider to keep it from balooning and expanding.
Stewart
The ring seems like a good idea, but like Stewart said they would need to be secured with JB Weld or a tack weld in my opinion.
Stewart, you had a 3rd clamp on the boot between the spider surface and the CAC tube surface? This might be a 3rd line of defense and fairly cheap. Will probably get a 3rd clamp for the driver side too, my OCD would not like non-symmetrical spider connections.
Originally Posted by Jaime74656
One option I used and seems to be working well is to swap to the “T” clamp set up and really lock the boot I’m place
Jamie, what do you mean swap, I am not understanding what you are trying to say, but am interested.
Originally Posted by duck fan
These threads are always odd to me. I ran Riffraff boots at 35psi for 140k miles and never had an issue. Try tightening them down a little more. The clamps aren’t so much about a torque value as it is about a feel. You’ll know when they are tight enough, they won’t blow off
Duck Fan, I hear you. I had zero problems with the RiffRaff boots for 3 years, but I can now be included in the "Bang...WTF was that?" club. I have tightened them so much that I could see the metal shavings falling down out of them. I am going to order new ones even though these are locked down, I think they have exceeded their comfort zone. I tightened them so much that with a 3/8 ratchet on a 18" extension the nut would not go down any further.
Since I have the RR plenum inserts I have t-bolt clamps on everything (https://www.dieselsite.com/springt-boltclamps.aspx): IC boots, spider boots, and plenum boots. 60 in-lbs and I've only had one blowoff in 8 years and that was near WOT going up a short on-ramp getting onto the freeway. Just my .02
NOTE: The longer boots make it an exercise in patience when removing and (especially) re-installing the CAC tubes unless you have a 6.0 IC, then it's a little easier.
edit darn update what the heck did we change the forum for again?
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So is blowing the boots a stock pipe issue? Assuming of course everything is tight. I have a Banks IC and they have a lip pressed into them from the factory. Based on what I'm reading is designed to help prevent the problem...
The CAC tubes have a recess and when installing boots like RiffRaff offers, they can be troublesome to keep on. This is the first time in 3 years one came off for me, but it wasn't fun getting it to hold again.
The fellas have provided several ideas to stop this from happening again.
02-26-2018, 07:14 AM
darn update what the heck did we change the forum for again?
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