Where to get a roll....
 

Where is the best place to find a roll of tubing about 3/4 inches in ouside diameter to connect from the exhaust manifold to the header? I am runnnin a MissVegas and I am using RC Car silicone tubing. This works fine, but only for a short period of time. I would like to find this tubing by the foot, even if it is by design made to deteriorate I would rather have a roll of it than pay 2.99 at Hobbytown each time it needs replaced. Any suggestions??

Thx,
LRT

RE: Where to get a roll....
 

Which brand are you using? There is one that is popular with the 4-wheeled crowd that comes in a lot of colors that I haven't had much luck with. I won't name names but instead have had better luck with the Aerotrend silicone coupling tubing. It comes in 1 foot long sections.

RE: Where to get a roll....
 

Ron,
I am presently using "Team Associated" Exhaust tubing No.7733, and it works fine, but I would like to be able to purchase a like product by the roll. This product comes in about a 3inch segment and is over $2.00 with tax. Any ideas?

Thanks,
LRT

RE: Where to get a roll....
 

It really doesn't come by the roll like water heater hose but usually in the one foot sections. I've tried some of the more expensive teflon tubing but with the reinforcing strands in it, it just doesn't have the stretch that I like to have when you are dealing with two slightly different diameters.

RE: Where to get a roll....
 

Try the manufacturing plants. It does come in rolls, that is what these companies cut off of to rip us off because of demand. The supply is there we just keep buying like this so they sell it to us at outrageous pricing. The only way they get away with it is because "hobby" people use smaller quantities.

Perhaps Dow Corning or Dow Chemicals or whatever. Ask them for silicone tubing of your needed I.D. and wall thickness and see what they come up with. I've got other suppiers as well but not in front of me.

I get caulking gun tubes of silicone grease (very heavy) for 26 bucks a tube. Compare that to what Hobby distributors charge for "Differential Grease". Unbelieveable !

Blessings to you..