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09-18-2022, 09:22 PM | #1 |
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Hello everyone I'm not bashing any brand I love vrsf but I have an issue with my inlets there's absolutely no room and I just noticed yesterday that the front one is rubbing against the pulley and has been so I just wanted to see if there's other brands such as bms or mmp or rb inlets that are a better fit or possibly smaller in that area? I tried zip ties and even squeezing it and using zip ties but come to find out there's already a hole from the pulley so looks like I need new ones.
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09-19-2022, 06:28 AM | #2 |
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Its not the brand, they are all very tight in front. Get the really large zip ties from harbor freight and zip tie the inlet to the fan and charge pipe to pull it away from the pulley. Simple fix.
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09-19-2022, 08:16 AM | #3 |
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I zip tied it to the fan shroud right but I have an aluminum radiator so I think that's maybe why it's such a tight fit and is still pretty much rubbing I mean I wanted to try and possibly cut it where the pulleys are and put an aluminum pipe between there since the pulleys already cut up the front inlet.
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09-21-2022, 10:01 AM | #4 |
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It's the brand, I had the VRSF and had the same issue. You can try to shave down the fan shroud to create a little bit more space, or alternatively switch to RB's. I replaced mine with RB's, they are a bit flatter/skinnier and route better in the places where it's needed. I no longer have rubbing issues. But to be fair, the pully never fully rubbed all the way through the VRSF inlet on mine, it had 8k miles before I replaced it.
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You are correct. The radiator is bigger and pushes all silicone inlets into the pulley. Not sure what the best solution is. It is a really tight fit |
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10-04-2022, 09:23 AM | #8 |
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Andrew_bmw The aluminum pipe could be a fix and maybe gives you a strong/flexible section to "reshape" around the pulleys? Depends on the clamps used to connect the other pieces.
The RB is probably the easier option. Less work.
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