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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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some more, there's also some green ones but I couldn't find the pictures.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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I'm sure he's got more of them.
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 08:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Kwame@z1Auto
I had Pi-Thon clamps on my Z back in the day and what a PITA it was to work on the car with those things.

Edit: Found some old pics. Just looking at these clamps makes my skin crawl. They scratched easily when using the supplied wrenches and they were difficult to get torqued and a pain in the butt to remove. I don't think I would install these if I were sponsored by Pi-thon.


I put on a set of these intake locks for a guy who I believe got them from you. It was a pain in the a**. The wrenches were worthless. I spent a lot of time modifying the wrenches with a Dremel to make them work. Even then, I had to cover them with faux suede to keep them from scratching the locks.
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by silvertouringz
ur engine bay is pure zecks


Originally Posted by IDrm350
I put on a set of these intake locks for a guy who I believe got them from you. It was a pain in the a**.
Agreed. Now that I recall, the only lock that didn't seal up properly was the PCV one. I had to add some duct tape to the tube itself to increase the diameter so the clamp would torque down on it enough...
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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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Two words... POWDER COAT!!

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Old Jan 6, 2012 | 01:07 PM
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sadly it doesn't look like he has the radiator hose sizes in the blue....those red ones look really good tho!
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 03:49 AM
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he must have reposted the add, i see them all for sale still, just not sure that he would have enough of one colour to do a proper replacement and i also don't see any wrenches nor does he say he has any included, might be a tad hard to put on without those bad boys ha... unless there's another way to install them without them?
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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 08:52 AM
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did some more research, and here are the sizes you will need depending on the hose setup you have in your bay, the hose clamps on ebay have different numbers then the ones in these charts, so keep an eye out on the sizeing so you don't purchase and screw yourself ha.... ALSO you may notice on the numbers that it will say for ex 1A-04A, all the A at the end means is the fitting is a HEX style and you should be able to use regular wrenches to install, if it says 1A-04 you will need the special pi-thon wrenches to install and use your fittings properly... just a few things to look for if your shopping around.

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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 02:03 AM
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Pi-Thon Hose clamps should be ready to ship sometime in February. I met with them in Sema so stay tuned.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 09:09 AM
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^^Thanks for responding Terry...
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Mapleleaf
Pi-Thon Hose clamps should be ready to ship sometime in February. I met with them in Sema so stay tuned.
thanks for the e-mail in regards to these hose locks, hope to hear from you soon when they are available.
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Mapleleaf
Pi-Thon Hose clamps should be ready to ship sometime in February. I met with them in Sema so stay tuned.
as in they're back in business??
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Old Jan 17, 2012 | 08:30 PM
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newbury park again? please say yes!
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 06:11 AM
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Originally Posted by orangeNblue
as in they're back in business??
through Mapleleaf (Terry @ Zeetoyz), he was saying that the son of the previous owner of Pi-thon is going to start producing same design of hose clamp but under a different company/name, and should be ready for sale in Febuary.
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Old Jan 19, 2012 | 09:36 AM
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IMO they are terible design. Look up magna-clamps. This is what I will be running. easy to use/replace.
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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 08:24 PM
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so is there a heads up thread that's going to come up when these things go on sale again? bc I definitely want a couple!!
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 04:11 AM
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Yes they plan sometime this month
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 06:10 AM
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if you want to be a baller, get some wiggins clamps. They are purple
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Old Feb 6, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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I'm too poor to be that baller....$54 for one clamp???
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